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Re: (meteorobs) Phoenix, AZ, 7:23 - 10:15 UT 16-17/11





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> 7"<~HK: Larue.Miller@bull.com
> JU<~HK: meteorobs@latrade.com
> VwLb: (meteorobs) Phoenix, AZ, 7:23 - 10:15 UT 16-17/11
> HUFZ: 1998Dj11TB18HU 5:55
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> 
> We saw a 150 meteors in just under 2 hours of observing, plus about a
dozen
> on the way home.  The best one was on the drive over to Lake Pleasant (at
> 12:23 AM, or 7:23 UT) where we had staked out a viewing spot.  It was
> actually bright and defined enough to look like a jagged piece of burning
> rock, and left a trail that lasted for nearly ten minutes, almost like a
> jet contrail.  It was bright orange, looked like it was flaming, and
sailed
> across most of the sky moving east to west parallel to the top of the
> windshield.
> 
> Most of the Leonids had persistent trails, most were much shorter than
that
> first one.  Lots were green, most white, some orange.  There were only a
> few clearly non-Leonid.
> 
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