(meteorobs) Decent Leonids from eastern Ontario, Canada ( was Re: Leonids from Belgium: not bad at all!

[Koen Miskotte]

Hi Pierre,
In the Netherlands we had just like Michel in Belgium clear sky's during the 
night 17/18. Unfortunately , at my hometown Ermelo sky was clouded out the 
next night.
The night 17/18 was crystal clear and I observed with a friend (Jaap van 't 
Leven)  from a location called the Ermelose Heide (a moor on a distance of 4 
km of Ermelo). Limithing magnitudes up to 6,6.
Nice Leonid activity, rates up to 20 an hour. Some bright ones as well: 
amongst them a -3 and -4 Leonid. I captured some Leonids on photo, later on 
I will publish them on my website. Before we observed the Leonids we took 
some pictures of comet 17P Holmes with a William Optics Megrez 80ED triplet 
apo refractor and a WO 110 mm F5 Megrez.
All in all we had a great time there!
Best wishes,
Koen


> Hello Michel and all,
>
> Had excellent skies last night (Nov 17/18) which is rare for November
> around here.  I was also pleasantly surprised at the amount of
> Leonids at a dark sky site.  Especially early in the night with
> radiant only a few degrees above horizon, a few beautiful
> earthgrazers were seen.  I was busy doing some DSO and comet Holmes
> astrophotography until the radiant got high up, and even then, the
> Leonids gave the impression of producing a better showing than expected.
>
> Unfortunately, it wasn't until I signed on that I realized that my
> observing tools (tape recorder, flashlights, charts, etc...) had been
> left at home :(  I had to improvise and go the old-fashioned way...
> that is, the use of my wristwatch, pen and paper to record all
> meteors (which meant more deadtime).  Still, it was a beautiful
> night.  Leonids kept up a good pace (which definitely seemed higher
> than the expected background for that time).  Many Leos between mag
> +2 and +4 but brightest at mag -4.  Detailed report will follow soon...
>
> Clear skies!
>
> Pierre Martin
> Ottawa, Ontario
>
>
>
> On 18-Nov-07, at 1:54 PM, Michel Vandeputte wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>>
>>
>> A little word about my own metoer observations on the 2007 Leonid
>> meteor shower. I was able to observe Leonids during 4 nights in a
>> row: I have data from November 14-15, 15-16, 16-17 and 17-18. As
>> the Orionids (good for 5 nights in a row around the maximum) these
>> weather conditions are really exceptional for my country in November!
>>
>> The first two nights were partial clear. Last two nights were
>> totally clear, spending +6 hour sessions covering the complete
>> Leonid observing window.  I do not have any view on my data yet,
>> but Leonid activity was pretty enjoyable and I think without
>> calculating any ZHR about a ZHR ~25-30 at best. A bit stronger than
>> a <very good> Lyrid shower maximum. Some periods were pretty busy
>> with several Leonids, other periods will show small gaps in
>> activity. Brightness: most meteors were weak (in the order between
>> magnitude +2 / +4), trains were not so numerous. Brightest one: a
>> -6 Leonid fireball during November 15-16.
>>
>> I will transcribe my data as soon as possible and send the results
>> to meteorobs.
>>
>>
>>
>> For November 18-19 we are clouded out :-(. A large frontal system
>> moves in from the west at this moment...
>>
>>
>>
>> Anyway: good luck to you all, watching some possible (hidden)
>> features and Leonid outburst components
>>
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>> The Lion Roars!!!!
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>> M.
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