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(admin fwd:) Re: (meteorobs) Leonids Nov 16/17 from Mt. Lemmon, AZ (ATAJU)

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From: B Yen <byen00@earthlinkdot net>


Javor Kac wrote:

 > Howdy!
 >
 >   Here's my report for the pre-peak night from Mt. Lemmon. We had
 > very good skies with top LM reaching 7.1. Leonids were quite active,
 > especially during the last hour (as one would expect). The big surprise
 > were, however, the Taurids. Between 7:30 and 8:30 UT I saw no less
 > than 15 of these meteors. By far the best activity I've ever seen from
 > Taurids.
 >   The best meteors of the night: a -3m green Taurid and a...
 > ...-10m Leonid fireball at 12:58:00+-20. It left a train that endured
 > 5 minutes in ever brighter morning twilight.
 >
 > Clear skies!
 >
 > Jure A.

I was in California (Anza Borrego Park), & my observations agree with
yours.  I saw the same Leonid Fireball around 5am local time, near morning
twilight.  (This demonstrates that the same meteor can be seen by
observers separated by large distances).  I got it on film.  It had a
stellar nucleus, & had a halo (there were high clouds).  It was the best
Leonid Fireball I saw all night, possibly the only one.

I also saw a lot of Taurids.  I kept seeing meteors that seemed to
originate from Auriga?  Or, is it another constellation like Monoceros?

I thought the Leonids on 16/17 were a total bust, hardly saw anything.  I
wasn't that optimistic for 17/18, but it turned out to be the best meteor
shower I ever saw.  However, the sky conditions were not as good on the
17/18, than on the 16/17.


B Yen

 >
 >
 > Observer: Jure Atanackov (ATAJU)
 > Location: Mt. Lemmon, AZ (N32.4 W110.8, 2790 m)
 > Date: 16./17.11.2001
 > Start: 0530 UT
 > End: 1230 UT
 >
 > Period          F    LM   teff  LEO     TAU     AMO     Spor
 > 05:30-06:30     1.00 6.84 1.00  -       9       2       32
 > 06:30-07:30     1.00 6.80 1.00  -       2       0       20
 > 07:30-08:30     1.00 6.76 1.00  11      15      0       30
 > 08:30-10:00     1.00 7.00 1.50  25      4       0       26
 > 10:07-11:07     1.00 7.09 1.00  33      6       0       15
 > 11:07-12:30     1.00 6.97 1.38  44      5       0       22

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