(meteorobs) Re: Robert Lunsford

[Robert Lunsford]

Jason and All,

The reason I am downplaying the Leonids is because they too peak during a 
bright moon and will be significantly weaker than the Geminids. While the 
Leonids are important I certainly would not advertise them as a major shower 
this year, especially to a newcomer to meteor observing, since the display 
will be weak and badly affected by the intense moonlight.

Robert Lunsford


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Blumstein" <dirtyjerz2005 at yahoo.com>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 5:29 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) Re: Robert Lunsford


>
> Why are you downplaying the Leonids?  Especially after saying that the 
> Geminids will be under a full moon at peak.  I attending College in 
> Charleston and the weather has not been cooperating the past 2 years. 
> Every meteor shower has been blocked out by clouds when I could observe.
>
> Going back to the observation that I loosely observed, I was showing a 
> girl how bright Mars was looking when I saw one streak across the sky 
> below.  It appeared that it was across both twins in Gemini, I meant to 
> say that not Orion. I will try to observe the Leonids with a little bit 
> more accurate descriptions.  I TA for the college of Charleston so maybe 
> for extra credit we can get some students to plot the points of the 
> observations posted on here, and compare them with my loose predictions. 
> We have pretty good equipment and an excellent staff that is always 
> looking to take on more research.  So keep your eyes on the skies, may we 
> all experience clear skies.
>
> Jason