(meteorobs) Reminder: Activity from 1001 Leonid trail

Kim Youmans meteorsga at bellsouth.net
Wed Nov 9 16:45:14 EST 2005


Does anyone know the current (tonight) radiant coordinates for the Leonids? 
I'll need the R.A. in hours/minutes to match my Norton's star atlas.

Thanks in advance,
Kim Youmans
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mikhail Maslov" <ast0 at mail.ru>
To: <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 9:43 AM
Subject: (meteorobs) Reminder: Activity from 1001 Leonid trail


> Hello,
>
> Just a reminder, tomorrow there is a chance to see some Leonid
> activity from very old (but still dense) 1001 trail. Its maximum is to
> be at 8:30 UT on 10.11.2005 but activity can last during several hours
> around the maximum. Nominal expected value of ZHRmax is 2, but
> considering very great age of the trail this value is quite uncertain,
> so activity can vary from virtually nothing to something very
> observable. Also it is a chance to see Leonids 2005 under moonless
> sky. Trail meteors are expected to be dimmer than average in
> brightness.
> Details are available at
> http://feraj.narod.ru/Radiants/Predictions/Leonids2005eng.html
>
> Best regards, Mikhail Maslov
>
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