(meteorobs) Meteor Obs. 10/06/13 - Mathias, WVa

[George Gliba]

       Screech Owl Hill Observatory, Mountain Meadows
                  Mathias, West Virginia
                   October 05/06, 2013

   We had partly cloudy to mostly clear conditions with some
haze, but I was able to get in two hours of formal meteor
observing.  From 7:00 to 9:00 UT I saw 25 meteors, mostly
sporadic, but 6 Orionids and 4 Sothern Taurids were also
seen.  The best meteor was a nice slow Draconid (GIA) that
was 0 magnitude and yellow-orange colored seen at 8:24 UT.
That was the only GIA I saw. Only one OCT was seen then,
but earlier I saw 2 or 3 casually while observing with a
telescope from about 2 to 3 UT. It was also fun watching
the star Algol in eclipse.

10/06/13 - FOV=Polaris, Facing North, Mostly Clear, Haze

Time (UT)  LM  Obst.GIA STA ORI EGE OCT SPO Total Comments
7:00-8:00  6.2  0%   0   3   2   2   1   6   14  some haze
8:00-9:00  6.1  0%   1   1   4   0   0   5   11  some haze

Magn. Distributions 10/06/13, 0% obstruction, Mostly Clear
Recording Meteors from 6:00-8:00 UT, LM=6.15

      0   1   2   3   4   5  total  Ave.
GIA  1   0   0   0   0   0    1    0.0
STA  0   1   1   1   1   0    4    2.5
ORI  0   0   3   2   1   0    6    2.7
EGE  0   0   0   0   1   1    2    4.5
OCT  0   0   0   1   0   0    1    3.0
SPO  0   1   3   2   4   1   11    2.3

Starry Skies,
GWG