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(meteorobs) Leonids
Here is the breakdown that I have from my records during the Leonids morning
18th
observing from Louisbourg, KS m 20 minutes south of KC, Kansas
(1) I recorded -wrote down information about 81 meteors from 11:30 to 5:21 (I
missed a lot while writing these things down )
(2) I recorded the ohs and ahhs from 3:31-4:30 AM and we saw at least 113
meteors of all sorts during that hour as best I could determine (although I
missed the ones that people saw as doubles- 2 or meteors at the same time)
(3) 35 Meteors from the ooohs and ahhs from 4:34-5:13 (does not count doubles)
There were videos of the storm briefly on channel 9 news .
Nice pictures, trails and more at spaceweather
http://spaceweather.com/meteors/gallery_18nov02.html
What I will remember most was that zero magnitude earthgrazer streaming
upward over the dome at 11:30pm, the first meteor I saw. It came up like a
skyrocket fireworks from the horizon gaining higher and higher in altitude
and as it did with the fire like flames very visiblly yellow . I have never
seen an earthgrazer. I know there were a few other earthgrazers but forgot to
note that.
There were nice ones but no sky splitter (super bright or bolide) but at
least it was clear and we had a good observing session compared to 2001
fiasco. At least the weather cooperated for us.
David H said there were quite a 53 cars and the turn out was great over 100
people at our observatory!!!! thanks for the snacks that kept many of us
going.
Dr.Eric Flescher (kcstarguy@aol.com)
member, Astronomical Society of Kansas City (ASKC)
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