Leonids from Mount Airy, Maryland 11/18/00
The Leonids put on an impressive display from Mount Airy, Maryland. The skies were clear with the big nasty moon lurking.Counts were easily over 100 per hour with perhaps 350 or higher per hour (method = guessing).
I did do a few counts:
06:18:00 UT until 06:24 UT 5 Leonids
07:28:00 UT until 07:34 UT 10 Leonids WOW!
Effective visual FOV around 120 degrees.
Limiting Magnitude perhaps 5.0 ( 10 Pleaides counted)
I suspect the counts will indicate a good showing!
The tapes certainly indicate that!
A RealVideo of bright memorable Leonid can be found at the Near-Live Leonid Watching System or go direct to the actual movie URL. The actual tape is 1000 X better than the RealVideo movie which I hope to remake when I can think...
George Varros
Crashing... ZZZZZZZ....
From: "Mike Boschat"
It sorta cleared here in Halifax and that gave me a chance to view them
unfortunately from my balcony. Clouds and an odd shower did occur, but
my luck was not with me trying to get photos, I'd point at Orion and they
would fall elsewere, I would move the camera and , yep, the odd bright
one would go through Orion!
Anyways, this is what I have so far. My star magnitude varied from 4 to
overcast at 0700-0800 UT. Also damp and light pollution a bit noticable.
Gee, what a difference 24 hours makes. The sky clouded over, but the
pings just kept coming (over 10 per minute; see report below).
Equipment: 1989 Chryster Minivan AM/FM digital radio and Winegard 13 dB RF
amplifier and extended whip antenna. Frequencies used: 105.5 Mhz, 91.5 Mhz,
other frequencies below 92 Mhz.
After last night's somewhat limited success, I decided to go all out and
use my "Mobile FM-DX" system in my van. It tends to be rather sensitive, as
those of you who heard the Omaha stations from the site of NSP can probably
attest to. I left Beatrice about 1 a.m. (0700 UT), and while driving, I
did a count of the radio pings. In about a minute or two, I had heard about
17, and by the time I arrived at my viewing site at 0716, I had heard 112
meteor pings! However, I saw more meteors (about 5) while driving out to my
site than I did the entire time I was on station, as low stratus clouds were
quickly filling the sky. I retreated into the van, and fell back on meteor
ping counts once again. The number was fairly steady, with much of the
time having more than 2 per minute. After about 0730, the number began to
shoot up *very* rapidly, making counting rather difficult as often over ten
pings were frequently recorded nearly every single minute! The first 4 digit
number is the time (UT) and the number after the colon is the number of
radio pings heard during that minute (ie: 0736: 17 means beginning at 0735
hrs UTC, 17 pings were heard during the following minute).
0700-0716: 112 (total, not using tape recorder)
minute by minute loggings:
After 0816, the tape recorder's battery was getting rather low, but the high
rate of 7 to 10 meteors per minute continued for another ten minutes or so
before starting to decrease slightly. By 0845, the number had dropped to
from 2 to 6 per minute, and by 0900, the sky had cleared, but very few visual
meteors were seen. More than a few of these pings were long enough to get
some idea of the kind of station doing the transmission. One burst in
particular sustained a readable signal for about 5 minutes! The 1st hour
total was 502 pings between 0700 and 0800 UT and the maximum rate per minute
for the entire observation period was a whopping 23 meteor pings per minute!!
During the "outburst" phase from 0731 to 0816, the rate averaged about 12 per
minute, which would translate roughly into about 720 per hour. From my
brief visual observations, I would say that I was detecting between 3 and 4
times the number of meteors which an individual might see visually, since
many were brief and probably were being drowned out by the moon. This is by
far the most intense radio meteor shower I have ever heard. Clear skies to
you.
David Knisely
Date: 17 Nov 2000 19:36:57 GMT
Weather maps and newscast showed a "tongue" of dry clear air following
this front and preceding the next. It had been stable most of the day,
moving slowly NNE. Other observers and I estimated it would reach over
our position sometime in the early morning hours on Friday November, 17.
It did just that.
