(meteorobs) Leonids Obs Australia -

[Ian & Ronnie Finch]

Hi
  From a newby
What doe AMO's stand for seen it used a few times
Cheers Ian
On 19/11/2006, at 8:47 AM, belatrix wrote:

> Hello all,
> Quick note, two of us observed from a spot 2 hours drive north of  
> Adelaide, South Australia, under dark skies that are normally  
> pristine 7+'s, but this morning with an average ZLM of around 5.8 -  
> 6.1, (before twilight started to effect conditions), due to high  
> cloud/summer haze.
>
> Observed from 2:30 am till 5:02 am local time 19th nov 2006,  
> (+10.5) .. 16:00 to 18:32 18th nov UT
> Between 16:32 and 18:32 18th UT, I personally recorded 10 LEO's, 1  
> or 2 AMO's, and 8 SPO , our group count was 16 LEO between us in  
> this time frame.
>
> The best LEO which we both saw was a 0 mag leo at 18:07 UT, which  
> left a nice smoke trail and travelled about 30 or so degrees,  
> heading south, a classic bright leo, brought the memories flooding  
> back of their former glory :-)
>
>  My co-observer saw a very nice -3 leonid fireball at one point.
>
> Most that I saw had nice short lived trains (in fact stumbled on  
> one short LEO, only by its longer lasting tell-tale glowing train,  
> it had left near the sickle). But most I saw were in the +2 or +3  
> mag or dimmer range.'
> Still, believe it or not, that was the best Leonids show we have  
> seen personally for a few years now - scary!
>
> Cheers and happy hunting to all!
>
> Kearn Jones
> Adelaide
> Australia
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