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

[george]

Observers & Enthusiasts,

Oops, "Another STA fireball of -3 magnitude was seen at 4:55 UT.”

Should be:

"Another NTA fireball of -3 magnitude was seen at 4:55 UT.”

So, both fireballs were from the NTA, but nothing brighter than -2 
from the STA.  My data below shows this directly, and are my 
impressions.

Cheers,
GWG


On Nov 9, 2015, at 12:25 PM, george <gwgliba at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
>            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
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> meteorobs mailing list
> meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> http://lists.meteorobs.org/mailman/listinfo/meteorobs