(meteorobs) Quick Orionid Summary October 21, 2014

[Ed Majden]

In Courtenay the only count I can do is counting rain drops.  It's coming 
down in buckets! My spectrographs are collecting dust! :-(
Ed Majden
Courtenay, B.C. on wet Vancouver Island!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Lunsford" <lunro.imo.usa at cox.net>
To: "Meteor science and meteor observing" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 4:49 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) Quick Orionid Summary October 21, 2014


>I was out for 3 hours this morning from the western slopes of Mt. Laguna, 
>50 miles east of San Diego. The skies were overcast up to 3000ft but mostly 
>clear above. This low ceiling over San Diego and the coastal cities allowed 
>for a very dark sky with the limiting averaging +6.50. There were 
>occasional cirrus clouds low in the south but they did not affect 
>observations.
>
> During the 3 hours I counted a total of 62 meteors. 30 of these were 
> Orionids, 23 Sporadics, 5 Southern Taurids, and 4 Leonis Minorids. I did 
> not notice any Epsilon Geminids, October Lyncids,  or Tau Cancrids. 5 of 
> the 30 Orionids were of negative magnitude, -4 being the brightest. The 
> Southern Taurids were active early then seemingly disappeared. Most 
> impressive were the 4 Leonis Minorids. All 4 were long and bright with 
> magnitudes being -1, 0, +1, and +2.
>
> I plan to be out tonight for at least 4 hours but cirrus clouds are 
> currently covering the sky so hopefully they will have moved on bu 
> midnight.
>
> Robert Lunsford
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