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RE: (meteorobs) Leonids Maryland...Early Peak?
John,
Why were you looking toward the moon (behind the roof). Since the meteors
apprear all over the sky, it's better to not look in that direction. See my
express report to be posted momentarily for what I saw from NJ under crappy
skies.
Just because they're Leonids does Noty mean you have to look that way!!
Wayne
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From: John Krempasky[SMTP:johnk@dmv.com]
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 3:46 AM
To: meteorobs@jovian.com
Subject: (meteorobs) Leonids Maryland...Early Peak?
Yet more worthless LM-less observations...
Found I had to continually shift to keep my rooftop barely obscuring the
moon as
it rose....skies remained devoid of clouds. But during this period, due to
my
house, I was easily obscuring 40% of the sky I've normally watched for
Leonids
at that time of night in 98-99...and ironically the brightest I seemed to
catch
barely peeking over the rooftop.
As a rough guess, on a moonless night, not having to contend with the moon,
and
also being able to have a fuller field of view to the East, I'd guess the
numbers below would have been doubled. I had essentially no view
whatsoever of
any Leonids extending "down" from the radiant to the horizon the entire
period
(or short-track meteors close to the radiant).
Observed from 7Z to 820Z..over time the brightness of the meteors
definately
decreased.
Time Leonids Sporadic/Other Showers
700Z-710Z 8 0
710Z-720Z 15 3
720Z-730Z 23 0
730Z-740Z 8 1
740Z-750Z 15 0
750Z-800Z 13 1
800Z-810Z 15 1
810Z-820Z 8 1
At about 710Z I observed 4 bright Leonids simultaneously and briefly had
wild
thoughts of the great storm of 2000 beginning, but it was an isolated spurt
:-)
Within each time period the Leonids were unusually separated into brief
bursts,
much more so than 1998. Almost all occured in groups of 3-4 within the
space of
15 seconds and large gaps in-between.
The size of the satellite "cloud hole" over the Mid-Atlantic certainly
means
that far more qualified observers should have had a good view. Looking
forward
to see the ZHR calculations....Given that I was able to see 89 in an hour,
with
that moon, much of my sky obscured by my House, and in a rural/suburban
area
with a lot of security lights at nearby houses, I'll hazard a guess ZHRs
may
well have topped 200.
John Krempasky
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