(meteorobs) Orionids Tuesday morning

[Paul Martsching]

I went out five hours Tuesday morning and at the beginning of the session the LM was as good as it ever gets at my usual observing site.  Orionids by hour: 3; 3; 6; 11; 11.  The brightest Orionid was - 4.  I don't know if the Orionids weren't as good as usual this year, or if age is catching up with me.  

McFarland Park 4 miles NE of Ames, Iowa.  (93 deg 34 min W; 42 deg 05 min N)

Shower meteors looked for: EGE; LMI; ORI; STA; TCA.  No apparent LMI's or TCA's seen.

21 Oct 2014 0530-0630 UT 40 deg F; dew pt 37 deg F; wind calm; clear; LM 5.9; facing East 50 deg; teff 1.0 hr.
ORI: three: +1; +2; +3
Sporadics: three: 0; +1; +2
Total meteors: six

21 Oct 2014 0630-730 UT 40 deg F; dew pt 37 deg F; wind NW 3 mph; LM 5.9; facing East 50 deg; teff 1.0 hr.
EGE: one: +2
ORI: three: +3(2); +4
STA: two: 0; +1
Sporadics: one: +3
Total meteors: seven

21 Oct 2014 0730-0830 UT 42 deg F; dew pt 38 deg F; wind NW 3 mph; LM 5.8; facing East 50 deg; teff 1.0 hr.
ORI: six: - 2; +2; +3(2); +4(2)
STA: one: +2
Sporadics: one: +1
Total meteors: eight

21 Oct 2014 0830-0930 UT 41 deg F; dew pt 37 deg F; wind N 3 mph; LM 5.8; facing East 50 deg; teff 1.0 hr.
EGE: one: +3
ORI: eleven: - 4; - 1; +1; +2(2); +3(5); +4
Sporadics: six: - 3; +1; +2; +4(3)
Total meteors: seventeen

21 Oct 0930-1030 UT 39 deg F; dew pt 36 deg F; wind calm; clear; LM 5.6; zodiacal light; thin crescent Moon low in East; eventually twilight; facing East 50 deg 0930-1015; SE 50 deg 1015-1030; teff 1.0 hr.  At this location facing South is not really an option with the sky glow over Ames in the SW even on non-hazy nights.
ORI: eleven: 0; +1(3); +2(2); +3(4); +4
Sporadics: seven: 0(2); +1; +3(2); +4(2)
Total meteors: eighteen