Re: (meteorobs) Where have all the Leos gone?

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Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Where have all the Leos gone?
From: acbrill@superonline.com (Arlene C. Brill)
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 08:55:06 +0200
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good luck tonight malcolm..
thanks for the times...i'm headed to the western coast of Turkey..
should be great viewing if the sky is clear..dot it always is wonderful there..

i'll be up at 3 am tuesday...hope to 'catch a few falling stars'!!

arlene in istanbul
-----Original Message-----
From: Malcolm Purves <malcolm.purves@whichdot net>
To: meteorobs@latrade.com <meteorobs@latrade.com>
Date: November 16, 1998 6:34 AM
Subject: (meteorobs) Where have all the Leos gone?


>Where you gone and hidden them all ??? !
>
>I observed between 02:10 and 03:15 UT this morning Mon16Nov
>excellent sky for the UK ( LM 5.5 or better, even getting down to
>kappa Canis Major at -32 dec, most unusual for my latitude of +51.5N )
>
>Total of 2 probable Leonids and 3 sp ! huh!
>The first Leo, from west of Orion's belt to head of Cetus ( approx.)
>was very nice, mag about -1 colour white-yellow (not as orange as
>beetlejuice!)
>swift, no bursting no train, just 1 min into the session. NICE ONE,
>could do with a few more of those. One hr later (sigh) +2mag, feeble
>below Pollux.
>I know its a bit early BUT just 2 (sigh).
>
>Back out after a fortification of whisky (Laphroaig) at 0400 till 0415UT
>1 more Leonid, mag +1. north of Castor. Hmmmm was that a fluke or
>does it bode well for the statistics, shall I go out again or go to
>bed ?
>
>The sun will be up soon, drat!
>Malcolm.
>
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