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(meteorobs) LEO central Texas Nov 19 -- details
The weather was very nice, and with almost all of the eastern
USA overcast, I felt duty-bound to go out and look!
Observing site: 30.37N, 97.22W, elev. about 150m.
Before moonrise, 8 stars counted in Auriga triangle (#17),
6 stars in Perseus (#2) -- LM about +5.0.
About 5% sky obstruction (trees at periphery).
Looking about 55 degrees up at about azimuth 45 (northeast).
Observing periods (all times with appended :00 implied)
Period__UTC Teff LEO Others
07:40-07:50 .167 1 1
07:52-08:02 .167 0 1
08:03-08:13 .167 0 3
08:14-08:19 .083 2 2
Moonrise noticed, changed position to looking NNW (55 degrees
up at azimuth 350), still about 5% obstructed by trees.
Only 7 stars counted in Auriga after moonrise -- LM +4.4?
2 LEO and 1 other seen during this interlude. Note rise in
Leonids at about 9:30.
Period__UTC Teff LEO Others
08:30-08:35 .083 1 0
08:36-08:41 .083 1 1
08:44-08:49 .083 0 0
08:50-09:00 .167 1 1
09:03-09:08 .083 3 0
09:09-09:14 .083 0 1
09:15-09:20 .083 0 0
09:21-09:26 .083 0 0
09:27-09:32 .083 1 0
09:35-09:40 .083 1 1
09:41-09:46 .083 1 2
09:47-09:52 .083 2 0
09:53-09:58 .083 1 0
10:00-10:05 .083 1 0
10:06-10:11 .083 1 0
10:12-10:17 .083 4 2 (-1 SPO SE->W)
10:18-10:23 .083 1 1
10:24-10:29 .083 5 2
10:30-10:35 .083 2 0
10:36-10:41 .083 1 0
10:43-10:48 .083 0 3
10:49-10:54 .083 5 1
10:55-11:00 .083 1 1
Teff=155, LEO=36, Other=23
At 10:12-17 I rejected one meteor that I thought I saw;
it would have been a LEO.
-3 LEO was seen at 8:26, not in Teff, brightest meteor seen.
I saw at least a couple of SPO from the direction of Ursa
Major, and two definite Taurids. Maybe half a dozen of the
SPO, including the -1, were from the SE.
If it had been Saturday or Sunday morning I would have
continued longer, but I had to go to work on Wednesday.
I'm puzzled by my low limiting magnitudes when I go out
into the country, but maybe it just wasn't as dark in this
place as I hoped. After moonrise, looking to NNW I had the
Moon to my right and Austin sky glow to my left. Maybe I'm
getting old eyes; my eyeglasses are a recent prescription.
Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexasdot edu - Austin, Texas, USA
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