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(meteorobs) Nov 17/18 Leonid report
HiGH!
On Nov 17/18 I drove with 6 other observers towards a predicted
clearing in northwest Italy. After some 1000 km driving we found
clear sky and began observing. The activity was already high two
hours before the predicted peak. As I prepared for observations
I was seeing on average 3 Leonids per minute. The rates slowly
increased thereafter. Got increased cloud cover an hour before
max. The summary:
Period UT %cloud teff LM nLEO nTAU nSpor
--------------------------------------------------
01:32-01:47 05% 0.25 6.2 36 0 4
01:47-02:02 00% 0.25 6.2 34 0 1
02:02-02:17 05% 0.25 6.2 58 1 2
02:17-02:32 10% 0.25 6.2 45 1 3
02:32-02:46 25% 0.25 6.2 24 0 0
BREAK 02:46-03:43
03:43-03:58 55% 0.25 6.1 42 1 1
03:58-04:13 50% 0.25 6.2 30 1 2
04:13-04:28 35% 0.25 6.2 27 1 3
04:28-04:43 45% 0.25 6.1 24 0 2
04:43-04:58 20% 0.25 6.2 24 0 0
04:58-05:13 15% 0.25 6.0 19 0 1
----------------------------------------------------
2.75 363 5 19
Mag distribution:
LEO: -8(2) -6(2) -5(3) -4(4) -3(9) -2(27) -1(59) 0(37)
+1(49) +2(68) +3(64) +4(33) +5(6)
I quit at 5:13 UT but I got the impression the activity
started to rise again, as I was still seeing almost
the same number of Leonids but in ever brighter sky.
Clear skies!
Jure A.
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