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(meteorobs) Meteor Obs. Nov. 23 - WVa
Screech Owl Hill Observatory, Mountain Meadows, West Virginia
Lat. 385710N Lon. 0785544W - November 22/23, 2003
We had a good productive observing night on Saturday evening and Sunday
morning this past weekend. Many deep-sky objects were seen as well as comet
P2/Encke in the same binocular field as Brocchi's Cluster, and LINEAR T7 in
Perseus. The sky was beautifully clear most of the night, with the Zodiacal
Band becoming visible after 3:00 AM EST. In five hours of meteor observing,
from 6 to 11 UT, 102 meteors were seen. No fireballs were seen, but two -2,
and one -1 meteors were seen, all sporadics. Fairly good activity was seen
from a few radiants, with 12 Leonids, 9 Antihelions (2 NTA & 7 STA), 6 Alpha
Monocerotids, 13 Apex (7 NPX & 6 SPX), and a whopping 61 sporadics. Several
faint meteors were seen due to the generally excellent transparency. Below is
a brief breakdown of what was seen.
DATE TIME (UT) LM Obsr.% LEO AMO NTA STA ZPU NPX SPX SPO Total FOV
Nov.22/23 06:00-07:00 6.4 0% 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 8 14 07.6+31
Nov.22/23 07:00-08:00 6.4 0& 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 9 16 08.5+20
Nov.22/23 08:00-09:00 6.4 0% 2 1 1 3 0 1 2 13 24 10.0+20
Nov.22/23 09:00-10:00 6.6 0% 3 0 0 2 0 1 2 14 22 10.7+17
Nov.22/23 10:00-11:00 6.3 15% 4 1 0 0 1 2 1 17 26 11.7+15
Magnitude Distribution (From 6:00 - 11:00 UT)
-2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 Total Ave.
LEO 0 0 2 3 1 3 3 0 12 2.0
AMO 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 6 3.7
NTA 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1.0
STA 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 7 2.7
ZPU 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.0
NPX 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 7 2.9
SPX 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 6 3.7
SPO 2 1 3 7 12 19 8 10 61 2.9
Clear Skies,
GWG
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