[ATMoB-discuss] Orionids anyone?

[Bernie Volz (volz)]

I also saw one very bright meteor with a nice 'smoke' trail while Mario
and I were observing in Center Harbor, NH at about 11 -- Mario was at
the eyepiece sucking up photos from a very faint fuzzy (oh, I mean
galaxy) so he missed it. There were many very faint meteors as well
(seen through the eyepiece).

- Bernie 

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Subject: Re: [ATMoB-discuss] Orionids anyone?

Dave,
I can confirm your observations although I didn't see them, myself.
Eileen Myers and John Briggs/Family were guests at Stellafane. After the
STM meeting at 9PM, the winds died out and members saw quite a few
Orionids. John's son said he saw one that was as bright as a bolide and
another that was visible for 3/4 of the way across the sky. 
I was inside the Porter Turret and, of course, saw none!
I was learning to use the setting circles and heard several oh's and
ah's. 
The meteors clearly died out by 1 AM as did many observers. I stayed up
until Orion and M42 cleared the trees to the east and hit the sack at
1:30AM.
We had seen M13, but could not find the Veil. M11, M15, M57, M56,
M31,M32,and M110 followed in slow succession as we found a large amount
of backlash in the drive. This consumed a lot of time that I had not
experienced two years ago while photographing Mars.
Paul      
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