Hello list, here is my Leonid report for Nov. 18-19. It was a poor showing but it was still an
enjoyable evening. After a day of hail
storms a
Observer:
Date: 11/18-19/03
Begin: 0500UT E
Location:
96.1471 W 35.8307 N
Method: Tape, facing
East, 0% obscured, no breaks really 4 straight hours of
viewing from a lounge chair.
Limiting MG. 5.5
Period 1 0500-0600 UT Leo(2) Taurid(1)
Dead Time = 0 min: Teff=1.0
AVg. LM = 5.5
Period 2 0600-0700 UT Leo((4) Taurid(3)
Dead Time = 0 min. Teff=1.0
Avg. LM = 5.5
Period 3 0700-0800 UT Leo(3) Taurid(2) Spo(1)
Dead Time = 0 min. Teff=1.0
Avg. LM = 5.8Mg
Period 4 0800-0900 UT Leo((3) Spo(1)
Dead Time = 0 min. Teff=1.0
Avg. LM = 5.5 Mg
Period 5 0900 -0903 UT Leo(1)
Dead Time = 0 min.
Teff 0.03
Avg. LM = 5.4 Mg.
Showers Observed
LEO (13)
TAU (6)
SPO
(2)
Magnituude Distribution
Leo -3(0) -2(0) -1(2) 0(5) +1(2) +2(3) +3(1)
Tau -3(1) -2(0) -1(0) 0(0) +1(3) +2(2) +3(0)
Spo
-3(0) -2(0) -1(1) 0(1) +1(0) +2(0) +3(0)
Meteor Data
P1
05:17 LEO 0MG. Train
Silver white in color, shot from eastern horizon through Gemini
05:25 TAU +2 Shot
straight through Orion out of Taurus
05:58 LEO +2 Out
of Leo Sickle, very fast no train, Sickle just above horizon
P2
06:25 LEO +3 Out
of Sickle, nice white train of 10 degrees
06:26
LEO +2 Out
of Sickle
06:35
TAU +1
Out
of Taurus going to the NE
06:37
TAU -3 Highlight
of the night-Taurid Fireball, Lit up the sky, very green, started with bright
-0Mg
Flash
that increased to -3 bolide leaving a three seco
A
06:42 TAU +1
06:56 LEO +2 Near
Procyon with a 13-15 degree white train
06:58 LEO +1 Came
out of the top of sickle. Long white train of 15 degrees
P3
07:24 LEO +1 Near Pollux
07:36 LEO 0 Went
through Big Dipper after coming out of Leo. Train of 30 degrees
07:40 LEO 0 Another Long Train of 30 degrees. From Leo through the heart
of Orion, left train of 5 sec
Best
Leonid of the evening.
07:42 TAU +2
07:48 TAU +1 Another
Taurid steaking out of Taurus toward Orion
07:58 SPO 0 No
train, out of Auriga going to Gemini
P4
08:10 SPO -1 Nice
one coming out of Auriga directly to a path to the Sickle. I call a backwards
Leonid
if there was such a thing.
08:13 LEO -1 Long
train 15-20
degrees. Path between Pleides a
08:21 LEO 0 Nice
long white train
P5
09:00 LEO 0 Another
nice train across the sky from Leo toward the west.
09:03 LEO -1 Nice
one to e
This sprinkle of course was nothing like the memorable fireballs
of 98 a
Comet - 1
Observing Chairman Astronomy Club of