(meteorobs) Taurid activity 30/31 october 2015

[Paul Jones]

WOW!!!  Now that's what I'm talking about...;o).  That picture makes me
want to try and stick my head above the cirrus clouds to check things out
if they persist...;o)!  Amazing...  Let's hope there's plenty more that
that baby came from!

Best regards, Paul J

On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 6:20 AM, Koen Miskotte <k.miskotte at upcmail.nl>
wrote:

> Hello!
> Last night (30/31 oktober 2015) I could observe meteors between 22:28 and
> 00:32 UT. I actually wanted to go to bed but after a look at the stars it
> turned out that the heavy cirrus cover earlier that evening was moving
> away. Of course there was plenty of moonlight, but the goal was to see if
> the Taurids were active again just as in 1981, 1988, 1995 (during Leonid
> expedition), 1998 (during Leonid expedition) and 2005.
> Well, the Taurids activity seems to be on course to another “swarm year”.
> I just  processed the observations of last night. I observed between
> 22:28 and 00:32 UT (with a 2-minute break in de second hour).
> The limiting magnitude decreases from 5.7 to 5.4, due to the rising moon
> and also re-emerging very thin cirrus in the second hour. I looked at 50
> degrees altitude in north-northwesterly direction, this also to keep the
> moon out of the field. After looking at the pictures of my all sky camera
> it shows that I have observed just in a good period, because after ending
> the observations more cirrus appeared.
>
> 30/31 October 2015 between 22:28 and 23:28 UT, 5.6 lm
> For 1.00 hours of effective observation time I saw 9 meteors of which 5
> were Taurids. The best meteor was after two minutes after starting the
> observation. A orange Taurid of magnitude 0 in Cygnus. Ten minutes later
> a +1 Tauride in Hercules. I saw in this period respectively magn. 0, +1,
> +2, +2 and +3 Taurids.
>
> 30/31 October 2015 between 23:28 and 00:32 UT, 5.4 lm
> For 1.03 effective observation time I observed 6 meteors, of which 4
> Taurids. These were of brightness magnitude +4, -2, +4, +3. The magnitude
> -2 Tauride was very beautiful, typical orange and moved from
> Cameliopardalis to the Big Dipper. At was also captured with my all sky
> camera. The -2 Taurid appeared 10 seconds after a +4 Taurid.
>
> Also did a quick ZHR.calculation. Please do not take too seriously the
> outcome, after a Lm 5.5 too low to really get reliable results. It is also
> reflected in the deviation. I find respectively:
> 1st hour    ZHR 11.58 ~ 5.18
> 2nd hour   ZHR  9.56 ~ 4.78
> In addition, a population index r value of 2 was adopted, and a cp of 1.2.
> The ZHR is clearly higher than normal, I usually end up at 5 in normal
> Taurids years.
>
> My all sky camera captured some bright Taurids the last week. Also my two
> CAMS systems recorded plenty Taurids.
>
> Hope we have some clear nights in de coming two or three weeks.
>
> good luck everyone and best regards, Koen
>
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