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Re: (meteorobs) Orionids in Louisiana
Hi Dave,
I'll keep an eye out for your report, and include it in the summary of
observations I am putting together. Clouded here as well..... :(
Clear(er) skies!
Mark Davis
sc.meteors@home.com
----Original Message Follows----
From: "Dave Hostetter" <dehostetter@msisdot net>
Reply-To: meteorobs@atmob.org
To: "meteorobs" <meteorobs@atmob.org>
Subject: (meteorobs) Orionids in Louisiana
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 06:12:39 -0500
I'm just coming in after observing for about three hours. I was really
looking forward to the Orionids after having been clouded out of every
previous major shower this year!
We had a beautiful evening, and then the fog rolled in about midnight. I
ended up seeing only about a dozen meteors in three hours, nine of them
Orionids. I'll be surprised if my LM was even as good as 4.5. There were a
couple of near-fireballs, though, so what I saw was good. I was starting to
have withdrawal. Mark, I'll send a regular report, but I doubt it will be
very useful.
Time to run back out and look for Mercury and Venus. I saw the other
planets out through Neptune during the early evening during a public star
party our planetarium hosted. If the fog has lessened, it will be
interesting to see them all in one night.
Dave Hostetter
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