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(meteorobs) Leonids - visual & radio!
Hello:
It sorta cleared here in Halifax and that gave me a chance to view them
unfortunately from my balcony. Clods and an odd shower did occur, but
my luck was not with me trying to get photos, I'd point at Orion and they
would fall elsewere, I would move the camera and , yep, the odd bright
one would go through Orion!
Anyways, this is what I have so far. My star magnitude varied from 4 to
overcast at 0700-0800 UT. Also damp and light pollution a bit noticable.
VISUAL
Number Average
UT Leonids Magnitude
-------------------------------------------------------
0500-0600 9 -1.1
0600-0700 11 -0.7
0800-0900 12 -0.3
0900-1000 6 +0.3
Magnitude Range
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -0 0 +1 +2 -- magnitudes
1 0 1 8 12 1 0 13 1 -- # Leonids
Leonid Colours
Red Blue White Blue-White
8 16 12 2
Number Leonids leaving trails +/- 1 second duration = 3
LEONID RADIO OBSERVATIONS
Observer: Michael Boschat
Location: Halifax, Canada (63 36'W, 44 39'N, 58 meters above sea level)
Listening Frequency: 83.24 MHz
Receiver: Icom R-10
Antenna : resonant dipole
Antenna Direction: Horizontally polarized with lobes in E-W plane, elev 0
deg
Filter : high-Q (Q at least 300) bandpass filter between antenna &
receiver.
Listening Mode: CW
Recording method: listening by ear
Leonids heard per hours
Nov.18
UT --- 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08
09 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
8 5 7 10 58 128 -- 219 149 99
-- = no observation - ate something bad got a bit sick took 1h break.
Clear skies
=========================================
Michael Boschat
Halifax Center - Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
My Astronomy Web page:
http://www.mscs.daldot ca/~andromed
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