Observing from a open field, the clouds, moving quickly, slowly broke up
and were completely gone by 1:30 a.m. EST (6:00 UT). I started my first of
three hourly observing runs.
The first hour was lack lusted, clouds covered 50 % of the Eastern sky the
first half of the session. This did help cover some of the glare of the Moon. I
set my observation point to the stars iota and chi Ursae Majoris, and could
view the skies from Ursa Minor on my left to Lynx, Auriga, Gemini with the
Moon for interference. More towards my right I can see Canis Minor, and
sections of Monoceros and Orion. Used the star zeta Urasa Minoris to estimated
limiting magnitude at 4.3. The total for the first hour was a dismal 5 Leonids
and 2 sporadic.
I took a 12-minute break from the temperature, and the snorting of the deer
behind me. I had parked my back too close to their wild apple tree for them to
feed. The deer had moved on, only the howling of coyotes were heard from the
rest of the morning. Resumed the second hour watch with my gaze in the same
direction of the sky. Skies remained 100 % clear for the full hour. Estimated
the limiting magnitude in that area to be 4.7 by using starts of
Leo Minor and those around lambda and mu Ursae Majoris.
This second hour was most exciting. In the first half hour 16 Leonids were
seen. Most were brighter than 2nd magnitude with long trains, some blue in
color other with a orange/red hue. Trains averaged 5 to 8 degrees in length.
The second half equaled the first with brilliant meteors and slow fading
trains. There was a great flurry of activity at one point near the end of the
hour. In the region just outside of the Sickle of Leo three 2nd magnitude
streaked around the radiant in a matter of 20 seconds. The first was a 5 degree
blue train meteor to the north, followed by two 7 degree orange colored
meteors. One travelling east and on the left side of Regulus, the next seen
above and right of Regulus travelling south southeast. They were some of the
last to be recorded at the end of the second hour.
Not wanting to miss another display like this, the third and final hour began
immediately after the second. Wide awake and adrenaline pumping, I set my sites
towards lambda and mu Ursae Majoris. The meteors of the Leonids did appear but
most were 2nd to 3rd magnitude, very few above 2nd. And most were short trains
3 to 5 degrees long. Colors of blue and orange/red still seen. There were long
time stretches between bright meteors. Just as the hour was almost over the
most spectacular meteor of the night blazed forth 10 degrees directly below
Regulus a -6 to -8 Leonid swiftly streaked towards the eastern horizon. It
ended with a brief terminal burst near -8 magnitude. The 15 degree orange and
blue train lasted some 10 seconds before disappearing to the eye. This one was
seen at 4:28 EST and by far the highlight of the morning.
Summary of observations for November 17, 2000 EST / UT
One other item to note. While watching the region of lambda and mu Ursae
Majoris and point light object brightened to equal the star lambda. It was
situated to the left of the star close to RA 10h 25m DEC 44' 00" I suspect it
to be a satellite but did not see movement or find any trace of a moving object
afterwards. This appeared at 3:03 EST.
John D. Sabia
Date: 18 Nov 2000 10:14:45 +0200
Quick rundown of Leonids seen by myself ( Harry J Lehto)
at Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma, Canary Islands,
28.75466N, 17.88527W, alt about 2400m, about 18.11.2000 UT02.30-06.45
Limiting mag 5.6 (except for last 15 minutes).
Center of vision half way between polaris and Capella
02-05.20, beta Tauri 05.20-06.20, Procyon 06.20-twilight.
Clear skies.
Regards
From: "Jeffrey Nutkowitz"
I think I may have seen the same Taurid, because I did see one medium
bright, slower meteor that definitely did not appear to be a part of the
Leonids, and it was above Orion, which could have made it coming from a
radiant in Taurus.
Date: 18 Nov 2000 09:48:44 GMT
The rate appears to have dropped after that: I observed only 3 Leonids from
4:00-4:15, when the cold finally did me in. All in all, a much better show
than I expected!
Bill Burton
From: Greg Campbell
Very pretty, but low frequency.
Clear skies with the moon still low and blocked by trees.
