(meteorobs) Orionid Meteor Obs. 10/24-27/14 - Mathias, WVa

[George Gliba]

          Screech Owl Hill Observatory, Mountain Meadows
                       Mathias, West Virginia
                 October 24th, 25th, 26th & 27th 2014


We had generally clear skies in Mathias. West Virginia for our 2014
Orionid Campaign, except for most of the morning of the 24th, which
was partly cloudy. There was fairly good Orionid activity every night,
but they were mostly the fainter meteors. There were no meteors seen
brighter than 0 magnitude, but a few Orionids got that bright. Good
activity was seen from the Leo Minorid radiant during two sessions,
one on the October 25th and 27th. As usual the Milky Way was awesome
and the Zodiacal Band was seen on the last night, when the transparency
was very good.


   Date   Time (UT)  Teff   FOV    LM  Obst. STA ORI EGE LMI SPO total
10/24/14 5:55-6:55  1.0  Various  6.2  40%   2   7   2   1   3   15
10/25/14 5:00-6:00  1.0  5.2 +55  6.4   0%   5   5   1   0  11   22
10/25/14 6:00-7:00  1.0  6.2 +55  6.4   0%   2   8   1   3   4   18
10/26/14 5:13-6:13  1.0  5.3 +55  6.4   0%   3   9   1   1  10   24
10/26/14 6:13-7:13  1.0  6.3 +55  6.5   0%   1  11   0   0   7   19
10/27/14 4:58-5:58  1.0  5.2 +55  6.4   0%   4  10   0   1   5   20
10/27/14 5:58-6:58  1.0  6.2 +55  6.6   0%   6  13   0   4   9 32


Magn. Distributions October 24, 25, 26 & 27, 2014

     -1   0   1   2   3   4   5  total  Ave.
STA  0   0   5   4   8   2   4   23    2.8
ORI  0   4   5  14  13  14  13   63    3.1
EGE  0   1   0   0   1   2   1    5    3.2
LMI  0   0   1   1   3   4   1   10    3.3
SPO  0   1   7   8   8  14  11   49    3.2

Starry Skies,
GWG