NAMN Visual Observing Form:
Summary Report

DATE: 2001 October 20/21  BEGIN: 1105 UT  END: 1207 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
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OBSERVED SHOWERS: (Use 3 letter Codes)
STA  2h 50m, +11
NTA  2h 50m, +17
ORI  6h 20m, +16
EGE  7h 00m, +27
NPX  7h 44m, +36
SPX  7h 44m  +06
SPO
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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
1105-1207    6.33    2    0    17   1    1    0    7

Teff=1.00h.
Field: 5.5h, +30 from 1105-1145; thereafter 6h, +60
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MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS:

SHOWER   -1   0  +1  +2  +3  +4  +5   TOTAL
STA       -   -   -   -   2   -   -     2
ORI       -   3   2   5   3   3   1    17
EGE       -   -   -   1   -   -   -     1
NPX       -   1   -   -   -   -   -     1
SPO       1   -   1   -   4   1   -     7
                                TOTAL  28

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SKY OBSCURED:
0% FROM: 1105 UT TO: 1140 UT
10% FROM: 1140 UT TO: 11:45 UT
20% FROM: 11:45 UT TO: 12:07 UT

F= 1.09
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DEAD TIME: 2 minutes for looking at watch plus position change

BREAKS: none
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LIMITING MAGNITUDE:

        STAR  STAR
TIME    AREA  COUNT   LM
1105     2     14     6.40
1105     8     15     6.27
1105    17     19     6.30
1135     4     13     6.47
1218     8     14     6.19


MEAN LIMITING MAGNITUDE: 6.33
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METEOR DATA:


                            SPEED
#    TIME(UT)  SHOWER  MAG  (1-5)  COLOR  TRAIN(SEC)  
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1     1105      Npx     0     5               1
2     1106      SPO     4     3           
3     1113      ORI     2     4               ~ 
4     1114      ORI     2     4               ~ 
5     1115      SPO    -1     3    yellow     ~ 
6     1115      EGE     2     4               ~ 
7     1117      ORI     4     3              
8     1117      ORI     1     3               ~
9     1118      ORI     0     5               1 
10    1125      SPO     3     3               ~ 
11    1126      STA     3     3 
12    1127      ORI     4     3 
13    1127      STA     3     3 
14    1128      ORI     3     4 
15    1130      ORI     5     5 
16    1133      ORI     4     4  
17    1135      ORI     2     4               ~ 
18    1138      SPO     3     3 
19    1139      SPO     3     4  
20    1141      ORI     3     5 
21    1145      ORI     0     4 
22    1148      ORI     3     4 
23    1154      SPO     3     4               ~
24    1155      ORI     0     4    yellow     1 
25    1156      ORI     2     4 
26    1200      ORI     1     5 
27    1201      SPO     1     2 
28    1207      ORI     2     3               1

SPEED (VELOCITY) SCALE: 
0 = Stationary
1 = Very Slow
2 = Slow
3 = Medium
4 = Fast
5 = Very Fast


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REMARKS:

Npx = Northern Apex; Spx = Southern Apex
~ = wake (train of <1 second)

Meteor 5 traveled below Procyon from a radiant possibly in Lepus.

Meteor 27 lasted about 4 seconds in a slow burn from N->SE. 
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