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(meteorobs) Leonids Observation Report From Malta [GALMR]
>Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 17:14:39 +0100
Dear all,
Here's my personal report for the night of the maximum. The night started
out with scattered clouds which were getting less scattered and more
worrying ! Thankfully by midnight it was mostly clear again and together
with some other members of the Astronomical Society I witnessed a spectacle
of VERY bright Leonids ! Maybe not as many as we were expecting - but this
was made up by the bright long meteors what crossed the sky
amongst "oowwwww" 'woooooow' & "eyyyyyyyyeees" from the amazed observers :)
The first two meteors that I observed were enough to make the night worth
while ... these 2 Leonids crossed the skies a few minutes after each other.
They were a -6 and a -8 ..he second one left a persistent path of more then
90 seconds !
I have divided the observations into one hour segments and calculated the
ZHR and the magnitude distribution for each segment (see Below)
Here's the more technical report :
2001 November 17/18
Martin Galea De Giovanni (GALMR)
MeteorGroup (The Astronomical Society of Malta)
Location : Ahrax Tal Mellieha Malta Europe (Lat 36.00 N Long 14.22 E )
23:09 UT - 00:09UT
lm - 5.6
No. Leonids - 11
No. sporadics - 4
MAG No.of Leonids
-8 1
-6 1
-5 0
-3 0
-2 0
-1 2
0 3
1 3
3 1
MAG No.of sporadics
0 0
1 2
3 1
4 1
Calculated ZHR - 93
================================================================
00:09 UT - 01:09UT
lm - 5.6
No. Leonids - 14
No. sporadics - 6
MAG No.of Leonids
-5 1
-3 3
-2 3
-1 2
0 2
1 1
3 2
MAG No.of sporadics
-10 1
0 1
2 1
3 1
4 2
Calculated ZHR - 70
================================================================
01:09 UT - 02:09UT
lm - 5.6
No. Leonids - 23
No. sporadics - 9
MAG No.of Leonids
-7 2
-6 2
-5 2
-4 4
-3 4
-2 2
-1 1
0 5
1 1
2 3
3 1
4 1
5 1
MAG No.of sporadics
-4 1
0 1
1 2
3 1
4 3
5 1
Calculated ZHR - 84
================================================================
02:09 UT - 03:15UT
lm - 5.6
No. Leonids - 29
No. sporadics - 6
MAG No.of Leonids
-8 2
-7 2
-6 1
-5 2
-4 0
-3 6
-2 3
-1 3
0 4
1 2
2 1
3 2
4 1
MAG No.of sporadics
0 1
1 2
2 0
3 1
4 2
Calculated ZHR - 74
================================================================
Regards Martin
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