(meteorobs) Orionids Sunday morning

[Paul Martsching]

I went out for four hours Sunday morning.  Orionid rates were low, but during the last hour at 1012 UT I saw a mag - 5 yellow Orionid go down the East side of Canis Major and end ten degrees above the South horizon.  The train formed behind a strip of haze, so apparently lasted only two seconds.  That meteor made the entire session worth while.

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

Shower members looked for: EGE, LMI, ORI, NTA, STA, TCA
No LMI's were seen.
Orionids by hour: 2; 4; 2; 5

26 Oct 2014 0630-0730 UT 41 deg F; dew pt 37 deg F; wind calm; clear; LM 5.7; facing East 50 deg; teff 1.0 hour.
TCA: one: - 1 (yellow; train)
ORI: two: +1; +4
NTA: one: 0
STA: one: 0
Sporadics: two: +1; +3
Total meteors: seven

26 Oct 2014 0730-0830 UT 40 deg F; dew pt 37 deg F; wind calm; clear; 5.7; facing East 50 deg; teff 1.0 hour.
EGE: one: +4
ORI: four: +3(2); +4; +5
NTA: one: - 2
STA: one: +1
Sporadics: five: 0; +1; +2(2); +3
Total meteors: twelve

26 Oct 2014 0830-0930 UT 39 deg F; dew pt 36 deg F; wind calm; clear with some horizon haze; LM 5.6; facing East 50 deg; teff 1.0 hour.
ORI: two: +2; +3
Sporadics: four: 0; +3(2); +4
Total meteors: six

26 Oct 2014 0930-1030 UT 39 deg F; dew pt 36 deg F; wind calm; mostly clear; horizon haze near end of session scattered small clouds moving into FOV; average LM 5.5; facing East 0930-1020; facing NE 1020-1030 to avoid clouds; teff 1.0 hour.
ORI: five: - 5; +1; +2; +3(2)
Sporadics: four: +1(2); +3(2)
Total meteors: nine