Orionids 2009

superiorstream · Post by **superiorstream** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:41 pm

Hi,YK Chia
Thanks for the info.I saw the one on oct 17 near jupiter-its bright but this morning I wake up at 4am and watch till 6am but catch nothing.Really disappointed in spite of clear sky this morning.

fizzy123 · Post by **fizzy123** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:53 pm

I spotted one last saturday, while observing with WX at the tampines swimming pool. It was bright, fast, yellowish with green hue, magnitude I guess is slightly below 1.

rlow · Post by **rlow** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 3:18 pm

We went for an overnight observation last Saturday 17 Oct 09 at Sedili Besar, and one of our objective was to observe meteors, and if possible the Orionids. I was busy with the 11" dob, and I only saw 4 meteors in our observing hours from 7.30pm to 2am, including a long bright meteor with an outstanding train. Another 2 observers spotted about 7 meteors each. Siti saw 33 meteors.

ykchia · Post by **ykchia** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:19 am

Hi folks:

Updated this morning tally count with radiant plots of the 19 orionids and composite image. This time 10/19 was from 0 hr to 03:30am

http://nightevents.blogspot.com/2009/10 ... r-sky.html

Happy Meteor Watching....

rgds
ykchia

fizzy123 · Post by **fizzy123** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:59 pm

fizzy123 wrote:Due to my new work commitments, I doubt I can make it next friday for the ECP obs. However, I saw on this astronomy.SG that on the 2 weeks from now, marine parade astro is organizing an Orionids session at changi beaches on 24/10. I maybe joining them for this obs session. Changi beach gives good access to views in the northern skies.

http://astronomy.sg/archives/556

Some info I got from their webbie

The Orionids are fast meteors, perhaps a bit faint on average but capable of producing fireballs.

Dates: 24-25 October

Time: 6:00 PM till late

Camping Venue: Changi Beach

Meet-up Venue: Marine Parade Community Centre

Age Group: Open to all ages

Fee: TBC

Contact Email: mpastrosociety@gmail.com

Two-way transportation will be provided. For more information, please contact the organisers at the email above.

Read more: http://astronomy.sg/archives/556#ixzz0TQhyygPC

Hi folks, I just emailed the organizers for the obs. The obs is no longer conducted at the changi beaches. It is now named Galilean nights, held at marina barrage, there will be viewing of the jupiter via the telescope and meteor observations held concurrently.