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re: (meteorobs) Oct. 15 Observations
Bob,
Kevin and I also observed for 3 hours last evening, between 0500 and 0830
UT. About 15 degrees cooler though:-) My FOV was alsost identical to yours.
I had 36 meteors in 3.0 hrs Teff, but I can't
tell you for sure what they all are yet; I can't analyze that fast, and the
was only 2 hour for me to squeeze in some sleep before work...they like me
to be awake there :-( However, several possible ORI, EGE, and NTA/STA/OAR's
are likely to come out of analysis. In addition, there appeared to be some
activity from Western Auriga, just looking at the plots...when we correlate
with speeds later we'll see if anything was there or not.
Just think, two 2 man observatories in the US on the same night, one on
each coast. Meteor observations are improving in the US !
Wayne
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Original Text
From: QLAC65A@prodigydot com, on 10/14/96 7:59 PM:
To: <meteorobs@latradedot com>, <meteorobs@latradedot com>
-- [ From: Robert Lunsford * EMC.Ver #2.5.1 ] --
I had a 3 hour observing session with George from his observatory site.
I had a little excitement as I drove up. I thought I saw comet Tabur at
3rd magnitude but when I arrived at the observatory and looked through
binoculars it turned out to be a group of stars. The true comet Tabur
rose near 4am and was roughly magnitude 5.5 .
I counted 42 meteors during the 3 hours. The Orionids and Epsilon
Geminids were well represented plus a few Taurids made an appearance.
Several meteors could have belong to either the ORI or EGE. These
meteors were classified as ORI due to the stronger rates of this shower.
09:15-10:15 UT 0.88 6.57 2 EGE 2 NTA 2 ORI 2 STA
10 SPO
10:15-11:15 UT 0.94 6.47 1 EGE 1 ORI 6 SPO
11:15-12:15 UT 0.89 6.37 2 EGE 5 ORI 1 STA 8 SPO
All 3 hours had an F of 1.00. TeFF was reduced due to plotting. I was
facing southeast at an elevation of 70 degrees the entire session.
Beginning Temperature/relative Humidity: 63 F (12 C) 55%
Ending Temperature/Relative Humidity: 60 F (11 C) 53%
Bob Lunsford