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Re: (meteorobs) Re: SW Florida 2003Nov20/21 Leonids gone
Norman, where is your viewing site located?
I'm down here in port st lucie, and we have horrendous
light scatter. If I had a large enough yacht I could venture
out about 30 miles offshore and eliminate light scatter.
However, I don't. So I must look for good viewing
locations.
Could you please give me directions to yours. By being
at port st lucie/Ft pierce I have immediate access to either
I-95 or the Fl Turnpike, so access to the northern part of
the state is pretty much by freeway.
thanks
chuck ferriday
----- Original Message -----
From: <nmcleod@peganet.com>
To: <meteorobs@atmob.org>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 4:57 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) Re: SW Florida 2003Nov20/21 Leonids gone
> No aurora from Florida either. A beautiful, pleasantly cool night with
just
> a few mosquitoes at my remote site -- sky LM 7.3 with M44 and M41 resolved
> naked-eye. But not very many meteors. I observed 817 - 1027 UT (317 -
527
> EST) and saw only 22 meteors. One Leonid, two Taurids, one Alpha
> Monocerotid, and 18 sporadics. Both regular hours had 10 meteors total.
It
> seemed good at the start but then dropped way off. Most of us saw few
> Leonids this year, and I'm included among the unfortunates. Nov 20/21 has
> done much better in the past on Leonids. In the 70's - early 80's I was
> used to seeing a steady 4/hr Leonids for about 5 days after maximum.
>
> The moon lit up my east quite a bit toward the end. Very apparent maria
on
> the dark side, enhanced by the large crescent phase nearing perigee.
>
> Much earlier I saw two bright casual Taurids. A white -2m North Taurid
at
> home, then a green -1m Taurid (unclassifed) while driving out. I did
not
> get within 20 degrees of the white one -- was a bit disappointed in not
> getting the best look at a rare white meteor. I have good color
perception
> in meteors ; no matter how poorly seen one is, I still get its color.
Even
> if I don't see it at all, but just a flash on the ground, I know the
color.
>
> The report from Kim about 400 miles north of here astonished me. He does
> have twice my perception. But why he saw Leonids and I did not, I am
unable
> to explain. Too bad I did not go out the night before, but after seeing
> next to nothing the night before that and deciding to skip a night, maybe
I
> guessed wrong.
>
>
> Norman
>
>
>
>
>
> Norman W. McLeod III
> Staff Advisor
> American Meteor Society
>
> Fort Myers, Florida
> nmcleod@peganet.com
>
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