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(meteorobs) Re: Leonids over UK: Nov 17th, 04.50UT

Dear List and other lemmings'
I had been out earlier and saw none with high haze at 40,000 feet, and went to
bed.  I was awaken by my buddy at midnight, he said they had really started,
smoke trails and all.  I drive 14 miles north of town for a good seat, and...high
clouds, can't see a thing.
Well back to bed 'til 4 A.M.              D. Lemming in SW WY

STUARTATK@aol.com wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Just got back in from a brief look at the sky... and the show is still going
> on..! Even though it's rather cloudy - not thick cloud, more like low, misty
> stuff that's crawling across the sky, leaving tantalising gaps here and there
> - the meteors are visible through the cloud, travelling very quickly, many of
> them ending with terminal flares and bursts. I just saw three magnitude -7
> fireballs in the space of 5 mins, and one amazing -9 or so fireball which
> ended in a flare which lit up everything... even in the areas of sky
> completely hidden by cloud there are flashes and busrst of light, making the
> sky look like there's a WW2 artillery bombardment going on, unbelievable,
> truly spectacular...
>
> >From my four hours or so of sky-staring I offer the following very
> unscientific observations:
>
> - Most of the Leonids I saw were streaking away to the right of the radiant,
> but the brightest fireballs were visible near the Pointers of The Plough.
>
> - There is a very, very large proportion of fireballs among the meteors, with
> -4 being "average"!
>
> - The meteors are travelling far, far quicker than I expected; if you think
> you;re going to be able to follow them in binoculars, you're wrong, they're
> faaaaaaaaaaaast!!!
>
> ... but I'm off to work soon, so I now pass the shower to all of you in the
> US, and offer my best wishes for those of you in China and Japan waiting for
> the expected peak.
>
> Clear skies to you all my friends!
>
> GO GET EM CHINA!!!!
>
> Stuart Atkinson,
> UK (with high hopes for tonight)
>
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