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Re: (meteorobs) Active AMOs on 20/21
This would be more than expected most years even on the night of
maximum, unless one is lucky enough to catch the super-short peak in
years ending with "5" (I never have seen this.) I saw 3 AMO's during my
Leonid observing session 18/19 Nov 1145 pm -545 am CST during the time
I was facing East (1145-230) before I could no longer block out the Moon
with my knee and I turned to face North. Some years there is very
little AMO activity.
Paul Martsching
Kim Youmans wrote:
> I still have not reduced my data for friday morning but did want to
> mention an interesting (at least for me) aside to friday morning's
> observations.
>
> I was facing, roughly, Cancer & Eastern Gemini during my watch, and kept
> seeing very fast, obviously foreshortened, trained meteors headed
> east/NE. The shortest were right at my field of view, the paths
> lengths were longer north and east of this area, so I put two and two
> together and saw they formed a radiant just west of Procyon --
> somewhere-- as I was not plotting.
>
> Not until this morning did I bother to look and see the AMO's are at
> this location, so I now wonder, would six or seven in two hours be
> considered strong rates the night before maximum? I noted these meteors
> so I should be able to give the rates when I reduce my data.
>
> Still, quite proud of myself for being able to find the approximate
> radiant position on my own, without plotting, using more than just
> intersection points (i.e. path length and speed, also).
>
>
> Kim Youmans
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