(meteorobs) Meteor Obs. 11/30/14 - Mathias, WVa

[George Gliba]

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On 12/2/14, 1:08 PM, George Gliba wrote:
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>          Screech Owl Hill Observatory, Mountain Meadows
>                       Mathias, West Virginia
>                         November 30th 2014
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> After being snowed in by a snow storm that dumped 18 inches of snow
> on our semi-remote cabin and observatory on South Branch Mountain, I
> was finally able to get a couple hours of good meteor observing in on
> the morning of November 30th, after removing snow from a good observing
> area.  Good meteor activity was seen from the November Orionids (NOO),
> Sigma Hydrids (HYD), a few late Leonids (LEO), and the Northern Taurids
> (NTA). Low activity was seen from a few other radiants as well. The best
> meteors were three 0 magnitude meteors, two from the NOO, and one from
> the NTA radiants. Clouds rolled in at the end of the second hour ending
> all observing.
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>   Date   Time (UT)  Teff   FOV    LM  Obst. NTA NOO GEM HYD PUP LEO SPO
> 11/30/14 4:52-5:52  1.0  09.5+60  6.4   0%   4   2   1   2   1   2 10
> 11/30/14 5:52-6:52  1.0  10.5+60  6.4  15%   1   6   0   4   1   3 9
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> Magn. Distributions November 30, 2014
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>      0   1   2   3   4   5  total  Ave.
> NTA  1   1   0   1   2   0    5    2.4
> NOO  2   1   0   3   2   0    8    2.3
> GEM  0   1   0   0   0   0    1    1.0
> HYD  0   2   0   1   1   2    6    3.1
> PUP  0   0   2   0   0   0    2    2.0
> LEO  0   1   1   1   0   2    5    3.2
> SPO  0   1   3   5   2   8   19    3.6
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> Starry Skies,
> GWG
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