22 Oct
2009
22 Oct
'09
2:46 p.m.
Wednesday morning 2:30 to 2:50am from downtown SLC, ZLM 3.5. Expected rate was ZHR 50. For an urban location and being 2 hours from trasnit, I was expecting about ZHR 5 or 2 1/2 per half hour. Saw one mag 0 streamer coming off the Orionid radiant (brighter than Pollux, dimmer than Sirius). Color brillant white 1 to 1/2 second tail, very fast moving relative to Persieds. Tail length about the same distance as between Castor and Pollux (about 4 degs). Nice relatively warm night. Pleasant to sit outside in the quiet of the early morning. - Kurt