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Re: (meteorobs) Re: NM 97 Oct 21/22 Orionids poor in town
Norman,
> I observed for 68 minutes out front with the house shading the moon, Oct
> 21/22. 425 - 533 AM (825 - 933 UT) only 4 Orionids and 1 sporadic seen, sky
> LM5.0. A reasonably good sky, so I was expecting to see around 10 meteors
> in this prime Orionid hour. Very disappointing. Facing NW I was almost
> unobstructed straight right and left, but trees intruded slightly in the
> lower corners. My DCV pattern indicates that the latter can be neglected --
> I don't see much away from central vision anyway. This was ground-level
> observing from a new chaise lounge, quite comfortable.
I also gave it a try in the last two nights. On October 21/22 we had
especially clear skies, so that I finished with an lm of 5.6 even
though I looked almost directly at the moon, situated just between the
ORI and EGE radiants. I counted 19 meteors (12 ORI/2 EGE/5 SPO) between
1:55 and 3:45 UT (1.7h teff), giving a reasonable ORI ZHR between 20 and
30.
Last night we had some fog (lm 5.5 mag) here. I saw 22 meteors (13 ORI/1
EGE/8 SPO) between 1:55 and 4:00 UT (2.1h teff) resulting in a slightly
lower ORI ZHR (~20).
Sirko
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