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(meteorobs) Fwd: Leonids Storm Witnessed from Malta
> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 11:07:09 +0100
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> From: Martin Galea De Giovanni <martingd@onvoldot net>
> Cc: jdegiov@yahoo.com
>
> Dear all,
>
> As predicted we have witnessed a potential leonid meteor
> STORM from Malta.
> The weather was perfect (occasional clouds).
>
> Pretty sure the ZHR (of the first predicted peak) ran up to about a
> thousand though I still have to make a more detailed analysis
> of course.
>
> The calculations so far :
>
> Observation start time : 02:08 (LT = +1 UT)
> Observation End Time : 5:45
> 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 )
>
>
> Total Leonids during whole duration of Observation = 986
>
> of which 757 were observed in a ONE hour period between 4:45 and 5:45
>
> Regards,
> Martin
>
>
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