In yesterday’s post, I mentioned that I expected the rate of Orionids to start falling last night. It didn’t happen. Though rates have slightly decreased when compared with the previous 3 nights, the Orionids were still near their maximum for an amazing 5th straight night. Visual reports to the IMO’s real-time page confirm the continued elevated rates with activity varying between a ZHR of 25 and 45 meteors per hour.
Obs Date(UT)TotTime TOT SPO NTA STA ORI OUI SSA EGE LMI TUS Oct-24 10h 46m 154 38 4 3 99 1 1 3 5 SDG Oct-24 02h 00m 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TUS – Camera in Tucson operated by Carl Hergenrother
SDG – Camera in San Diego operated by Bob Lunsford
TotTime – Total amount of time each camera looked for meteors
TOT – Total number of meteors detected
SPO – Sporadics (meteors not affiliated with any particular meteor shower)
NTA/STA – Northern and Southern Taurids (includes Antihelions)
ORI – Orionids
OUI – October Ursae Minorids
SSA – Sigma Arietids
EGE – Epsilon Geminids
LMI – Leonis Minorids
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