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(meteorobs) Fwd from New Brunswick, Canada
----- Original Message -----
From: Nason <nasonc@NBNET.NBdot ca>
To: <RASCALS@ap.stmarysdot ca>
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 7:53 AM
Subject: Re: [RASCALS] Clouds 2 Leonids 0
> We had somewhat better luck in Saint John, NB. There was a beautiful
sucker
> hole over the city when we headed west to Pennfield at 22:00 AST (02:00
UT).
> That area was mainly cloudy (and so was SJ by that time) when we started
> observing at 23:30. A few bright Leonids found their way through the
holes.
> By 02:30 we were socked in, so two of the 7 observers went toward Maine in
> search of better skies and 4 went home. I left soon after for home to
check
> the satellite weather (40 minute drive), and it was still cloudy. At
04:30
> I noticed bright moonlight so I headed west to Prince of Wales where the
> skies were nearly cloudless. With the Moon I estimated about magnitude 4
in
> the north. Looking up from a cot my field of view at 05:00 covered Orion,
> Capella, Polaris, Arcturus and about 20 degrees above the ESE horizon
where
> my feet were pointed. Meteor counts were:
>
> 05:00-05:10 5 meteors
> 0510-0520 11
> 0520-0530 10
> 0530-0535 5
> 0535-0545 20
> 0545-0555 11
> 0555-0605 20
> 0605-0615 26
> 0615-0620 8
> 0620-0625 9
> 0625-0630 5
> 0630-0635 7
> 0635-0640 1
> 0640-0645 4
> 0645-0650 3
> By this time Regulus was barely visible. I grabbed a some very nice views
> of Venus, Mars, Spica, Jupiter and Saturn in my 15x63 Mini-Giants (Thanks,
> Joe!), then left for home. One more Leonid through the windshield (not
> literally) at 07:05. About 145 meteors in 2 hours; very good, but if
there
> was a storm or strong shower at 10:30 UT they were faint. Maybe 20-25%
left
> trails.
>
> Curt Nason
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: James P Crombie <jpcrombie@PEI.EASTLINKdot ca>
> To: <RASCALS@ap.stmarysdot ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 7:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [RASCALS] Clouds 2 Leonids 0
>
>
> > Nothing from PEI to report. Checked the cloud cover several times
> > throught the night. It remained at 100%.
> > It did thin a little around 4am but only enought to tell the moon was up
> > there, but not enought to see it. A typical night on PEI for such an
> > event :-(
> >
>
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