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(meteorobs) Re: Radio Leonids - North America
Thomas and All,
At 18UT the Leonid radiant will be just above the western horizon for
those located in the New England states. The positioning of the radiant
will improve the further one moves to the south and west with west being
the more important direction.
Clear Skies!
Bob Lunsford
Thomas Ashcraft wrote:
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> Message text written by INTERNET:meteorobs@atmob.org
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> "The new numbers posted on the webpage are more in line with those of Esko
> Lyytinen/Tom Van Flandern, except that there is no longer storm level
> activity over the U.S."
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> Sorry to hear of the above update on the Asher/McNaught page.
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> I'm hoping someone can check my computations below.
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> Regarding Radio Leonids over North America :
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> I just checked my planisphere and it looks like the Leonid radiant sets (
> roughly speaking ) around 1 pm local time for locales at around 40 degrees
> north latitude. I think this means that the predicted Leonid storm peak of
> 1813 UT on Nov 18 will still be accessible by forward scatter observers
> even in the eastern US. Is this correct?
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> 1800 UT is 11am in the mountain standard time zone wich puts the Leonid
> radiant at a useful operating elevation out here in the west.
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> Is there a forward scatter info site for the Lenids this year?
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> Tom Ashcraft
> New Mexico, USA
> 72632.1427@compuserve.com
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