(meteorobs) Leonids Obs Australia -

[belatrix]

Hi again!,
  FWIW, its bothering me so I thought I would add, I think that 2 or 3 
or maybe even 4 or so of the meteors I counted as sporadics (of the 
around 10 or so we saw between us) were candidates for possible 
Orionids, at the time, my co-observer thought they were, and I since 
have read another report from eastern Australia which mentioned they 
thought they saw a few possible orionids, but in the period before we 
started observing, that got me thinking .
Also should of mentioned (leonid) radiant rose for us just before 3 am 
19 / 16:30 UT 18th and reached an elevation of about 22 degrees by the 
time we finished.
Kearn
35 south/+10.5 h (DST)

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