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(meteorobs) Amazing Spectacle in East Ga.
The "Leonid" Shower:
Nov 16/17:
I manage to bag several thousand
magnitude 19 raindrops. I look up just in time to catch a wide, dense
cloud soaring overhead at 2:15 AM local time, moving from the Pleides
into eastern Gemini. Magnificent!
Nov 17/18:
After driving for about 150 miles looking for
clear skies, I settle on a small campsite near Athens, Ga. Skies are
clear at midnight. I am soon treated to a tremendous outburst of fluffy
white clouds. I get excited, it is obvious even to a rank amateur like
myself....The Leonid "Storm" is fast approaching! Indeed, within
minutes the entire sky is filled with clouds, so many I lose count and
realize that I must simply sit back and enjoy the spectacle. The entire
rest of the night is given over to an incredible display of overcast
cloudiness, the richness and variety of which I am still awed by!
Nov 18/19:
The experts had predicted a strong Leonid shower as more
probable than a storm this year and by golly, that's what happened here
at my site on the 18/19th! It was indeed a very strong shower and it
lasted all night and well into Sunday afternoon! I can't remember when
it last rained so hard. I am only now feeling rested enough to begin
transcribing my tape from these three phenomenal sessions. I hope the
IMO doesn't get too upset with me however...I was just never able to
quite pin down my Field of View! :)
Soggy and sad,
Kim Youmans
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