(meteorobs) Obs 02/03 November 2013

[Paul Martsching]

I went out for four hours last night.  The NTA & STA's were disappointing.  I saw several AND's.  The brightest was mag. -2, deep orange and going toward the center of the STA radiant.  I saw two EGE's and only one ORI.

02/03 Nov 2013 09:30 pm - 04:30 am CDST (= 03 Nov 2013 02:30-06:30 UT) 4 hours
McFarland Park 4 miles NE of Ames, Story Co, Iowa, USA

Looked for shower meteors:
AND
EGE
ORI
NTA
STA

03 Nov 2013 02:30-03:30 UT 34 deg F; dew pt 31 deg F; wind calm; clear; aver LM 5.8; facing ENE 50 deg; teff 1.0 hour.
AND: two: - 2; 0
NTA: one: +2
STA: one: +3
Sporadics: three: +2; +3(2)
Total meteors: seven

03 Nov 2013 03:30-04:30 UT 32 deg F; dew pt 29 deg F; wind calm; clear; aver LM 5.7; facing ENE 50 deg; teff 1.0 hour.
ORI: one: +2
NTA: one: +2
Sporadics: two: +3(2)
Total meteors: four

03 Nov 2013 04:30-05:30 UT 33 deg F; dew pt 30 deg F; wind calm; clear; aver LM 5.7; facing ENE 50 deg; teff 1.0 hour.
AND: one: +3
EGE: one: +2
NTA: two: - 2; 0
Sporadics: five: 0; +1; +2; +3; +4
Total meteors: nine

03 Nov 2013 05:30-06:30 UT 32 deg F; dew pt 29 deg F; wind SE 3 mph; mostly clear; some thin haze drifting thru north half of FOV during first 20 minutes; aver LM 5.5; teff 1.0 hour.
EGE: one: 0
NTA: one: +1
Sporadics: four: +1; +2(2); +4
Total meteors: six

Paul Martsching