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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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