(meteorobs) Taurids November 9, 2015 - Mathias, WV

[george]

            Screech Owl Hill Observatory,  Mountain Meadows  
                     Mathias, West Virginia - November 9, 2015  

We had pretty good sky conditions last night for the Taurid meteor complex,
along with a couple of Orionids, and Andromedids. Two slow Andromidid 
type speed sporadics seemed to come from a radiant inside the great 
square of Pegasus, one of which had a beautiful blue-green colored 
corona with a pure white stellar nucleus.  A gorgeous 0 magnitude slow 
meteor indeed. 

The primary meteor producer was the Taurid complex.  I observed for three 
hours and saw 13 NTA and 13 STA meteors, but most of the bright ones were 
from the NTAs, including the brightest meteor of the watch, which was a -4 
blue-green beauty low in the North seen at 3:40 UT.  Another STA fireball of 
-3 magnitude was seen at 4:55 UT.  Others were a -2 and a -1 NTA with yellow-
orange colors.  I didn’t see any super fireballs, but I did see some very nice 
meteors.  During a lull in activity I heard some coyotes nearby, and imagined 
that they just saw a nice Taurid fireball I missed.  Either that, or they thought 
their early breakfast was nearby watching the Sky.  :-(   Gulp.  I went back in 
the cabin shortly after that.  :-)

  Date     Time (UT)   LM   %Obst.     FOV   
11/09/15  3:00-4:00    6.4       0%     5.3+60   
AND  STA  NTA  ORI  SPO  Total  
   0       5       3       0      5       13                                                                            

  Date     Time (UT)   LM   %Obst.     FOV   
11/09/15  4:00-5:00    6.4       0%     6.3+60   
AND  STA  NTA  ORI  SPO  Total  
   2       5      3       2       7       19                                                                            

  Date     Time (UT)   LM   %Obst.     FOV   
11/09/15  5:00-6:00    6.4       0%     7.3+60   
AND  STA  NTA  ORI  SPO  Total  
   0       3       7       0      11     21                                                                              

Magn. Distributions Nov. 9, 2015 - 03:00-06:00 UT - LM=6.4 
         -4  -3  -2  -1   0   1   2   3   4   5   Total   Ave.
AND   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   0      2      2.0
STA    0   0   1   0   1   2   2   3   2   2    13      2.4    
NTA    1   1   0   2   0   3   1   3   1   1    13      1.1
ORI    0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   0      2      3.5
SPO   0   0   0   0   2   0   5   3   7   6    23      3.3

Starry Skies,
GWG