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(meteorobs) Observations Oct 16/17 from Oregon
NAMN Visual Observing Form:
Summary Report
DATE: 2002 October 17 BEGIN: 1128 UT END: 1300 UT
OBSERVER: Wes Stone (STOWE)
LOCATION: Long: 122.867 West; Lat: 42.576 North
City & State: Chiloquin, OR Elevation: 1300 meters
RECORDING METHOD: Tape Recorder/Illuminated Watch
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OBSERVED SHOWERS: (Use 3 letter Codes)
Tau 2h 30m, +13
ORI 6h 04m, +15
EGE 6h 50m, +27
Spo
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OBSERVING PERIODS:
(On average, 2 sec/meteor subtracted for recording purposes.)
0 = None seen; / = shower not watched.
PERIOD(UT) TEFF FIELD LM Tau ORI EGE Spo
1128-1300 1.50 5.5h,+30 6.6 5 10 3 27
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MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS:
SHOWER -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 TOTAL
Tau - 1 1 - 1 1 1 5
ORI - 1 1 2 4 2 - 10
EGE - - 1 2 - - - 3
Spo 1 1 2 5 8 8 2 27
TOTAL 45
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SKY OBSCURED: 0%
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DEAD TIME: 2 minutes
BREAKS: none
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LIMITING MAGNITUDE:
STAR STAR
TIME AREA COUNT LM
1128 8 20 6.71
1128 4 14 6.54
1159 8 21 6.76
1159 4 14 6.54
1229 8 21 6.76
1229 4 15 6.67
1245 8 20 6.71
1245 4 14 6.54
MEAN LIMITING MAGNITUDE: 6.64
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METEOR DATA:
SPEED
# TIME(UT) SHOWER MAG (1-5) COLOR TRAIN(SEC)
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1 1128 Spo 4 4
2 1128 Spo 2 3
3 1129 EGE 2 2 yellow ~
4 1133 ORI 0 5 yellow 1
5 1133 Spo 3 3
6 1136 ORI 4 3
7 1138 Tau 1 3
8 1139 Spo 4 3
9 1140 Spo 4 2
10 1140 ORI 3 4
11 1140 Tau 3 2
12 1145 Spo -1 5 yellow
13 1145 ORI 4 3
14 1152 Tau 4 2
15 1152 Spo 1 4 ~
16 1155 Spo 2 3
17 1156 ORI 1 5 2
18 1157 ORI 3 5
19 1159 Tau 5 2
20 1159 ORI 2 4 2
21 1201 Spo 2 4 ~
22 1203 EGE 2 3 yellow ~
23 1205 Tau 0 3 purple ~
24 1207 Spo 4 5
25 1211 EGE 1 4 1
26 1215 Spo 4 2
27 1218 Spo 4 3
28 1223 Spo 3 4
29 1223 Spo 2 4
30 1229 Spo 5 5
31 1230 Spo 4 4
32 1230 ORI 2 3 ~
33 1233 Spo 2 3 1
34 1239 ORI 3 3
35 1243 Spo 3 4
36 1243 Spo 5 4
37 1244 Spo 4 3
38 1244 Spo 0 3 ~
39 1244 Spo 3 3
40 1247 Spo 3 5
41 1247 Spo 3 2
42 1248 Spo 3 2
43 1250 Spo 1 1 yellow 2
44 1254 Spo 3 5
45 1257 ORI 3 5
SPEED (VELOCITY) SCALE:
0 = Stationary
1 = Very Slow
2 = Slow
3 = Medium
4 = Fast
5 = Very Fast
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REMARKS:
~ = Wake; train < 1 sec
North Apex Meteors: 5 (# 15,16,21,28,36)
South Apex Meteors: 3 (# 1,31,33)
Meteor 3: Slow apparent speed due to proximity to radiant
Meteors # 41,42,43: Distinctive, slow meteors, possibly from the same
radiant (near Thuban?). Meteor 43 went ~10 degrees in 5 seconds.
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