(meteorobs) Leonids November 15/16, 2006 from Slovenia

[Javor Kac]

I had clear skies on November 15. I observed comet C/2006 M4 
(SWAN) in the evening and continued with a few deep sky objects. 
Then I had to "kill" some time before comet 4P/Faye would rise 
high enough so I decided to observe for about an hour. I started 
before 7 PM local time, facing north because southern part of the 
sky was lit by the neighbour's floodlight. Only five sporadic meteor 
were seen during one hour.
After midnight I decided to drive uphill to a better observing 
location. I observed for a couple of hours and saw four Leonids, all 
left trains. The best meteor was an Alpha Monocerotid in Lepus 
with a magnitude +1 terminal explosion.
I packed as the Moon rose as I thought I needed to stay fresh for 
the coming nights. There was not much of clear sky until tonight.

Clear skies!
Javor

The Summary:
Date: November 15/16, 2006
Begin: 17h 50m UT
End: 01h 29m UT
Location 1: l= 15o 31' 14" E. fi= 46o 23' 30" N. h= 305m
Place 1: Kostanjevec. Slovenia (23108)
Location 2: 15o 28' 58" E, 46o 26' 02" N, 970 m
Place 2: Planina pod Sumikom, Slovenia (23114)
Observer: Javor Kac (KACJA)

Place Period (UT) Teff   F   Lm  LEO AMO NTA STA Spor
23108 17:50-18:51 1.00 1.11 6.50   /   /   0   0   5
23114 23:23-00:26 1.05 1.00 6.87   1   0   1   2  16
23114 00:26-01:29 1.03 1.00 6.86   3   1   3   1  13
 FOV1: 350+65
 FOV2: 080+25
 FOV3: 095+25

Magnitude distributions:
LEO: +2(2) +3(2)
AMO: +1(1)
NTA: +1(1) +2(1) +3(0) +4(2)
STA: +2(2) +3(0) +4(0) +5(1)
Spor: +1(2) +2(7) +3(9) +4(7) +5(9) +6(1)

Slovenska Bistrica, Slovenia -- 46ø23'24N - 15ø33'47E - 288m
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