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(meteorobs) Looking For Guidance On Proposal (LEONIDS 2002)
By now I guess most of us are somewhat in the post-Leonid Max Recovery
Phase?
I am considering making a special trip for the 2002 Leonids, especially
considering the discussions today and seeing how good the predictions
have been for three years running.
Numerous times I have observed good meteor showers (Perseids & Geminids)
with a bright moon (Quarter all the way up to and including Full Moon)
and was able to get fairly good counts on the meteors (even in less than
6.0 LM skies). Even a mere 100f enhanced storm strength activity is
likely to produce between 1,000 to 3,000 meteors/hour in meteors seen.
The bottom line, I have a fantastic opportunity (only way a humble
educator with a wife & two young children could afford it) to put
together a proposal by next Tuesday and get between $2,000.00 to
$5,000.00 in funding from a special Foundation in the County (basically
an educator's dream adventure & trip qualifies) where I teach school at
here in Central Virginia. To be honest, I feel that a trip out west
would be in order to get the most hours observed around the predicted
maximum activity (rev-4). Plus, I would definitely like to be with the
likes of Bob Lunsford (it has been a long time since we observed
together) and whomever else he plans on observing with next year. Could
we possibly even make it a gathering of many of the "regulars" on
METEOROBs? That would be most interesting and definitely worth looking
forward to for the next time the Leonids produce Storm Level Activity. I
just would like some ideas sooner than later, as I know that most folks
in this forum would truly have some good ones. I have begun writing my
proposal and would like to complete it by next Monday. Thank you for
taking the time to help out this meteor-observing colleague!
In Astronomical Affinity - Felix A. Martinez
(Code Name - Fireball FAM)
On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 12:47:12 -0800 (PST) brodwcjj@integrity.com writes:
> I'm hooked on the Leonids and will watch them moon or no moon from
> now on,
> weather permitting.
> This years event was great though my location (~2000 feet elevation
> on ridge
> above Mosier Oregon USA.) had rapidly changing haze that
> would come and go so fast that it made recording the changing LM
> impossible.
> Finally I had to just sit back and enjoy the many bright meteors and
> trains.
> I tried to record a few 5 minute periods during the peak when the
> sky would
> clear but before the 5 minutes were up the sky had changed
> drastically.
>
> Despite the haze it was a wonderful night,
> Dustin Brown
>
> (hey Wes, I'm glad you had good skies in Southern Oregon)
>
>
> Quoting John Krempasky <johnk@dmv.com>:
>
> > I just checked some programs that give moon position and, while it
> will
> > be full,
> > at 1030UT on Nov. 19th on the East Coast of the US, the moon will
> BARELY
> > be
> > above the Western Horizon if I'm using the programs correctly...at
> my
> > location,
> > the extreme Western horizon is blocked, anyway, and I generally am
> > looking south
> > and east; and I was favorably impressed by what I saw of the
> Leonids in
> > 2000
> > despite them being "ruined" by the moon. Given some of the ZHR
> > predictions for
> > 2002, I wonder if, in fact, for many people in the US the 2002
> Leonids
> > won't be
> > more impressive than 2001 Leonids?
> >
> > I think people are so used to "normal" showers with ZHRs at 100 and
> > under and
> > limited numbers of bright meteors that some of the articles and
> > forecasts
> > discussing the 2002 Leonids are making too much of the moon
> "ruining"
> > them.
> >
> > Much depends on what the population of fireballs and bright
> meteors will
> > be but
> > it seems it was higher than expected this year.
> >
> > John Krempasky
> >
> > The archive and Web site for our list is at
> http://www.meteorobs.org
> > If you are interested in complete links on the upcoming LEONIDS,
> see:
> > http://www.meteorobs.org/storms.html
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