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(meteorobs) Re: Florida Leonid peak 2001Nov17/18 about 20/min
Joan and I saw a fabulous show of Leonids from Florida. Observing almost 4
hours, 2 until 6 AM, Joan counted a lump total of 775 meteors ! It was good
from the start and increased all the way to 530 AM when I was seeing about
20 Leonids/minute. Dawn began interfering at 545 and rates dropped off very
quickly. A lot of fireballs earlier, fewer late. Our best was an orange
-8m Leonid with train lasting for 5 minutes bending into a right angle. I
tend to see about 1.5X more meteors than Joan, and this night definitely set
me a new record for number of meteors seen. The peak came around 1030 UT --
I agree with the Maryland report. Sky was excellent throughout with LM 7.3.
We had a brief cloud group go by early, then after 6 AM low clouds rushed
in. Very fortunate for a change.
Norman
Norman W. McLeod III
Staff Advisor
American Meteor Society
Fort Myers, Florida
nmcleod@peganet.com
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