(meteorobs) Taurids 31 october/1 november 2015

[Paul Jones]

Hi Koen and all,
     I also managed about an hour and a half of somewhat low quality Taurid
watching from north Florida last night (10/31 - 11/1, 2015) .  Overall, I
had 8 Taurids and 10 sporadics between 2155 and 2315 EDT (0155 - 0315 UT)
last night under hazy and often cloudy skies from the meteor roof here in
St. Augustine.  Nothing even close to a fireball for me again, however.
The brightest Taurid I saw was a orangey, long-pathed +1.  All other
Taurids were from +2 to +4 in range.
I was impressed with the overall activity level last night though
considering the sub par conditions. Eighteen total meteors in just 1 1/2
hours before midnight isn't shabby at all.  The Taurids do indeed seem to
be having an active year!   I'll give it another go tonight, hopefully my
sky conditions will improve and I can get better quality data.

Hopefully more later, Paul J in north Florida


On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 5:31 AM, Koen Miskotte <k.miskotte at upcmail.nl> wrote:

> hello again!
>
> Last night 31 october/1 november 2015 I was also able to observe. Between
> 18:37 and 21:38 UT I observed during 3.00 hours effective observing time.
>
> Location: Ermelo, the Netherlands. I counted 24 meteors of which 10 were
> Taurids.
> Unfortunately no fireballs as reported from Poland and Slovenia.
>
> Taurid distribution:
>
> *0 1 2 3** 4 5*
> 1 2 3 1 3 0
>
> All bright Taurids had a beautiful orange color. Many long trails because
> of the still low radiant height.
> It was striking that just like the observations of previous night,  two minutes
> after the start again a bright Taurid was seen (magnitude +1).
>
> The ZHR was similar to yesterday: ZHR around 12. (assuming population index
> r  2 and CP 1.2).
> 14.02 ~ 8.09 (radiant height 20 degrees)
> 12.31 ~ 6.16 (radiant height 29 degrees)
>   9.22 ~ 5.33 (radiant height 37 degrees)
> Large deviation caused by low limiting magnitude and low radiant height.
>
> Best regards, Koen
>
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