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Re: (meteorobs) Orionids from S'pore Oct 18, 19



On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 11:42:48AM -0400, George Gliba wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 11:16:59PM +0800, chiayk wrote:
> > Hi folks:
> > 
> >   Just a short note to say I was / still is surprised by the frequency 
> > of the Orionids seen using the watec-902H/25mm  0.95 lens.  I did not 
> > have full report but would like to share a pic of a negative Orionid 
> > Fireball captured on the Sunday early am hours. This one occured  smack 
> > right in the FOV and I could  see the persistence trail.
> > 
> >  ORI - fireball http://www.ykchia.com/orionids_03.htm
> > 
> >  For both Oct 18 and Oct 19 local time 4 am onwards - Orionids - were  
> > showing up steadily in the  watec-902H /25mm lens.. 
> 
>     I think that the premaximum Orionids were higher rates than expected.
> Although I saw 8 Orionds from 8:46 to 9:46 UT with LM=5.7 and 33% clouds,

Correction, 8:42 to 9:42 UT.


GWG


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