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RE: (meteorobs) An Introduction
Geoff,
I am in the same boat, Oklahoma is not loooking very good either. I can only
hope/. Several of my Tulsa Astronomy CLub members may try to drive out of
the clouds, but I/m not sure where to at this point. Good luck in
Australia.
Comet - 1
David Stine dstine@exposquare.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-meteorobs@atmob.org [mailto:owner-meteorobs@atmob.org]On
> Behalf Of Geoff
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 1:27 AM
> To: meteorobs@atmob.org
> Subject: (meteorobs) An Introduction
>
>
> Hi there everyone,
>
> I've been watching this list for around a month now, and thought I'd
> introduce myself. My name is Geoff Sims, and I'm from Sydney, Australia. I
> am very interested in all aspects of Astronomy, in particular eclipses,
> meteors, and sky photography. Over the past 6 months I have become very
> interested in meteor shower oberving, although I have not had much luck in
> observing many showers (due to weather, or just because I've been
> too busy!).
>
> Anyway, the past 2 years, I have tried to watch the Leonids.
> However, every
> year, on the 18-19th of Novemeber, Sydney has had THICK cloud and/or rain.
> Without fail! I have been eagerly awaiting this Leonid storm for many
> months now. I have made many (relatively short) trips from my home in
> Sydney to try and find a nice, dark observing site (again with not much
> luck-- the skies usually clouded over by the time I got anywhere)!
>
> I am now extremely disappointed-- weather forcast for sydney is
> cloud, rain
> and thunderstorms until around Tuesday, and I am prevented from travelling
> anywhere because I am currently in the middle of final exams at
> University... so it looks like I'm out of luck, for the third year in a
> row. If for some miricle reason the weather decides to go my way, I'll
> definately post my observations, seeing I am in a prime geographical
> location to witness the major peak :)
>
> Good luck to all, I'll be thinking of everyone.
> --Geoff
>
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