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

[Ed Majden]

Rain, rain, rain, over Courtenay B.C. on Vancouver Island!
Ed Majden

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From: "george" <gwgliba at gmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 12:25 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) Orionids 10/21/15 - Mathias WVa


>
>        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
>
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