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(meteorobs) Leonids Nth Califonia
The weather was a bit shaky last night, and I was chased inside by
showers. When it was clear the night was beautiful. Unfortunately I saw
only 1 genuine Leonid, it was a good one though, a mag -1 fireball that
traversed approx 40 deg. I was only able to observe early, and when I
woke later (3:00AM) it was raining heavily).
Observing time 10:30 PM Pacific Time to 1:00 AM. (38.0N 122.5E)
Teff (60%) 1.5 hours
Sporadics 7
Leonids 1
Clouds varied from 0 to 100% (very frustrating)
I did see 4-5 sporadics that all had similar trajectories, approx 90 deg
to the Leonid flight path, but more vertical (i.e. from the north
celestial pole down). Sorry about the poor description, but I am
curious, is this part of another classification.
I'll post a more full report of last night, and tonights viewing
tommorrow.
Robert.
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"'tis pleasure sure in being mad, which none but madmen know"
--Cervantes
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