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(meteorobs) Re: Observation Report for Oct 01.
Mike,
Glad to hear that you were able to observe.
As for the antihelion source I called them Taurids in my outlook to try
to avoid any confusion and to match the activity dates listed by the
IMO. Actually the most confusion part may be that the radiants actually
lie in Pisces and are now moving into Aries. The radiants will spend
most of October in Aries therefore that is why they were listed as
October Arietids or OAR's in the ALPO list. Perhaps the sensible thing
to do is to just call them antihelion meteors during this month and
Taurids starting November 1 when in fact the actual radiants will lie
within the constellation boundaries of Taurus.
Stay tuned to see what I decide to post on Thursday's updated meteor
activity outlook.
Clear Skies!
Bob Lunsford
Mike Linnolt wrote:
>
> Hello Meteorobs,
>
> It has been a dry month for observations, so I decided to pitch in
> and do at least an hour of Teff last night. Coincidentally, it was also
> our monthly star party at Hawaii Astronomy Society, so I planned
> to do my session after midnight. Funny thing, everyone left by that
> time despite clear skies, and we were booted out of the site! So,
> my friend and I drove to our alternate site at Dole Plantation for this
> observation.
>
> Nothing too spectacular to report, except the ANT source seemed
> a bit more active than usual, with 4. Regarding that source, Robert
> Lunsford mentioned in his weekly Activity Outlook, that the Taurids
> would be the ANT meteors this weekend, but according to the
> ALPO shower list, NTA/STA don't begin until Nov. 1 (?) Do you
> really mean Arietids (OAR) for Anthelions, Robert ?
>
> Have a good month, folks!
> Mike.
>
> REPORT FOLLOWS:
> ------------------------------
> OBS: Mike Linnolt (LINMI)
> DATE: Oct 01, 2000
> TIME: 1100 - 1203 UT (1:00am - 2:03am HST night of Sep 30/Oct
> 01)
> LOC: Dole Plantation, Oahu, HI (21° 33' N, 158° 05m W)
> ELEV: 250m
> Conditions: Mostly Clear. Temp 70F. RH 90%. Winds light.
> METHOD: Paper
>
> Observing Periods Summary:
> ==========================
>
> # Period(UT) FOV Teff F LM DAU ORI ANT APX SPO
> ---------- --- ---- - --- --- --- --- --- ---
> 1 1100-1203 0300+30 1.00 1.00 5.8 1 0 4 1 6
>
> Periods Detail:
> ===============
>
> Period #1:
> ----------
>
> Mag -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6
> -----------------------------------------
> DAU: 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 = 1
> ORI: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0
> ANT: 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 = 4
> APXn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0
> APXs 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 = 1
> SPO: 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 = 6
>
> DEAD TIME: 3 min
>
> END OF REPORT.
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