(meteorobs) 2015 Orionid campaign closeout from north Florida - Great to the last!

[Pierre Martin]

Well done Paul!  I really enjoy your reports, and you had a nice run with this year’s Orionids… even despite the challenging weather!  The long lasting broad peak certainly helps.

Orionids definitely benefit from dark, pristine skies.

I managed to get only Oct 22/23 clear out of this year’s Orionids.  Will send report soon.

Won’t be long for the next showers… lets not forget the possibility that 2015 is a Taurid fireball swarm year!

Clear skies,
Pierre




> On Oct 25, 2015, at 11:00 AM, Paul Jones <jonesp0854 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Greetings again all,
>     Once again, Mother Nature treated me right this morning, allowing me to closeout my 2015 Orionid campaign in fine fashion from up on the meteor roof. 
>     I only had 45 minutes before clouds moved in from the north, but they were very productive indeed, as I logged 14 more ORIs and had the brightest ORI of the entire campaign - a  stunning reddish orange -3 in Aries!
>     In addition to that beauty, I also has yellow -1 ORI and another lovely, long-pathed, first magnitude Leo Minorid.  The ORIs looked as if they had not missed a beat this morning at all and even had brightened up considerably from the previous mornings. 
> 
> Here is the data from this morning:
> 
> Oct. 24/25, 2015,Observer: Paul Jones, Location: 5 miles southwest of St. Augustine, Florida, Facing: south
> 
> 0500 -0545 EDT (1000 - 1045 UT), LM: 6.0, 20% cloud interference (45 minutes)
> 14 ORI
> 1 STA
> 1 LMI
> 5 SPO
> 21 Total meteors
> 
> Mags:
> ORI: -3 (1), -1 (1), +1(1), +2 (2), +3 (5), +4 (3), +5 (1)
> STA: +3 (1)
> LMI: +1 (1)
> SPO: +1 (1), +2 (1), +3 (2), +4 (1)
> 
> I do believe the ORIs would keep right on chugging along from here for maybe several more mornings!  They showed no signs of slacking off this morning whatsoever! 
> This really is an amazing stream to watch, but only from very dark skies and as close to morning twilight as one can come.  It also takes total concentration at all times to catch the faint ones and a good visual perception capability is also a great asset for an observer. 
> 
> Now it is on to the Leonids and Geminids - YAY!  The hits just keep on coming...;o).  Best of luck to all for clear skies for them.
> 
> More later, Paul
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