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(meteorobs) Meteor Hunt Of November 5/6, 2001

November 30, 2001

Greetings Meteor Enthusiasts!

This was the night of the spectacular Aura Borealis
display!  Sadly, I ended my meteor hunting session,
believe it or not, at around 9:00 P.M. EST, just as it
probably brightened up the sky.  Only two meteors were
seen too!  Nevertheless, by a miraculous spot of
happenstance, it wasn't to be a normal night.  As some
of you might have read in an earlier post to this
list, my family and I managed to not let it all slip
by and caught sight of the breathtaking light display
at roughly 10:05 P.M. EST.  It was an incredible sight
with even some red visible!       

First And Only Session:

Date: Nov. 5/6, 2001
Observer: Mark Fox
Location: Newaygo, Newaygo Co., MI USA  (43 deg. 27'
N, 85 deg. 49' W)
Elevation: 760 feet (about 232 meters) ---Was standing
in the lake.
Teff: about 0.87 hrs.;  from about 1:03 - 1:55 UT
(8:03-8:55 P.M. EST)
Temperature: 40 F  (05 C) @ 3:36 UT, Nov. 5 
Recording Method: memory
Breaks: none 

LM: +6.0 or less 

Field of view:   Mainly towards the Taurus region and
nearby constellations. 
  
Sky Obscured by clouds: 0% as far as I could tell. 

Percent of open sky not obscured by trees, hills,
etc.: Roughly 40% not including all the cracks visible
through the trees.  

Observed Showers:

       NTA(1)
       STA
       SPO(1)

Time **** Meteor # *** Shower
1:20 UT      1           NTA

1:37 UT      2           SPO
************************************
Meteor # *** Mag. *** Color
     
    1       +2.5    Wh./Yel.?

    2       +1.5        Wh.?  
*************************************

Meteor # ***Velocity ***Train

   1           3          -

   2           5?         -
*************************************
Meteor # *** Location *** Path Length

    1     (?) Somewhere    (?) 8 deg. 
           to the left of 
           Pleiades.    

    2      Through and         20 deg.
           past Perseus;           
           from left to right.
*************************************

Notes:

1. All time recorded here may be roughly off by a +15
sec. or so.

Long trains!

Mark Fox
Newaygo, MI USA


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