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(meteorobs) Meteor Hunt Of November 4/5, 2001

November 30, 2001

Greetings Meteor Enthusiasts!

This was an exceptional night for meteor hunting.  I
saw my first Taurid fireball!  However, on this night
I noticed some low cloud cover near the horizon in my
field of view.   Happily though, instead of snuffing
out the sky, the clouds turned against the bright,
rising moon instead and blotted it out for awhile,
preserving a fairly nice limiting magnitude.  Of
course the moon rose faster than the clouds and
eventually freed itself.   
 
First And Only Session:

Date: Nov. 4/5, 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 1.02;  from about 1:06 - 2:05 UT
(8:06-9:05 P.M. EST)
Temperature: 40 F  (05 C) @ 3:10 UT, Nov. 4  
Recording Method: memory
Breaks: none 

LM:  Averaged roughly +5.5 with some patches of low
limiting magnitude above and/or around  Taurus at the
end of my observations.  

Field of view:   Mainly towards the Taurus region and
nearby constellations. 
  
Sky Obscured by clouds:  Very roughly 2% at beginning
of session near the horizon and 5% at the end of the
hunt as it crept upwards.

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

Observed Showers:

       NTA(2 + 1?)
       STA
       SPO(2)

Meteor # 1:

Time ***** Shower *** Mag.
1:18 UT     NTA        -3             

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Velocity *** Color *** Train  

   2       White/Yel.    -
*************************
Location *** # Of Sec. Duration
        
 Taurus            3 sec.

*** Path Length/Direction ***

Went vertical towards east.
Start: RA 4h,  Dec. +11       
End: possibly at horizon 
(?) 15+ deg.

THE REST OF THE METEOR
SUMMARY:

Time ***** Meteor # *** Shower 

1:42 UT      2           NTA?

1:43 UT      3           NTA

1:58 UT      4           SPO

2:01:30 UT   5           SPO
***************************

Meteor # ***Mag. ***Color  

    2     +1.5?   Wh./Yel?  

    3       +1    Wh./Yel           

    4       +1    Wh/Yel?

    5       +1    Wh.? 



Meteor # *** Velocity *** Train

    2        ? (Flash)      -  
 
    3           2-3         -

    4            4?         -

    5            5?         -
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Meteor # *** Location *** Path Length
           /Direction

    2      About 30 or     About 2 deg.
           less, deg. 
           from Pleiades, 
           in Aries
                       
    3      Near or in     About 10 deg.
           Taurus region             
                                  
    4      Some ways      (?) About 12 
           underneath     deg.         
           Cassiopeia.  
           Traveled 
           roughly up-
           down. 

    5      Through       20 deg. (?) 
           Perseus; 
           from left to
           right.            
*****************************************

NOTES:

1. All time recorded here could be roughly off by a
+15 sec.

2. Met