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Re: (meteorobs) LEONIDS Report - Northern UK, 04.00 Nov 18
STUARTATK@aol.com wrote:
> Hi, me again...
>
> Well, I wrote the night off too soon! As I was closing down my computer after
> writing my previous posting, just after 2.00am, I decided to take One Last
> Look out the window, "just in case", as you do... and saw the Pointers of The
> Plough breaking thru the cloud. Then a streak of light below them...!
>
> Ah ha... :-)
>
> Back on with the jacket(s) and gloves, grab the bag full of cameras and gear,
> and out into the night again... back behind the Scout Centre where I had my
> memorable encounter with the Hounds of the Baskervilles last night... and cue
> meteors!
>
> The sky was clear, on and off, for the next two hours, and in that time I saw
> almost 100 Leonids. Some very bright - but none I'd class as fireballs - but
> most mag 1 or 2. Very few persistent trains. Colours? Predominantly white and
> ice blue, quite appropriate for the sub zero conditions.
>
> When I'd found myself actually sleeping on my feet I realised it was time to
> go home, and it was misting over again anyway, so I repacked my bag and
> headed back out of the shadows and into the lights - only to see a Police car
> gliding towards me. So, there I was, wrapped up in so many layers and hoods
> and sleeves I looked like a cross between a Jawa and the Grim Reaper,
> emerging from the shadows of a public building carrying a sports bag. Just a
> **little** suspicious! But luckily for me the woman police officer inside the
> car knew there was a meteor shower on, and recognised me from the photos
> which have accompanied my pieces in the local paper, and she accepted my
> explanation, adding that she'd even seen a few herself. In fact, she gave me
> a lift home in her police car, so I returned from my meteor watching in
> style! :-)
So while the rest of us were busy dreaming, all you were doing was being picked
up by a policewoman!
'Sorright I suppose, as long as you don't get into the habit.
Am I getting my jokes crossed?
Good looking.
Stuart in Taipei.
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