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(meteorobs) Fwd: Leonids from Sarasota, FL

My brother Bill is NOT a subscriber to meteorobs, and his observations
are informal.  Just another enthusiast enjoying a good show.

Joseph Assmus
San Diego, CA


>From: "William Assmus" <galacticrabbit@hotmail.com>
>To: meteorobs@hotmail.com
>Subject: Leonids
>Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 21:43:54 GMT
>
>Dear People
>
>These are my observations from Sarasota Florida for the leonids meteor 
>shower 2000.
>
>  My sweetheart and I arrived about 12:30 am the morning of the 18th at my 
>usual spot which is just east of the city on the other side of I75.
>We set up our gear and sat back to watch.
>   It wasn't long before the first one was spotted. We seemed to average 
>about 25 an hour,but it was a pretty steady stream averaging about 1 every 
>three minutes.
>   Alot of them had nice tails but not to many colors. They were also very 
>fast and the most of them seemed to come from an angle of 75 degrees east 
>heading SW or SSW. It seemed most of them traveled the ecliptic. Total 
>count for us was 50 logged, 15 not logged or 65 total. Only one that was a 
>fireball and about three yellow, and one that was white, green, blue, and 
>orange. It stayed a steady stream until we left which was 3:30am est. The 
>moon almost sat right in the radiant. Clouds were very slight at first but 
>by 2:30 we were up to about 20 percent in clouds. Visual magnitude for me 
>was about 5.
>  All in all I feel that the leonids were a success this year and if we had 
>stayed out until 6 am we would have counted 200 at least.
>If you have any questions you would like to ask from the data I collected 
>please feel free to e mail me at GalacticRabbit@hotmail.com.
>  I will gladly respond to all inquiries. And Keep looking up!!!
>
>  Starman of Sarasota
>  GalacticRabbit
>
>William E Assmus
>
>Http://www.fortunecity.com/roswell/psychic/40
>

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