In 45 minutes of observing I witnessed ~10 Leonids radiating from the
east. The 5 best of these were bright, grazing-type meteors. They
would burst to life at Jupiter-like brightness (Mag -2 ??), promptly dim
2 or 3 magnitudes, then plow across the sky for tens of degrees leaving
bright trails that persist for several seconds. Several other faint
grazers were observed.
Not bad, but where's that STORM??? =:o
NASA's radio meteor detector audio stream has just picked up markedly,
I guess I'd better get back out there and have a look!
-Greg
From: chun_in@my-deja.com
From: "YAMASHITA, M."
I saw a prediction by Mr. Hasegawa mentioned in an astro
magazine "Gekkan Tenmon". It says the first maximun comes
in 2h 18th UT, second larger maximum in 6h UT. The ZHR is
more than a few hundreds. How will be the result?
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 17:15:03 +0800
Despite a less than ideal observation site and poor LM 4.0+ sky
due to light pollution and clouds. I have managed to bag 8 Leonids and
1 SPO exceptional bright green fireball in Kranji, NW of Singapore.
There is absence of meteors seen from 11/17 UT 17-1900 hrs. The
first Leonid started in 11/17 UT 19:34 right in the centre of Auriga
leaving a visible wake. Activity peak around UT 20:10-20:15, 21:30-22:00
as twilight approaches...
I keep my centre of view in Auriga, avoiding the moon in the east.
All Leonids seen were swift, with typical trajectories of 20-25
degrees. Color seen ranges from orange-red to slight yellow white
(did not observe the yellow-green as in 1999 Leonids). Maybe the colors
are influenced by the dominant moon light.
I am surprise to be able to see such bright meteors with moon
nearby!!
There is definitely heightened leonids activity....This year the
leonids prvide llocal folks a chance to see Leonids in their 'back-yard'
ie w/o travelling abroad.
Heavy dew 'dampens' my intention of video taping the sky.
rgds
http://www.geocities.com/ykchia_1999/index.html
From: Raymond Lee Kong Leng
Start local time 0130(1730UT)
Ends local time: 0608hrs(2208UT), clouds came in.
total : 31 leonids including 1 fireball, 1 sporadic.
Mostly white and light yellow streaks
Sky was good, huge opening at zenith most of the times, with occasion
clouds moving slowly across.
We noticed that the activity heats up after 0330hrs local time. highest
count in the night was 8 counts from 0536hrs to 0550hrs, with 6 counts
from 0540hrs to 0546hrs.
regards
From: "Jeffrey Nutkowitz"
Well, I just got back from the pines of southern New Jersey. From 1:30 to a
bit after 3:15, they were fast and furious, often two or more at the same
time, or one right after another, with an average hourly rate of well over
60 to 80. I probably saw about 100 in an hour and a half, despite the moon's
interference. The ones I saw were almost all very bright, swift, covering
long arcs, and with glimmering trains. Many were colored green or blue-ish.
One really nice one actually drew a line straight through Jupiter and
Saturn! After about 3:15 the rate dropped down noticeably, to more like
about 20 per hour, but they were still fairly bright. I also did a little
experiment. I tuned my FM radio to a blank frequency. The radio 'pings' were
much more frequent than the visual meteors, probably around 500 an hour for
a while! Many of them corresponded to visual ones. That was kind of weird,
like I could actually 'hear' the meteor. This was actually one of the better
meteor showers I have seen.
From: "Harald Ringsevjen"
Harald
Fri, 17 Nov 2000 05:33:38 +0100
Observers include Arnold Tukkers, Rita Verhoef, Ben Kokkeler, Jacob
Kuiper and Casper ter Kuile at De Bilt and Jos Nijland, Robert Haas,
Sietse Dijkstra, Dianna Dijkstra and Remco Scheepmaker at Chaam.
This observing period is from about 0 UT till about 4h30m UT.
Sky conditions are excellent after the passage of a cold front.
Best wishes,
Casper ter Kuile
Fri, 17 Nov 2000 12:30:05 GMT
brancwi@my-deja.com
Fri, 17 Nov 2000 06:54:11 -0500
I had about an 80 degree circular hole thru the
clouds at 02:50 UT Nov 17, and saw 5 Leonids in 5 minutes.
