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Re: (meteorobs) 17/18 Leonids weak from North Florida
Paul(o) and all,
>>>Good luck to all for tonight, we will need it here in the Florida/Georgia
area with this front
>>>bearing down on us!
Look like the maximum will almost certainly be a wash here in GA, the
rainfall is expected to start around midnight!!! Like yourself, I just feel
fortunate to have gotten the past two years in! Looks like much of the
eastern seaboard will be under the weather tonight.
I did observe in the backyard for about 40 minutes last night between 11:00
and 11:40 and saw a single LEO just before clouds moved in. That's a start!
On the plus side are sunny skies that should begin tomorrow and continue
right on through Sunday, providing the opportunity to observe bits and
pieces of the Leonid's descending curve. At least it's something!
Kim Youmans
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Jones" <jonesp0854@hotmail.com>
To: <meteorobs@atmob.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 8:10 AM
Subject: (meteorobs) 17/18 Leonids weak from North Florida
> Hi list folks,
> I managed fifty minutes of pre-dawn observing this morning from the
> grounds of the Castillo De San Marcos National Monument in St. Augustine.
> Not much was happening. I figured I had better get out this morning as a
> rapidly approaching cold front is making tonight/tomorrow morning look bad
> for observing opportunities. Looks like my "Leonid lucky streak" of the
> past two years may come to an end.
>
> Anyway, for this morning, moonlight and clouds at two levels made
> observing conditions very mushy at best. Only saw 3 Leonids and 7
sporadics
> in 50 minutes (0426 - 0516 Local) before the clouds shut me down. Report
to
> follow, I had good enough sky conditions most of the time to see anything
> that might have been going on, very little was. Good luck to all for
> tonight, we will need it here in the Florida/Georgia area with this front
> bearing down on us!
>
> Location: St. Augustine, Florida Time: 0926 - 1016 UT
> Faintest Zenithal Star: 5.0 (variable) Sky conditions: 30%
> moonlight/cloud interference
>
> 3 Leonids, 7 sporadics 10 total meteors
>
> Leonid magnitudes: +2 (1), +3 (2)
>
> Short and sweet report, what a come down from last year for me... :o(!
>
>
> Regards to all, Paul in the Ancient City
>
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