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RE: (meteorobs) Orionids fair, Oct. 20/21
I had the pleasure of watching the orionids in the desert outside of Moab
UT. I was too tired from driving to do the paperwork and my eyes were shot.
I was in a huge canyon and while Orion & Gemini were above the canyon rim
the moon was not. I quickly saw at least 6 orionids and then activity
tapered off rather quickly, during which time I noticed the LM also dropping
off. My gues is that I began observing before the moon rose over the
horizon, but rose shortly thereafter. Once the moon poped up over the
canyon rim I went to bed. But watching a moonrise over desert canyon rim is
not to be missed!
I was all set to do an official obs the next night but I got rained out (no
climbing
her:(
(why does it always rain in the desert?)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-meteorobs@jovian.com [mailto:owner-meteorobs@jovian.com]On
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> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 1:46 PM
> To: meteorobs@jovian.com
> Subject: (meteorobs) Orionids fair, Oct. 20/21
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> Orionid Magnitude Distribution - Oct. 20/21, 2000
> Greenbelt, Maryland
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> Magnitudes
> Date Time (UT) -1 0 1 2 3 4 Total LM %Clouds Comments
> Oct.20/21 07:00-08:00 0 1 1 1 2 2 7 5.0 15% Moon
> Oct.20/21 08:00-09:00 0 0 2 1 2 3 8 5.2 0& Moon
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> GWG
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