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(meteorobs) Observation October 3/4 2000
On October 3/4, I decided to go out for an early evening meteor
observing. The forecast was for clouding over, so I took a chance and
hoped to get in maybe one hour before the clouds arrived. It turns
out I got lucky and managed to get over 3 hours teff with skies
staying clear until the end!
With average LM of 6.34, I saw only 18 meteors. There was a few long
lulls of inactivity, but I expected that when observing so early
before midnight. The only shower activity detected came from the
October Arietids (anthelions).
The best meteor was a magn -2 yellow/wh from the apex source. It
flared along its path as it shot in Pisces.
Pierre Martin
Ottawa, Ontario
DATE: October 3/4 2000
BEGIN: 1:05 UT (21:05 EDT) END: 4:20 UT (0:20 EDT)
OBSERVER: Pierre Martin (MARPI)
LOCATION: Long: -75.063 West; Lat: 45.269 North Elevation:100m
City & Province: Casselman, Ontario, CANADA
RECORDING METHOD: talking clock/tape recorder
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OBSERVED SHOWERS: 3-letter code; radiant position
OAR (October Arietids - anthelion) 025 +12
DAU (Delta Aurigids) 089 +49
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OBSERVING PERIODS: 0 = none seen; / = shower not observed
PERIOD(UT) FIELD Teff F LM SPO nAPX sAPX OAR DAU
1:05-2:07 22h46 +23 1.00 1.00 6.31 5 0 0 1 0
2:07-3:14 23h57 +25 1.01 " 6.38 4 0 0 0 0
3:14-4:20 00h47 +24 1.04 " 6.38 4 1 1 2 0
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TOTALS: 3.05 13 1 1 3 0 = 18
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MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS:
SHOWER -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 AVERAGE
SPO 1 0 0 0 4 4 4 2 +3.38
OAR 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 +3.3
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TOTALS: 1 0 0 0 4 6 5 2
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SKY OBSCURED:
None
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Dead time: 11.74 min (3.74 min for plots)
Breaks: 2:52-2:58, 4:05-4:07
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