At the All Az Star party,I was photographing the area of Comet Swan when = we had a large fireball pass overhead. By luck my exposure caught the = last part of it. Has anyone figured out if that was an Orionid? Other = than the meteor, it wasn't a great picture. Swan isn't clearly visible. I did get some other pictures I was happy with, though, and so I'm going = to have Tony & Daphne Hallas scan a few of the better negatives, and I'll = have them do the Swan one, too. Who knows? With a little tweaking, maybe = I got the comet and the meteor in the same frame. I'll post the scans = when I get them back. Wes >>> "Steve Coe" <stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx> 10/23/06 4:55 PM >>> Paul; I am getting my film developed and if I captured any meteors from the Antennas site at Hovatter Road, I will bring them to the SAC meeting. After seeing several of the fireballs, I would put on the 50mm lens and = =3D aim it somewhere "up" and let it track while we got a sandwich and chatted. = =3D So, we will see. Hoping for the best; Steve Coe -----Original Message----- From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Lind Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 3:41 PM To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Orionid meteors Hi All, Someone should send an informal report to the astronomy magazines about = =3D the=3D20 Orionids in Arizona. I wouldn't know who to contact, but every time I =3D sat=3D20 down in my lounge chair Saturday night at Az City I saw about 1.5 per =3D minute and most had a radiant in the head of Orion. Didn't make a count. Paul ----- Original Message -----=3D20 From: <ketelsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <taaaforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 12:05 PM Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Orionid meteors > Hi All- > I was up at the Kitt Peak Picnic Area last night and was blown away by = =3D the > meteors. I believe they were not all Orionids, and there was a good > variety of bright ones leaving short-lived trains and really faint =3D ones as > well. Rates were easily a couple-per-minute, and even while driving =3D back > to Tucson at 3am I saw 4 while driving, one while in Tucson! I even > caught one fireball in my camera with the half-degree field of my 11". > All-Az for me tonight - see you-all there! > > -Dean > > >> The Orionids have been really good for the past couple of nights. =3D Lots=3D20 >> of >> bright, long tail meteors all night long, especially in the early =3D morning >> hours. Those lucky enough to be out at a dark site are probably =3D really >> seeing a lot but even here in Tucson there have been many visible. >> >> >> I think the peak is predicted for tomorrow night (i.e. Sat night/Sun >> morning) >> >> >> >> Keith Schlottman >> >> > > -- > See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and =3D please > send personal replies to the author, not the list. > >=3D20 -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and =3D please=3D20 send personal replies to the author, not the list. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and = please=20 send personal replies to the author, not the list. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.