(meteorobs) Leonid report from Colorado

Chris Peterson clp at alumni.caltech.edu
Sun Nov 18 18:14:22 EST 2007


This was definitely my poorest showing in years, in spite of fair 
weather and minimal lunar interference. Video results from last night 
(Nov 17/18 UT-7h):

S Taurid   STA   5
N Taurid   NTA   3
Leonid   LEO   24
alpha Monocerotid   AMO   8
Sporadic   SPO   12
Unknown   UNK   1
Total meteors: 53

One of those sporadics was an impressive mag -10 fireball: 
http://www.cloudbait.com/meteor/data.php?recnum=20060

And for the last 5 nights (some cloudy weather):

S Taurid   STA   13
N Taurid   NTA   10
Leonid   LEO   44
alpha Monocerotid   AMO   15
Sporadic   SPO   33
Unknown   UNK   1
Total meteors: 116

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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