(meteorobs) where art thou Orionids?

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• Subject: (meteorobs) where art thou Orionids?
• From: Geoff Wolfe <gef@ski.com.au>
• Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 8:14:50 +1000
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Hi all
Have been monitoring the FM since the 14th & conditions have been
pretty well dead. Disappointing Orionids this year!

I actually did some visual meteors obs (something I rarely do) this
morning 22/10. I even had my car radio running with a speaker hanging
out the window (reminded me of a drive-in!). Was a fabulous morning
with excellent clarity & cold temps (1.5 C)meant that the skies were
very still.

One thing I found obvious was that meteors detected on the car radio
were not seen, whereas those that I did see did not reflect any FM
signal.

Activity was very poor with just 2 orange meteors seen with trails
which lasted about 5 secs.
Everything else was ordinary. Sorry guys, I don't understand anything
about astro bearings etc etc to give a proper report. Pity they
couldn't have used standard compass bearings etc!

Cheers
Geoff


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