(meteorobs) Fwd: Post maximum 2016 Orionid observations from North Florida - splendid!

[Paul Jones]

Sorry folks, I'm out of meteor reporting practice!  I forgot the date for
these latest observations: it was October 23/24, 2016.

Clear skies all, Paul J in North Florida

On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 8:13 PM, Paul Jones <jonesp0854 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Paul Jones <jonesp0854 at gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 8:12 PM
> Subject: Post maximum 2016 Orionid observations from North Florida -
> splendid!
> To: Paul Jones <jonesp0854 at gmail.com>
>
>
> Greetings again all,
>      I was able to get out again yesterday morning for two more very
> productive pre-dawn hours, checking out the post maximum activity of the
> Orionids.  This time, I was back on the trusty "meteor roof" of my home on
> Crazy Horse Trail.  I figured with the moon still depressing the morning
> skies, there was no real reason to travel to a darker sky spot and I was
> pleasantly surprised at how well I was able to do from the roof, a mere
> thirty feet from my bedroom!
>
>     All told in the two hours (4:00 - 6:00 a.m.), I had a total of 64
> meteors, with hourly Orionid counts of 14 and 26.  I was lucky to catch a
> "mini-spurt" of Orionids in the second hour that almost doubled the count!
> The Orionids are great at having these mini-spurts in their activity levels
> and I've seen it several times from them in recent years.   No other meteor
> shower does it quite like the Orionids do!
>
> Here's my data:
>
> Observed for radiants:
>
> ORI: Orionids
> AND: Andromedids
> STA: Southern Taurids
> EGE: epsilon Geminids
> LMI: Leonis Minorids
> SPO: sporadics
>
> Observer: Paul Jones, Location:  5 miles southwest of St. Augustine,
> Florida, Lat: 29.84 N, Long:81.32W, LM: 5.8, sky conditions: 25% moonlight
> degradation, Facing: south.
>
> 0400 - 0500 EDT (0800 - 0900 UT), Teff: 1.0 hour, no breaks
> 14 ORI: +1, +2(2), +3(6), +4(5)
> 1 STA: +3
> 1 EGE: +1
> 7 SPO: +1 +2, +3(3), +4(2)
> 23 total meteors
>
> 6 of the 14 ORIs left visible trains, most common colors were bluish white
> and yellow in the brighter ones.
>
>
> 0500 - 0600 EDT (0900 - 1000 UT), Teff: 1.0 hour, no breaks
> 26 ORI: -1, +1, +2(4), +3(11), +4(7), +5(2)
> 2 STA: +2, +3
> 2 EGE: +2, +4
> 1 LMI: +3
> 10 SPO: 0, +1, +2(2), +3(4), +5(2)
> 41 total meteors
>
> 11 of the 26 Orionids left visible trains and once again the most observed
> colors were bluish white and yellow.
>
>      For several reasons, the Orionids are my favorite of the annual major
>  meteor shower to observe and have been since the 1970s. First of all, they
> are pieces of arguably the most famous comet in the history of astronomy -
> Halley's Comet!  Second, they are by far the most challenging of the major
> showers to observe successfully due to the faintness of their meteors and
> the wee hours in which they finally "switch on" their activity level.
>
>     But mostly, it is because they usually occur right about the time when
> we get that first cool snap of the fall season that brings in chilly,
> crisp and very clear nights with the winter constellations blazing away in
> all their glory in the pre-dawn and a sky full of faint and short Orionids
> glittering like sparkling little diamonds against the jet black skies.  I
> look forward to the Orionids all year, and in 2017 they hit at New Moon -
> YAY!!
>
> Clear skies all, Paul
>
>
>
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