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Date: 18 Nov 2006 16:22:09
From: canopus56
Subject: Request for early obs of Leoniods
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If any East Coast or Eurpoean o.p.s could post an early report after
returning from looking at the expected 4:45pm passage, I would appreciate
it. I'm in the west and would like to fine tune whether to venture out
tonight to a dark sky site. - Canopus56
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Date: 18 Nov 2006 22:15:26
From:
Subject: Re: Request for early obs of Leoniods
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Observing from 0300-0530UT. Sky conditions quite favourable, good
transparency, no cloud. Definitely more meteors during period
0350-0450UT then odd sporadic in the sky.
Pierre MK-UK N52.10 W0.68
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Date: 18 Nov 2006 21:27:44
From: gubbenimanen
Subject: Re: Request for early obs of Leoniods
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Sorry, I meant 4:40 - 05:10 UT !
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Date: 18 Nov 2006 21:22:46
From: gubbenimanen
Subject: Re: Request for early obs of Leoniods
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Saw about 6 Leonids from 4:40 - 06:10 UT here from Sweden. About half
sky was cloudy.
Thought I saw a small fast ripple (black rings) near zenith at 06:05.
Illusion or something in my eyes?
Roger Persson
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Date: 19 Nov 2006 20:43:37
From: Paul Schlyter
Subject: Re: Request for early obs of Leoniods
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In article <1163913766.513903.192050@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com >,
gubbenimanen <gubbenimanen@yahoo.com > wrote:
> Saw about 6 Leonids from 4:40 - 06:10 UT here from Sweden. About half
> sky was cloudy.
> Thought I saw a small fast ripple (black rings) near zenith at 06:05.
> Illusion or something in my eyes?
>
> Roger Persson
I watched 4:00-4:30 and 4:45-5:00 UT (then morning twilight got too
bright) and saw three Leonids and one sporadic. The Leonics were
quite bright, around mag 1 to 2. The sky was clear and dark and my
naked-eye magnitude limit around 6.
Definitely not a spectacular shower.
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Paul Schlyter, Grev Turegatan 40, SE-114 38 Stockholm, SWEDEN
e-mail: pausch at stockholm dot bostream dot se
WWW: http://stjarnhimlen.se/
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Date: 20 Nov 2006 00:31:34
From: Carsten A. Arnholm
Subject: Re: Request for early obs of Leoniods
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Paul Schlyter wrote:
> In article <1163913766.513903.192050@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
> gubbenimanen <gubbenimanen@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Saw about 6 Leonids from 4:40 - 06:10 UT here from Sweden. About half
>> sky was cloudy.
>> Thought I saw a small fast ripple (black rings) near zenith at 06:05.
>> Illusion or something in my eyes?
>>
>> Roger Persson
>
> I watched 4:00-4:30 and 4:45-5:00 UT (then morning twilight got too
> bright) and saw three Leonids and one sporadic. The Leonics were
> quite bright, around mag 1 to 2. The sky was clear and dark and my
> naked-eye magnitude limit around 6.
>
> Definitely not a spectacular shower.
Not very spectacular, but we saw some (8-10) and imaged one here in Norway
http://arnholm.org/astro/atmosphere/meteors/
Saw one with a smoke trail lasting ~5 sec. Lots of clouds caused problems,
but between the clouds it was very clear.
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Date: 19 Nov 2006 04:32:18
From: George Normandin
Subject: Re: Request for early obs of Leoniods
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"canopus56" < > wrote
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> If any East Coast or Eurpoean o.p.s could post an early report after
> returning from looking at the expected 4:45pm passage, I would appreciate
> it. I'm in the west and would like to fine tune whether to venture out
> tonight to a dark sky site. - Canopus56
Looks like the southern half of the USA is going to see this one. The latest
sat image shows the northern half of the country and just about all of
Canada under cloud. I've been listening to the meteor radio
(http://www.roswellastronomyclub.com/radio_meteors.htm) and I've only heard
a very few 'pings', so they are getting nothing now (4:30 UT Nov 19).
George N
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Date: 18 Nov 2006 18:23:12
From: atasselli@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: Request for early obs of Leoniods
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canopus56 wrote:
> If any East Coast or Eurpoean o.p.s could post an early report after
> returning from looking at the expected 4:45pm passage, I would appreciate
> it. I'm in the west and would like to fine tune whether to venture out
> tonight to a dark sky site. - Canopus56
So far nothing (02:20UT) to be writing home about. A couple of
relatively bright ones.
Andrea T.