4 were dim, maybe around mag 3.5 - 4.5, hard to
say due to the moon light. One was around mag -3
or nearly as bright as Jupiter which was visible in the
hole...
G. Varros
From: "Roberto Haver"
Cieli sereni,
From: Albino Carbognani
Per chi volesse dedicarsi all'osservazione dei bolidi (spero
tutti i partecipanti) consiglio di munirsi di una mappa stellare su cui
riportare ora di osservazione, punto di inizio e fine traiettoria del
bolide e durata in secondi. Ricordatevi di scaricare il modulo di
segnalazione di ITASN in modo da poterlo compilare direttamente sul campo:
http://www.fis.unipr.it/~albino/documenti/bolidi_report2.html">
htp://www.fis.unipr.it/~albinpo/documenti/bolidid_report2.html
Non trascurate di segnalare direttamente a me o in lista i bolidi
osservati: ogni dato perso rende inutile l'osservazione. Attenzione ai
suoni elettrofonici: se udite un rumore in contemporanea con
l'osservazione del bolide si tratta di elettrofonia. Cercate di condurre
le osservazioni da luoghi privi di inquinamento acustico e luminoso.
L'unica incognita sono le condizioni meteo. Pare che al nord ci sara' una
tregua da ora fino a sabato sera: correnti fredde provenienti da NW
dovrebbero spazzare le nubi spingendole verso sud dove ci saranno piogge
per le prossime 24h.
Qui a Parma, stamattina, c'era il cielo sereno all'80% ma ora sono
sopraggiunte nuove nubi e ha iniziato a piovere.
Io osservero' dalle 00 alle 7 TMEC del 18, nubi permettendo. Fate
altrettanto cosi' possiamo triangolare gli eventuali bolidi. Nelle
osservazioni privilegiate i piu' luminosi, dalla magnitudine -8 in giu'.
Albino Carbognani
17 november 16.30 u.
Jacob Kuiper (KNMI)
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 10:54:57 GMTLeonids - radio and Visual - Nov. 18
Hello:
VISUAL
Number Average
UT Leonids Magnitude
-------------------------------------------------------
0500-0600 9 -1.1
0600-0700 11 -0.7
0800-0900 12 -0.3
0900-1000 6 +0.3
Magnitude Range
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -0 0 +1 +2 -- magnitudes
1 0 1 8 12 1 0 13 1 -- # Leonids
Leonid Colours
Red Blue White Blue-White
8 16 12 2
Number Leonids leaving trails +/- 1 second duration = 3
LEONID RADIO OBSERVATIONS
Observer: Michael Boschat
Location: Halifax, Canada (63 36'W, 44 39'N, 58 meters above sea level)
Listening Frequency: 83.24 MHz
Receiver: Icom R-10
Antenna : resonant dipole
Antenna Direction: Horizontally polarized with lobes in E-W plane, elev 0 deg
Filter : high-Q (Q at least 300) bandpass filter between antenna & receiver.
Listening Mode: CW
Recording method: listening by ear
Leonids heard per hour
Nov.18
UT
00 = 8
01 = 5
02 = 7
03 = 10
04 = 58
05 = 128
06 = ---
07 = 219
08 = 149
09 = 99
-- = no observation - ate something bad got a bit sick took 1h break.
Clear skies
---------------------------------
Michael Boschat
Halifax Center - Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
My Astronomy Web Page:
http://www.atm.dal.ca/~andromed
--
David Knisely KA0CZC@navix.net
Prairie Astronomy Club, Inc. http://www.4w.com/pac
Hyde Memorial Observatory:
http://www.blackstarpress.com/arin/hyde
Radio Meteor Observations of the 2000 Leonid Meteor Shower
November 18th, 2000, 0700-0900 UT
Rockford Lake, Nebr. 40.227N, 96.581W, 1400 ft elevation.
