NAMN Visual Observing Form: Summary Report DATE: 2002 January 17/18 BEGIN: 1025 UT END: 1227 UT OBSERVER: Wes Stone (STOWE) LOCATION: Long: 122.867 West; Lat: 42.576 North City & State: Chiloquin, OR Elevation: 1300 meters RECORDING METHOD: Counting, Tape Recorder/Illuminated Watch ----------------------------------------------------------------------- OBSERVED SHOWERS: (Use 3 letter Codes) DCA 128, +19 COM 200, +14 SPO ----------------------------------------------------------------------- OBSERVING PERIODS: 0 = None seen; / = shower not watched. PERIOD(UT) LM Teff DCA COM SPO 1025-1126 6.83 1.00 2 1 12 1126-1227 6.80 1.00 1 3 14 Field: 157, +20 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS: SHOWER 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 TOTAL ----------------------------------------------------------- DCA - 1 - 1 1 - 3 COM - 1 1 1 1 - 4 SPO 1 - 2 9 11 3 26 ----- 33 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SKY OBSCURED: 0% FROM: 1025 UT TO: 1227 UT F= 1.00 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEAD TIME: 2 minutes BREAKS: None ----------------------------------------------------------------------- LIMITING MAGNITUDE: STAR STAR TIME AREA COUNT LM 1025 4 17 6.80 1025 9 28 6.85 Mean LM=6.83 -- 1126 9 25 6.78 1126 16 17 6.81 Mean LM=6.80 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- METEOR DATA: SPEED # TIME(UT) SHOWER MAG (1-5) COLOR TRAIN(SEC) CONST. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 1028 SPO 3 5 Cnc 2 1031 DCA 1 3 Gem 3 1035 SPO 5 3 Gem 4 1042 SPO 4 2 Leo 5 1046 SPO 4 4 Leo 6 1050 SPO 2 4 3 Leo 7 1050 SPO 3 3 Leo 8 1051 SPO 4 3 Vir 9 1054 SPO 4 3 Leo 10 1055 DCA 4 3 LMi 11 1058 SPO 5 4 Leo 12 1106 COM 2 4 UMa 13 1122 SPO 4 3 Vir 14 1123 SPO 3 4 Leo 15 1125 SPO 0 1 yellow ~ UMa --End Interval 1-- 16 1127 COM 3 4 nr 17 1128 SPO 3 3 Lyn 18 1137 COM 1 4 Crv 19 1138 SPO 4 2 Leo 20 1141 SPO 2 2 1 Vir 21 1142 SPO 3 3 Boo 22 1144 SPO 3 4 Hya 23 1147 SPO 4 4 Sex 24 1148 DCA 3 3 CMi 25 1156 SPO 3 3 Com 26 1205 COM 4 4 Vir 27 1207 SPO 4 4 Leo 28 1212 SPO 4 4 Leo 29 1216 SPO 4 4 Boo 30 1216 SPO 5 3 Com 31 1218 SPO 3 3 Com 32 1224 SPO 4 4 Boo 33 1224 SPO 3 3 Vir SPEED (VELOCITY) SCALE: 0 = Stationary 1 = Very Slow 2 = Slow 3 = Medium 4 = Fast 5 = Very Fast ----------------------------------------------------------------------- REMARKS: Very nice night with almost no fog. Temperature dropped from 15F to 12F during watch. CONST.: Constellation that contained the majority of the meteor's path, recorded just for the heck of it. nr=not recorded. ~ = wake (train of <1 second) Meteor 15 traveled ~25 degrees in 7 seconds, west to east, north of and paralleling the length of the Big Dipper. Meteor 25 was a possible Alpha Hydrid (non-IMO, radiant 135, -13). -----------------------------------------------------------------------