NAMN Visual Observing Form: Summary Report DATE: 2001 October 18/19 BEGIN: 0945 UT END: 1250 UT OBSERVER: Wes Stone (STOWE) LOCATION: Long: 122.867 West; Lat: 42.576 North City & State: Chiloquin, OR Elevation: 1300 meters RECORDING METHOD: Tape Recorder/Illuminated Watch ----------------------------------------------------------------------- OBSERVED SHOWERS: (Use 3 letter Codes) STA 2h 34m, +11 NTA 2h 34m, +17 ORI 6h 08m, +15 EGE 6h 54m, +27 NPX 7h 40m, +37 SPX 7h 40m +07 SPO ----------------------------------------------------------------------- OBSERVING PERIODS: (On average, 3 sec/meteor subtracted for recording purposes.) 0 = None seen; / = shower not watched. PERIOD(UT) LM STA NTA ORI EGE NPX SPX SPO 0945-1047 6.49 4 0 16 2 1 1 11 1047-1148 6.44 2 2 11 1 3 0 7 1148-1250 6.46 1 2 18 0 5 2 11 Teff=1.0h for each period. Field: 5.5h, +30 throughout ----------------------------------------------------------------------- MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS: SHOWER -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 TOTAL STA - - - 1 3 2 1 7 NTA - - - - 2 2 - 4 ORI 1 1 3 12 16 8 4 45 EGE - - 1 - 1 1 - 3 NPX - 1 2 - 6 - - 9 SPX - - - 1 - 2 - 3 SPO - 1 2 6 13 6 1 29 TOTAL 100 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SKY OBSCURED: 0% FROM: 0945 UT TO: 1250 UT ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEAD TIME: 5 minutes for looking at watch 2 minutes in periods 1 and 3; 1 minute in period 2 BREAKS: none ----------------------------------------------------------------------- LIMITING MAGNITUDE: STAR STAR TIME AREA COUNT LM 0945 8 18 6.50 0945 17 27 6.58 1015 8 17 6.36 1015 17 23 6.51 1047 4 13 6.47 1047 8 17 6.36 1047 17 21 6.47 1117 4 13 6.47 1117 8 17 6.36 1117 17 22 6.48 1148 4 14 6.54 1148 8 18 6.50 1148 17 21 6.47 1218 4 13 6.47 1218 8 16 6.29 1218 17 22 6.48 MEAN LIMITING MAGNITUDE: 6.46 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- METEOR DATA: SPEED # TIME(UT) SHOWER MAG (1-5) COLOR TRAIN(SEC) ------------------------------------------------------ ---------------- 1 0945 SPO 4 3 2 0947 EGE 1 5 3 0947 STA 3 3 4 0947 ORI 2 4 ~ 5 0949 ORI 3 4 ~ 6 0949 Npx 3 4 7 0953 ORI 0 4 1 8 0953 ORI 3 5 9 0953 SPO 4 5 10 0955 SPO 3 3 11 0956 ORI 2 4 12 0957 ORI 3 5 13 0958 EGE 4 5 14 0958 SPO 4 4 15 1003 ORI 4 4 16 1006 SPO 2 3 17 1007 STA 3 3 18 1010 ORI 3 4 ~ 19 1013 ORI 2 4 ~ 20 1018 SPO 2 4 21 1020 ORI 2 4 1 22 1020 ORI 4 4 23 1023 SPO 2 4 24 1027 STA 2 2 25 1028 SPO 3 4 26 1029 ORI 3 3 27 1034 Spx 4 5 28 1035 SPO 3 4 29 1035 STA 5 2 30 1036 ORI 2 4 1 31 1036 SPO 3 4 32 1036 ORI 3 4 33 1037 SPO 3 3 34 1042 ORI 2 4 2 35 1045 ORI 2 4 End Hour 1 36 1048 SPO 0 1 blue ~ 37 1051 ORI 2 4 38 1056 ORI 1 4 39 1100 SPO 3 4 40 1101 STA 4 1 41 1105 ORI 5 3 42 1106 Npx 1 4 ~ 43 1108 NTA 3 2 44 1110 SPO 5 4 45 1112 ORI 3 4 46 1113 ORI -1 4 7 47 1117 SPO 1 3 2 48 1122 SPO 3 4 49 1122 Npx 3 4 50 1126 EGE 3 4 51 1127 NTA 4 3 52 1128 ORI 2 4 2 53 1132 SPO 4 5 54 1133 ORI 3 3 ~ 55 1137 ORI 2 4 2 56 1138 SPO 2 4 57 1140 ORI 5 4 58 1141 STA 4 2 59 1143 Npx 3 5 60 1144 ORI 1 4 61 1146 ORI 2 4 2 End Hour 2 62 1152 SPO 3 4 63 1152 ORI 1 5 2 64 1152 Npx 3 4 65 1154 Npx 3 5 66 1154 ORI 4 5 67 1154 ORI 3 5 68 1156 SPO 3 3 69 1200 ORI 4 4 70 1202 SPO 1 3 2 71 1203 NTA 3 2 72 1205 ORI 4 3 73 1206 Spx 4 4 74 1208 Npx 0 5 75 1208 ORI 3 4 76 1210 SPO 3 4 77 1213 ORI 5 4 78 1213 ORI 3 4 79 1215 SPO 3 4 80 1217 ORI 3 3 81 1217 ORI 4 4 82 1219 Spx 2 4 1 83 1220 ORI 5 4 84 1221 ORI 3 4 85 1223 ORI 4 3 86 1224 SPO 4 3 87 1225 Npx 3 4 88 1225 ORI 4 4 89 1226 ORI 3 4 ~ 90 1229 STA 3 2 91 1229 ORI 3 4 92 1231 NTA 4 2 93 1235 SPO 3 4 94 1238 SPO 3 3 95 1239 ORI 2 4 1 96 1241 ORI 3 4 ~ 97 1241 SPO 4 2 98 1242 Npx 1 4 99 1244 SPO 2 4 1 100 1248 SPO 2 4 SPEED (VELOCITY) SCALE: 0 = Stationary 1 = Very Slow 2 = Slow 3 = Medium 4 = Fast 5 = Very Fast ----------------------------------------------------------------------- REMARKS: Npx = Northern Apex; Spx = Southern Apex ~ = wake (train of <1 second) Meteor 36 was a low, slow meteor that crawled for about 7 seconds along the western horizon from Lacerta to SW Pisces. -----------------------------------------------------------------------