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(meteorobs) Observations Oct 30/31 from Oregon



NAMN Visual Observing Form:
Summary Report

DATE: 2002 October 31  BEGIN: 0800 UT  END: 0931 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  048 deg, +16
ORI  102 deg, +17
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   Spo
0800-0931   1.50  5.5h,+20    6.9    8    3     19 
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MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS:


SHOWER   -1  0  +1  +2  +3  +4  +5   TOTAL
Tau       1  -   -   2   3   2   -     8
ORI       -  -   -   1   1   1   -     3
Spo       -  1   1   4   6   3   4    19

                               TOTAL  30
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SKY OBSCURED: 0% 
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DEAD TIME: 1 minute
BREAKS: none
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LIMITING MAGNITUDE:

        STAR  STAR
TIME    AREA  COUNT   LM
0800      8    26    7.15
0800      4    16    6.76
0830      8    25    6.95
0830      4    16    6.76
0901      8    27    7.17
0901      4    17    6.80

MEAN LIMITING MAGNITUDE: 6.93
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METEOR DATA:
                            SPEED
#    TIME(UT)  SHOWER  MAG  (1-5)  COLOR  TRAIN(SEC)  
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1     0801      Tau    -1     2 
2     0801      Spo     4     4
3     0802      Spo     4     3
4     0802      Tau     3     2
5     0803      Tau     3     2
6     0804      ORI     2     3                1
7     0805      Spo     5     3
8     0806      Spo     3     3
9     0815      Spo     2     3
10    0819      Spo     3     3
11    0819      Spo     4     3
12    0828      Spo     3     3
13    0834      Tau     4     2
14    0835      Spo     0     5                2
15    0842      Tau     3     2 
16    0844      Tau     2     2
17    0848      Spo     5     3
18    0852      Spo     2     3
19    0853      Tau     4     2
20    0855      Spo     2     3    orange
21    0900      Tau     2     2
22    0901      Spo     3     4
23    0901      Spo     5     2
24    0905      Spo     3     4                ~
25    0906      Spo     3     4
26    0908      Spo     5     4
27    0917      Spo     1     3    orange      ~
28    0918      Spo     2     3                1
29    0919      ORI     4     5
30    0927      ORI     3     4                ~
 
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

South Apex Meteors: 1 (# 24)

Meteor # 19: Well-aligned North Taurid; length 2 degrees, near
Pleiades.
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