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(meteorobs) 21-22/10/2003 Report-Mojave Desert,CA USA
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Meteor Visual Report
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DATE: 21-22/10/2003
BEGIN: 0645 UT END: 0745 UT
OBSERVER: Sidney Ferreira (FERSI)
LOCATION: Long=117°40'12"N Lat=35°37'21"W
City & State: Ridgecrest,California Elevation: 700+m
RECORDING METHOD: Digital Recorder
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OBSERVED SHOWERS:___________radiant position
ORI (Orionids)______________0616 +16
ANT (Antihelion)____________0224 +15
DAU (Delta Aurigids)________0652 +50
EGE (Epsilon Geminids)______0708 +27
NPX (North Apex)____________0744 +36
SPX (South Apex)____________0744 +06
LMI (Leo Minorids)__________1048 +37
SPO (Sporadic)
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OBSERVING PERIODS:
PERIOD(UT)___FIELD______Teff___LM____ORI_ANT_DAU_EGE_NPX_SPX_SPO
0645-0745__23h4m/28°6'__1.00__5.38____5___0___0___0___0___0___5
TOTALS:_______________________5.38____5___0___0___0___0___0___5
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MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS:
SHOWER
____-6__-5__-4__-3__-2__-1___0__+1__+2__+3__+4__+5__TOTAL
SPO__0___0___0___0___0___2___1___0___0___0___2___0______5
ORI__1___0___0___0___0___0___2__.5__.5___0___2___0______5
ANT__0___0___0___0___0___0___0___0___0___0___0___0______0
DAU__0___0___0___0___0___0___0___0___0___0___0___0______0
EGE__0___0___0___0___0___0___0___0___0___0___0___0______0
NPX__0___0___0___0___0___0___0___0___0___0___0___0______0
SPX__0___0___0___0___0___0___0___0___0___0___0___0______0
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Observing Field Obstruction: none
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Dead time: none
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Limiting Magnitudes:
UT______Chart#____Count_______LM
0645______18________9_________5.04
0645______6_________8_________5.80
0645______7_________9_________5.29
Mean Limiting Magnitudes
Interval #1: 5.38
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Meteor Data:
#___TimeUT___Mag___Vel___Color___Shower___Train
1___0650______4_____3______W______SPO_____ --
2___0656______3_____3______W______ORI_____ --
3___0704______0_____4______W______SPO_____ --
4___0705_____-1_____2______W______SPO_____ +
5___0708_____1.5____5______W______ORI_____ 2sec
6___0716______0_____5______Y______ORI_____ +
7___0721_____-1_____4______Bl_____SPO_____ +
8___0722______0_____4______Bl_____ORI_____ +
9___0734______4_____3______W______SPO_____ --
10__0736_____-6_____4______Or_____ORI_____3.5sec
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Remarks:
Hello,
I've been reading all the observation reports while away and was hoping to be back home in time for the Orionid peak. Close but no cigar. Regardless, it is great to be home in the Mojave desert after 6 weeks off from meteor observing due to crunch time at work & travel. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to stay out long last night(1.00 Teff) but I will be observing more often now that my work load has let up a bit.
Meteor #10 was a brilliant beauty off to my south and made a nice grand finale. I recorded it as Orange but it really went to red... perhaps because it was low to the horizon.
Clear skies to you all.
-SID!
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