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(meteorobs) Non-scientific report from Canary Islands ;-)



> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 07:10:17 +0000
>
>   Hi:
>
>   In Gran Canaria (Canary Islands) we had clear skies, but the moon
> heavily interfered.
>
>   A non-scientific report (this year I didn't prepare the tools to do
> an standard count, so this is subjective report): The activity was
> somewhat low until 03:30-03:45 UT... But the activity rised. The
> peak, around 04:00 UT, was fantastic... I can't give an exact count,
> but more than 20 meteor per minute for sure. The meteors appeared
> consecutively: one, another, and another, and another, a twin... The
> meteors were relatively dim compared to the 1998 peak, but that could
> be the moon interference. Unluckily, around 4:30-45 UT the high
> clouds -cirrus- entirely covered the sky. Before that, they firstly
> covered the moon and the Leo-Orion sky darkened... instantly, the
> meteor trails became very apparent and the meteors seemed a lot
> brighter. I could see few very bright fireballs, with bright trails
> and final explosion.
>
>   Good nights.. of good observing!
>
> --
> Víctor R. Ruiz           | - Todos estos momentos se perderán, como
> http://rvr.blogalia.com/ |   lágrimas en la lluvia.

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