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David, you are on our "Guest Poster" list: please feel free to forward such
announcements to 'meteorobs' at any time.

Clear skies!
Lew Gramer

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From: Sirko Molau <molau@informatik.rwth-aachendot de>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 10:07:59 +0100 (MET)
Subject: [IMO-News] lunar Leonid (fwd)

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Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 16:08:39 -0400
From: Joan and David Dunham <dunham@erols.com>
Subject: [PLANOCCULT] Aurora now? and lunar Leonid & video news

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                       Lunar Leonids Opportunity

     During the early evenings of November 17 and 18, a storm of Leonid 
meteors is expected to hit the dark side of the thin crescent Moon.  If 
you have a video camera for your telescope, find a location with a 
reasonably unobstructed southeastern horizon and record the dark side of 
the Moon from as soon as it gets reasonably dark (about 5:30 pm EST) 
until the Moon sets a few hours later.  Use a focal-reducing lens to 
increase field size and enable recording of fainter impacts.  This will 
probably be the best opportunity to record lunar meteor impacts for 
about 30 years when the Leonid storms return.  More information about 
lunar meteors can be found at http://iota.jhuapldot edu .
_________________________________________________________________________ 
...

David Dunham, IOTA


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