Visual observing form - Summary
report
day : 08-09 october
2002 begin : 22.45 UT end
: 04.30 UT
location long. 3°38'
E latit.
50°42'N alt. 130m
Site : Frasnes Les
Anvaing Country : Belgium
Observer : Michel Vandeputte
IMO code : VANMC
Observed showers :
Giacobinids
264°
+54°
Northern Taurids
028°
+14°
Southern Taurids
030°
+08°
Delta
Aurigids
094°
+49°
Orionids
088° +15°
Interval Analyse :
Period
Teff F
Lm
Gia
Tau Ori
Dau
Spor Total
00.45 - 01.45
1.00 1.00 6.40
0
0 1
0
9
10
01.45 - 02.45 1.00
1.00 6.40
0
1 1
0
17
19
02.45 - 03.45 1.00
1.00 6.48
0 0
2
1
17
20
03.45 - 04.30 0.75
1.00 6.37
0 0
0
0
0
3
00.45 - 04.30
3.75 0
1
4
1 46
52
Magnitude distribution :
Tau
0(0)+1(0)+2(0)+3(1)+4(0)+5(0) mean 3.00 N~ :
0
Ori 0(0)+1(0)+2(1)+3(2)+4(1)+5(0)
mean 3.00 N~ : 3
Dau
0(0)+1(0)+2(0)+3(0)+4(1)+5(0) mean 4.00
N~ : 0
Spor 0(0)+1(3)+2(1)+3(18)+4(14)+5(10)
mean 3.59 N~ : 2
Remarks :
-After 02.30 UT ; the night sky became very clear and was really
impressive(LM 6.50). For us, an excellent situation is to
be on the border of the famous and powerful Scandinavia High pressure system. In
this case the wind blows from eastern directions. Mostly this means sunny
weather with dry, clean but very cold air.
-I observed no activity from the Giacobinid
meteor shower ; the radiant stood very low in the north and for me that
region of the sky is spoiled by the artificial light of my own home town. The
first two hours, the centre of my view was the region near Polaris ; no
Giacobinid activity was seen. The last two hours I changed my centre
of view to the much darker eastern region.
Other DMS members monitored the Giacobinids with video system. The
visual observers who monitored the sky for any Giacobinid activity,
during the evening of 8 october, saw a few Giacobinids. Most
notably was a yellow -2 Giacobinid with persistent train in Ursa
Minor. Must have been an impressive sight !
-Increasing activity from the Orionids ; up to 2 shower
members in one hour. Spectaculair meteors !!
With kind regards !
Michel Vandeputte,
Dutch Meteor Society
"only 39 days until the 2002 Leonid Meteor
Storm"