(meteorobs) Leonids 11/16 one gorgeous Leonid

[kcstarguy at aol.com]

meteor? report for 11/16

4-5 am Central time Olathe , KS (near Kansas City)
100% crystal frigid clear skies with the bright past full moon nearly
overhead and a washed out sky. I did not expect to see many meteors due
to this and the fact that the Leonids peak very sharply (in the morning
of11/17/2008) 





I thought I was going to be shut out which has never happened.





Finally 4:42 a sporadic 2nd magnitude - nothing to write home about





But at 4:50 a gorgeous zero magnitude yellow Leonid lit up the sky
heading North? towards the bowl of the Big Dipper. The yellow color?
was a nice contrast to the washed out mooned blue sky. A short lived
blue train/trail appeared and then disappeared after the meteor demise.





The fact that it was really cold, eventhough I was in my sleeping bag
with blanket and the few meteors I decided to pack it in and get some
hot chocolate.





I will try for earthgrazers at 9:00 pm and see if there are more during the peak after midnight 11/17.

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