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Re: (meteorobs) Leonid "radiant glow" (long)
Peter Bus has noted that I gave the time of the Earth crossing the
comet's node incorrectly as Nov 18.8 UT in the paragraph above RESULTS.
It is repeated correctly below. This does not affect any of the
calculations.
The Surface Intensity only applies to the time of maximum brightness
and
this will presumably occur at the peak of the shower. Thus, at the
two times given below the surface intensity is likely to be less than
at
Nov 17.8 UT. However, the positions for the two times will give an
indication of the motion of the glow over the course of a day.
He also notes that the URL of the Japanese web page doesn't like the tilde
before "fujii". It appeared on my browser as "~fujii", but if anyone has
problems, they could do a web search for "Leonid Meteoric Cloud".
>POSTSCRIPT
>Subsequent to writing this, I came across the web page of a Japanese
>research group who are trying to observe the "Leonid Meteoric Cloud" with
>a wide field CCD camera. The main page is at
>http://komadori.planet.kobe-u.ac.jp/~fujii/leonid.htm
Cheers, Rob
Robert H. McNaught
rmn@aaocbn.aaodot gov.au
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