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Date: 19 Nov 2006 03:50:06
From: Sjouke Burry
Subject: Re: Request for early obs of Leoniods
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atasselli@hotmail.com wrote:
> canopus56 wrote:
>
>>If any East Coast or Eurpoean o.p.s could post an early report after
>>returning from looking at the expected 4:45pm passage, I would appreciate
>>it. I'm in the west and would like to fine tune whether to venture out
>>tonight to a dark sky site. - Canopus56
>
>
> So far nothing (02:20UT) to be writing home about. A couple of
> relatively bright ones.
>
> Andrea T.
>
So far a nice fat layer of clouds.......
Netherlands.
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Date: 18 Nov 2006 22:09:05
From: George
Subject: Re: Request for early obs of Leoniods
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"Sjouke Burry" <burrynulnulfour@ppllaanneett.nnlll > wrote in message
news:455fc65e$0$23339$ba620dc5@text.nova.planet.nl...
> atasselli@hotmail.com wrote:
>> canopus56 wrote:
>>
>>>If any East Coast or Eurpoean o.p.s could post an early report after
>>>returning from looking at the expected 4:45pm passage, I would
>>>appreciate
>>>it. I'm in the west and would like to fine tune whether to venture out
>>>tonight to a dark sky site. - Canopus56
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>>
>> So far nothing (02:20UT) to be writing home about. A couple of
>> relatively bright ones.
>>
>> Andrea T.
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> So far a nice fat layer of clouds.......
> Netherlands.
Ditto. Kentucky.
George
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Date: 19 Nov 2006 03:34:12
From:
Subject: Re: Request for early obs of Leoniods
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Paul Clark wrote:
> Single observer counts already adjusted for cloud cover
>
> 02:30 - 03:30 ~ 6 (30% cover)
> 03:30 - 04:30 ~ 8 (50% cover)
> 04:30 - 05:30 ~ 16 (10% cover)
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> Location: Angelsey, North Wales, UK NELM 6+. M35 clearly visible to direct vision, winter
> Milky Way visible down past Canis Major.
> No real evidence of an outburst unless they were too faint and quick for our
> aged eyes :)
>
> Paul, Don
Outside Milton Keynes, England, UK, totally clear and transparent skies
(n/emag +5)
Watch from 0305-0535UT with a 10 minutes break.
23 leonids recorded of whom 3 flashes in low horizon cloud (could have
been fireworks but past 4am at different azimuths over open
countryside?) and 7 sporadics.
To synchronise to your watches (single observer wysiwyg, no correction)
0305-0330UT -- 2 leonids, no sporadics
0330-0425UT -- 11 leonids, 4 sporadics
0435-0535UT -- 10 leonids, 3 sporadics
I was minding a camera at the same time when I could have missed some.
Pierre MK-UK N52.10 W0.68
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Date: 19 Nov 2006 08:26:22
From: Marty
Subject: Re: Request for early obs of Leoniods
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I ran out for a little while around 1:00am here in west-central Iowa,
USA, and saw zilch. The night was fairly clear though, so a good excuse
to get out under the stars and enjoy the constellations. :)
Marty
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Date: 19 Nov 2006 09:52:42
From: Pat O'Connell
Subject: Re: Request for early obs of Leoniods
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Marty wrote:
> I ran out for a little while around 1:00am here in west-central Iowa,
> USA, and saw zilch. The night was fairly clear though, so a good excuse
> to get out under the stars and enjoy the constellations. :)
> Marty
>
Rio Grande Astronomical Society had their star party near San Ysidro NM.
There were around six scopes set up, including my little NexStar 114 GT
and several much larger scopes. We saw about half a dozen meteors, some
spectacular, though none of them came from the general direction of
Leo, so they probably weren't Leonids.
Lots of other pretties were seen, however. The site's dark enough to see
the Milky Way, and we saw the Andromeda Nebula, the Orion Nebula,
Uranus, Neptune, the Dumbbell Nebula, and the Ring Nebula. We ended the
party around 10 PM.
--
Pat O'Connell
[note munged EMail address]
Take nothing but pictures, Leave nothing but footprints,
Kill nothing but vandals...
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Date: 19 Nov 2006 02:05:45
From: canopus56
Subject: Re: Request for early obs of Leoniods
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canopus56 wrote:
<snip >
Saw four mag 2-3 meteors over a two-hour period aligned with the
radiant and Leo 20-40 degs alt at W111 degs o.p. Amazingly, less than
normal background. Telescopic viewing 5 degrees off the radiant center
for a total of 15 minutes showed no activity. Nonetheless, a good time
was had by all. Thanks for all the reports. - Canopus56
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Date: 19 Nov 2006 01:46:44
From: Matthew Ota
Subject: Re: Request for early obs of Leoniods
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totally clear skies at the Orange County Astronomers site near Anza
Californai. Leo rose after midnight and we have seen two leonicd
meteors so far in a 30 minute period. One was bright enough to leave a
trail of yellow "dust" for a few seconds.
