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Re: (meteorobs) Nov 16/17 Leonid Observations



What part of GA are you in.

Thanks,
Roger


>From: "Kim S. Youmans" <ksyo@pinelanddot net>
>Reply-To: meteorobs@jovian.com
>To: Meteorobs <meteorobs@jovian.com>
>Subject: (meteorobs) Nov 16/17 Leonid Observations
>Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 03:01:19 -0500
>
>      My friend Johnny and I gazed long and hard at the dark, transparent
>sky, clutching our hand warmers, the chill wind biting our faces.  The
>occasional Leonid zipped by, but if we were expecting to see rates
>indicative of an oncoming storm, we were disappointed.  If this keeps
>up, it's going to be a long, hard, cold night tonight...
>____________________________________________________________________________________________
>
>OBSERVER:  Kim S. Youmans (YOUKI)  DATE:  11-16/17-99
>BEGIN:07:48UT  END 10:00UT  LOCATION:  Treutlen Co, Ga.
>82. 24' 25" W;  32. 24' 45" N
>METHOD: Tape    Elev 240 ft
>Facing South
>2 periods, sky 0% obscured, No breaks
>Period 1  7:48-8:50UT  SPO(12) LEO(17) STA(4)
>Dead time = 2 min  Teff = 1.00
>Period 2  8:50-10:00UT  SPO(10) LEO(11) STA(1) NTA(1)
>Dead time = 3 min  Teff = 1.116
>
>Limiting Magnitudes
>08:00 UT  (IMO 4)+6.37  (IMO 8)+6.27
>08:30 UT  (IMO 4)+6.47  (IMO 8)+6.36
>09:00 UT  (IMO 4)+6.54  (IMO 8)+6.36
>09:30 UT  (IMO 4)+6.54  (IMO 8)+6.27
>
>Center FOV (UT)
>  07:50  6hr20min       +10
>  08:50  7hr50min       +18
>  10:00  8hr40min       +20
>
>Mag Distribution
>SPO(22)              +1(4) +2(1) +3(5) +4(7) +5(5)
>LEO(28)  -1(1)  0(2) +1(4) +2(7) +3(8) +4(4) +5(2)
>STA(4)                           +3(1) +4(2) +5(1)
>NTA(1)                           +3(1)
>
>
>Period 1 (Time UT, Shower, Mag, Speed)
>01  07:49   SPO   +1  2
>02  07:51   LEO   +3  5
>03  07:53   LEO   +2  3  near pointer/3 sec train
>04  07:53   SPO   +1  3
>05  07:57   LEO   +2  5  train
>06  07:57   LEO   +3  5  train
>07  07:58   LEO   +5  5
>08  07:59   SPO   +4  4
>09  08:02   SPO   +4  2
>10  08:04   LEO   +2  5
>11  08:04   SPO   +2  2  train
>12  08:05   LEO   +3  5  train
>13  08:05   LEO   +2  5
>14  08:08   SPO   +3  1
>15  08:08   STA   +5  2
>16  08:10   LEO   +1  5  3 sec train
>17  08:10   SPO   +4  3
>18  08:12   STA   +3  2
>19  08:15   LEO   -1  5  2 sec train
>20  08:16   LEO   +2  5
>21  08:16   LEO   +2  5
>22  08:16   LEO   +1  5  1 sec train
>23  08:21   LEO   +3  5
>24  08:32   STA   +4  2
>25  08:33   SPO   +3  5
>26  08:36   LEO   +4  5
>27  08:40   LEO    0  5
>28  08:40   STA   +4  5
>29  08:42   SPO   +5  3
>30  08:47   SPO   +3  5
>31  08:49   SPO   +5  2
>32  08:49   LEO   +3  5
>
>Period 2 (Time UT, Shower, Mag, Speed)
>33  09:02   LEO   +5  4
>34  09:04   NTA   +3  2
>35  09:08   SPO   +2  2
>36  09:10   SPO   +4  5
>37  09:10   LEO   +1  5  2 sec train
>38  09:13   SPO   +1  2  very brief
>39  09:16   LEO    0  5  bluish/3 sec train
>40  09:16   STA   +4  2
>41  09:21   LEO   +2  5
>42  09:23   LEO   +1  5
>43  09:35   LEO   +3  5  1 sec train
>44  09:35   LEO   +4  5
>45  09:37   SPO   +4  5
>46  09:42   LEO   +4  4
>47  09:44   SPO   +4  3
>48  09:45   SPO   +1  3  train
>49  09:47   SPO   +3  2
>50  09:49   SPO   +3  4
>51  09:50   LEO   +3  5
>52  09:51   LEO   +3  5
>53  09:54   SPO   +5  2
>54  09:58   SPO   +5  3
>55  09:58   LEO   +4  5

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