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(meteorobs) Report on 2000 Leonids
DATE: November 17/18 2000
BEGIN: 0508 UT (00:08 EST) END: 1054 UT (0554 EST)
OBSERVER: Michael Doyle
LOCATION: Long: -79.0 West; Lat: 37.85 North Elevation:1100m
City & Province: Reed's Gap, Virginia, USA
RECORDING METHOD: Paper
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OBSERVED SHOWERS: 3-letter code; radiant position
LEO (Leonids) 153 +21
AMO (Alpha Monocerotids) 117 -6
TAU
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OBSERVING PERIODS: 0 = none seen; / = shower not observed
5 sec. per meteor recording period (minus a little for bursts of
meteors which don't require a full 5s each to record)
PERIOD(UT) FIELD Teff F LM SPO LEO TAU AMO
0508-0608 04h00 +55 0.95 1.00 5.8 3 26 3 2 = 34
0608-0708 04h00 +50 0.90 " 5.8 1 83 1 0 = 85
0708-0808 04h25 +50 0.85 " 5.75 2 129 1 1 = 133
0812-0903 05h30 +45 0.80 1.10 5.6 0 47 0 0 = 47
1039-1054 06h00 +40 0.25 1.00 5.1 0 7 0 0 = 7
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TOTALS: 3.75 6 292 5 3 = 306
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MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS:
SHOWER -6 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 TOTALS
SPO 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 6
LEO 1 2 6 13 28 47 53 55 55 22 9 1 292
TAU 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 5
AMO 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3
SKY OBSCURED:
30% from 0842 to 0902
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Dead time: 21 min
Breaks: 0808-0812,0904-1039
Other Remarks: Sat next to a small mountaineering tent in order to
obscure the moon. The -6 fireball left the only long-lasting (> 3s)
trail; this one lasted for 75s and was smeared northwards by high
altitude winds.
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