(meteorobs) Orionids 10/21/15 - Mathias WVa

[george]

        Screech Owl Hill Observatory,  Mountain Meadows  
                 Mathias, West Virginia - October 21, 2015

We had excellent conditions last night to get two good hours of 
meteor observing in from 6:25-8:25 UT.  There was a surge of 
Orionid activity the 2nd session with 23 Orionids being observed.
However, their average brightness was only about 3.2 magnitude.

The big surprise was the good showing of medium-slow meteors 
from the Aries region.  I called them the Autumn Arietids (AAR). 
There were 12 seen during the two hours. The average brightness 
was around 3.4 magnitude  The location of the radiant was near: 
RA 2.3, Dec.+15 deg.  They may be the meteors that Gary Kronk 
mentioned on his website, Meteor Showers Online:
http://meteorshowersonline.com/showers/autumn_arietids.html

   Date     Time (UT)   LM   %Obst.     FOV   
10/21/15  6:25-7:25    6.5       0%     8.7+70   
GPS  AAR  STA  ETT  ORI  EGE  OLY  TCA  SPO  Total  
   0        6       2      2       9       2       0       1       5       27 

   Date     Time (UT)   LM   %Obst.     FOV   
10/21/15  7:25-8:25    6.5       0%     9.7+70   
GPS  AAR  STA  ETT  ORI  EGE  OLY  TCA  SPO  Total  
   1        6       2      0     23       0       1       0       4       37

Magn. Distributions Oct. 21,  2015 - 06:25-08:25 UT - LM=6.5 

           1   2   3   4   5   Total   Ave.
GPS    0   0   1   0   0     1      3.0
AAR    1   2   1   7   1   12      3.4
STA     1   2   1   0   0     4      2.0
ETT     0   0   2   0   0     1      3.0
ORI     3   6  10  7   6    32     3.2
EGE    0   0   1   1   0     2      3.5
OLY     1   0   0   0   0     1      1.0
TCA     0   0   1   0   0     1      3.0
SPO    0   2   3   1   3     9      3.6

Starry Skies,
GWG