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Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 14:37:04 +0200 (EET)
From: Helle Jaaniste <helle@obs.ee>
To: imo-news@egroups.com
Subject: [IMO-News] Leonids from Estonia

Raport IMO-le leoniidide asjus
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Leonids from Estonia

We suceeded to observe the Leonid storm from Janeda, Estonia, 
59.246 deg north, 25.704 deg east. The sky was mostly cloudy in
Estonia, but it opened exactly at the predicted time, about 1.55 UT
and was clear till 03.00 UT, when the clouds moving from SW covered
it again.

Results:

Site: 25o42'E;  59o14'N; 

Weather: cirrus, mist, stars dimmer than 4th magnitude hardly visible.

Counts:

Date   Observer        Alpha  Delta  Start  End    Teff AvLM  F  LEO  

18.11 Helle Jaaniste     6h    +10   02.20  02.45  0.42  4.0  1  111
                                     02.45  03.00  0.25  3.5 0.8  30

18.11 Maris Kuperjanov  12h    +50   02.07  02.17  0.17  4.0  1   21
                                     02.17  02.27  0.17  3.5 0.7  10
                                     02.27  02.37  0.17  3.5 0.7  19
                                     02.37  02.47  0.17  3.5 0.5   9
                                     02.47  02.57  0.17  4.0 0.8  20
                                     02.57  03.02  0.10  3.5 0.5   5
                                     ================================
                                     02.07  03.02  0.93  3.7 0.7  84

18.11 Markko Meriniit     7h   +20   02.07  02.17  0.17  4.2  1   30
                                     02.17  02.27  0.17  4.2  1   47
                                     02.27  02.37  0.17  4.2  1   39
                                     02.37  02.47  0.17  4.2  1   34
                                     02.47  02.57  0.17  4.2  1   32
                                     ===============================
                                     02.07  02.57  0.83  4.2  1  182


2. Magnitude distribution:

Date  Observer     Alp Del Sta  End   -4  -3  -2  -1   0    1    2    3    4

18.11 H. Jaaniste  6h +10 02.20 03.00  1   -   1   -   1    7   28   63   30 


An extremly bright fireball (-8/-10m) has been seen at (about) 2.15 UT 
low at NNW, partly in clouds where no stars were visible.


	Helle Jaaniste
	helle@obs.ee
	Tartu Tahetorn
	http://www.obs.ee

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