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(meteorobs) Leonid meteor storm above spain !



Hi Mark, Lew, members of meteorobs,
 
 
A short word :
Coming back from our DMS Leonid expedition to Southeastern Spain...
 
This is a short summary of my 2002 Leonid campaign ;
 
-14-15/11 : first Leonids, observed at home.
-16-17/11 : didn't woke up...(damn' watch !)
-17-18/11 : clear ; observed from 22.00 - 05.45 UT (damn' moon !!) Highest counting in one hour : +-15 Leonids.
-18-19/11 : partly cloudy ; observed from 22.00 - 06.15 UT ; I saw the 2002 Leonid meteor storm under sometimes "difficult conditions" ; cirrus and high clouds after 00.30 UT spoiled the view of this new Leonid display (damn' clouds !) Very sharp peak, a few minutes after 04.00 UT - also submaxima. Mostly faint meteors. Minute counting passed 20 Leonids/ minute.  Also a couple of bright fireballs !
Grand total (preliminary) ; +-1100 Leonids (could have been much more...)
-19-20/11 : cold front with rain...(damn' rain !)
 
More details to come...
Check also these websites (they will be updated very soon)
http://www.dmsweb.org/ (general expedition news and results)
http://wwwdot delpsurf.cistrondot nl/ (team member Robert Haas)
http://www.gamma-andromedadot be/ (Dutch)
 
Greetings from Belgium,
 
 
Michel Vandeputte - Ronse (Zuid Oost-Vlaanderen)
Dutch Meteor Society
VVS Belgie  - werkgroep meteoren
email : michelvandeputte@hotmail.com
http://www.gamma-andromedadot be/

"Leonid meteor storm 2002...the final impact"
 
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: meteors
To: Meteor Observing List
Cc: IMO Mail List ; Tony Phillips
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 11:14 PM
Subject: [IMO-News] Recent Observations: Leonid Update

A second update of Leonid observations received by NAMN has been
uploaded to our website at http://www.namnmeteors.org  Currently
7,183 Leonids have been reported. I will update the page again
tomorrow.

Once again, thanks to all the observers who subsmitted reports!

Best wishes,

Mark Davis, Goose Creek, South Carolina, USA
North American Meteor Network (NAMN)
meteors@comcastdot net
namn@atmob.org



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