Matthew Ota
canopus56 wrote:
> If any East Coast or Eurpoean o.p.s could post an early report after
> returning from looking at the expected 4:45pm passage, I would appreciate
> it. I'm in the west and would like to fine tune whether to venture out
> tonight to a dark sky site. - Canopus56
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Date: 19 Nov 2006 00:33:40
From: atasselli@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: Request for early obs of Leoniods
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atasselli@hotmail.com wrote:
> canopus56 wrote:
> > If any East Coast or Eurpoean o.p.s could post an early report after
> > returning from looking at the expected 4:45pm passage, I would appreciate
> > it. I'm in the west and would like to fine tune whether to venture out
> > tonight to a dark sky site. - Canopus56
>
> So far nothing (02:20UT) to be writing home about. A couple of
> relatively bright ones.
>
Gone back to sleep a few hours. From 04:45UT to 05:45UT very few fast
meteor, 3 in total under a mag5 sky. I had far better luck 2 days ago.
A total dud.
Andrea T.
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Date: 19 Nov 2006 08:54:30
From: Paul Clark
Subject: Re: Request for early obs of Leoniods
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Single observer counts already adjusted for cloud cover
02:30 - 03:30 ~ 6 (30% cover)
03:30 - 04:30 ~ 8 (50% cover)
04:30 - 05:30 ~ 16 (10% cover)
Location: Angelsey, NELM 6+. M35 clearly visible to direct vision, winter
Milky Way visible down past Canis Major.
No real evidence of an outburst unless they were too faint and quick for our
aged eyes :)
Paul, Don
<atasselli@hotmail.com > wrote in message
news:1163925220.113585.273150@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>
> atasselli@hotmail.com wrote:
>> canopus56 wrote:
>> > If any East Coast or Eurpoean o.p.s could post an early report after
>> > returning from looking at the expected 4:45pm passage, I would
>> > appreciate
>> > it. I'm in the west and would like to fine tune whether to venture out
>> > tonight to a dark sky site. - Canopus56
>>
>> So far nothing (02:20UT) to be writing home about. A couple of
>> relatively bright ones.
>>
>
> Gone back to sleep a few hours. From 04:45UT to 05:45UT very few fast
> meteor, 3 in total under a mag5 sky. I had far better luck 2 days ago.
> A total dud.
>
> Andrea T.
>
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Date: 19 Nov 2006 08:56:08
From: Paul Clark
Subject: Re: Request for early obs of Leoniods
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btw Angelsey is NW Wales, UK :)
"Paul Clark" <dr.clark@dial.pipex.com > wrote in message
news:wq-dndefF4Vbhv3YnZ2dnUVZ8sOdnZ2d@pipex.net...
> Single observer counts already adjusted for cloud cover
>
> 02:30 - 03:30 ~ 6 (30% cover)
> 03:30 - 04:30 ~ 8 (50% cover)
> 04:30 - 05:30 ~ 16 (10% cover)
>
> Location: Angelsey, NELM 6+. M35 clearly visible to direct vision, winter
> Milky Way visible down past Canis Major.
> No real evidence of an outburst unless they were too faint and quick for
> our
> aged eyes :)
>
> Paul, Don
>
> <atasselli@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1163925220.113585.273150@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> atasselli@hotmail.com wrote:
>>> canopus56 wrote:
>>> > If any East Coast or Eurpoean o.p.s could post an early report after
>>> > returning from looking at the expected 4:45pm passage, I would
>>> > appreciate
>>> > it. I'm in the west and would like to fine tune whether to venture out
>>> > tonight to a dark sky site. - Canopus56
>>>
>>> So far nothing (02:20UT) to be writing home about. A couple of
>>> relatively bright ones.
>>>
>>
>> Gone back to sleep a few hours. From 04:45UT to 05:45UT very few fast
>> meteor, 3 in total under a mag5 sky. I had far better luck 2 days ago.
>> A total dud.
>>
>> Andrea T.
>>
>
>
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Date: 18 Nov 2006 22:18:05
From: gubbenimanen
Subject: Re: Request for early obs of Leoniods
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gubbenimanen skrev:
> Thought I saw a small fast ripple (black rings) near zenith at 06:05.
> Illusion or something in my eyes?
sound-wave from a meteor?
http://www.meteoros.de/halo_so/moving-uebers.htm#mov_1
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