(meteorobs) LEONID OBSERVATIONS FROM ATLANTIC BEACH, NORTH CAROLINA (18/19 NOVEMBER 2002)

Now Our Observations from the "Big Night!"  They are as follows:

 

Observers: Felix A. Martinez (0415 - 1100 UT); Suzannah, Jason & Rebekah Martinez (0930 - 1100 UT)

Location -         Atlantic Beach, North Carolina (Lat. 34.70 N/ Long. 076.74 W)

Date -                18/19 November 2002

 

0415 - 0500 UT        2 Leonids        1 North Taurid        1 Sporadic        LM 5.0

0500 - 0600              9 Leonids                1 South Taurid                         LM 5.0

0600 - 0700            16 Leonids        1 North Taurid        1 Sporadic        LM 5.0

0700 - 0800            32 Leonids                                                                LM 5.2

0800 - 0900            30 Leonids                                       2 Sporadics       LM 5.0

0900 - 0930            10 Leonids        BUNCHES OF CLOUDS              LM 5.0

0930 - 1000            21 Leonids    NUMEROUS CLOUD LAYERS!    LM 5.0

1000 - 1020            12 Leonids  THICK CLOUDS & HAZE!!              LM 5.0

1020 - 1030            18 Leonids  THIN CLOUDS & HAZE!                  LM 5.0

1030 - 1040            46 Leonids  HAZE & SOME CLOUDS!                LM 5.0

1040 - 1050            65 Leonids  HAZE & STRONG TWILIGHT!!      LM 4.8

1050 - 1100      22 Leonids  CLOUDS, HAZE & VERY STRONG TWILIGHT!!!  LM 4.2

After 1100          Saw a -3 Leonid 

 

Total Meteors Seen - 291 (284 Leonids / 6 hours & 45 minutes of Observing in less than ideal conditions) 

 

Comments - Noticed the definite Maximum Activity between 1040 - 1050.  Lack of Fireballs made immediate impression (three total for Max Night), after recalling the tremendous display of 1998. This was my Wife's most productive ten minutes of meteor observing!  My five-year old son & two-year old daughter also enjoyed the experience.  Did some casual calculations with some theoretical values & corrections and came up with a ZHR very comparable to the Leonid MAC Mission flown from Spain to Nebraska.  Also, the time period of maximum was very nicely correlated with Colleagues and Students at my High School.  Their reports will be forthcoming in the days to follow, after I get permission to send along their results.

 

                                        In Astronomical Affinity - Felix

 

 

On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 17:14:42 -0500 meteors <meteors@comcastdot net> writes:
> 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
>
>
> The archive and Web site for our list is at
> http://www.meteorobs.org
> To stop getting all email from the 'meteorobs' lists, use our
> Webform:
> http://www.meteorobs.org/subscribe.html
>
>