Nov 3/4 Meteors

Interesting night in that both of my cameras detected quite a bit of activity from the Northern Taurids but nothing unusual was seen from Bob’s camera in San Diego.

Bob’s notes from last night : “Pretty much clear all of last night. No extraordinary activity to report.”

Obs Date (UT)  TotTime TOT SPO NTA STA ORI BCN ETT
TUS 2009-11-04 10h 46m  51  28  11  2   5   3   2
SDG 2009-11-04 11h 13m  37  24  4   5   4   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
BCN – Beta Cancrids
ETT – Eta Taurids

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About Carl Hergenrother
I am a professional astronomer specializing in the study of comets, asteroids and meteors. This blog will focus on my professional and amateur work in this field

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