The UK weather proved rather unhelpful for the 2014 Orionids.<\/p>\n
Many areas endured a long run of cloudy nights, although some eastern and southern areas had clear skies on the evening of Oct 21st.<\/p>\n
Graham Winstanley\u00a0<\/strong>(Bassingham, Lincs) observed between 2313UT and 0013UT (LM 5.4), and recorded 1 Orionid, 2 Taurids and 3 sporadics.<\/p>\n David Scanlan<\/strong>\u00a0(Romsey, Hampshire) observed between 1830UT and 2200UT (LM 5.0), and recorded 1 Orionid and 5 sporadics – be aware, of course, that the Orionid radiant only rises above the horizon at around 21h UT and so Orionid meteors would only have been observable in the final hour.<\/p>\n Overall, it seems that it was a below average year for the Orionids, with results reported to the International Meteor Organisation (IMO) indicating a peak ZHR of around 15 (compared with a more normal 25), as is shown in this activity curve:<\/p>\n http:\/\/imo.net\/orionids2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The UK weather proved rather unhelpful for the 2014 Orionids. Many areas endured a long run of cloudy nights, although some eastern and southern areas had clear skies on the evening of Oct 21st. Graham Winstanley\u00a0(Bassingham, Lincs) observed between 2313UTRead more<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meteor-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t