0717: 0 0718: 2 0719: 1 (1 vis.) 0720: 1 0721: 4 0722: 2 0723: 2
0724: 2 0725: 2 0726: 0 0727: 1 0729: 2 0730: 0 0731: 16 0732: 20
0733: 13 0734: 8 0735: 11 0736: 17 0737: 12 0738: 11 0739: 11
0740: 14 0741: 10 0742: 14 0743: 17 0744: 9 0745: 13 0746: 16
0747: 11 0748: 14 0749: 9 0750: 16 0751: 11 0752: 15 0753: 13
0754: 10 0755: 9 0756: 10 0757: 8 0158: 14 0759: 7 0800: 12 0801: 9
0802: 11 0803: 10 0804: 14 0805: 6 0806: 7 0807: 11 0808: 7 0809: 8
0810: 8 0811: 14 0812: 9 0813: 23 0814: 14 0815: 7 0816: 10
Observer - John D. Sabia
Location - Clarks Summit, PA 75.66W 41.5N
Date - November 17,2000 EST / November 17,2000 UT
Time - 1:00 - 4:30 EST / 6:00 - 9:30 UT
Instruments - lawn chair, sleeping bag, watch, flashlight, and eyes.
Filter - None
Leonids 2000, From Northeast Penna
The promise of a clear skies for this year's meteor shower did not look
good. Heavy clouds covered the region all of the daylight hours and into
the early evening. A small break in the cover occurred at 9:00 p.m. local
time, only to cover up again by 10:30 local EST.
time EST / UT Leonids Sporadic Limit Magnitude
1:17 to 2:17 a.m. EST / 6:17 to 7:17 UT 5 1 4.3
2:29 to 3:29 a.m. EST / 7:29 to 8:29 UT 32 1 4.7
3:30 to 4:30 a.m. EST / 8:30 to 9:30 UT 28 4 4.7
sabiajohn@aol.comNice Leonid Display
Dear Leonid watcher,
Brightness distribution (not double checked yet)
-8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
1 1 11 8 20 31 64 63 88 57 52 13 4 total about 413 seen.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Time distribution for 5 minute intervals starting at given time
02.17 6 (8 minutes) 02.25 2,
02.30 7, 02.35 6, 02.40 2, 02.45 6, 02.50 6, 02.55 4 (3 minutes)
03.10 8, 03.25 7, 03.30 11, 03.35 6, 03.40 6, 03.45 10, 03.50 18 (10 minutes)
04.00 9, 04.05 11, 04.10 5, 04.15 7, 04.20 13, 04.25 11
04.30 12, 04.35 5, 04.40 9, 04.45 12, 04.50 10, 04.55 9,
05.00 3, 05.05 7, 05.10 8, 05.15 9, 05.20 11, 05.25 5,
05.32 2 (3 min), 05.35 16, 05.40 15, 05.45 14, 05.50 12, 05.55 8
06.00 18, 06.05 20, 06.10 12, 06.15 14, 06.20 11, 06.25 14,
06.30 16, 06.35 15, 06.40 9, had to stop because of twilight
Harry J Lehto
hlehto@astro.utu.fi
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 10:55:47 GMT11/18 Leonids from VA
Well, I just got back from the pines of southern New Jersey. From 1:30 to a
bit after 3:15, they were fast and furious, often two or more at the same
time, or one right after another, with an average hourly rate of well over
60 to 80. I probably saw about 100 in an hour and a half, despite the moon's
interference. The ones I saw were almost all very bright, swift, covering
long arcs, and with glimmering trains. Many were colored green or blue-ish.
After about 3:15 the rate dropped down noticeably, to more like about 20 per
hour, but they were still fairly bright. I also did a little experiment. I
tuned my FM radio to a blank frequency. The radio 'pings' were much more
frequent than the visual meteors, probably around 500 an hour for a while!
Many of them corresponded to visual ones. That was kind of weird, like you
could actually 'hear' the meteor. This was actually one of the best meteor
showers I have ever seen.
--
Jeffrey Nutkowitz/Optiques Classic Photographic Imagery
Freelance Outdoor and Nature Photography Emphasizing a 'Sense of Place'
http://members.aol.com/OptiquesJN
"If you don't change the path you're on, you'll end up where you're already
going."
Viewing from a golf course in Reston, VA, under clear skies and a quarter moon
(LM = 4.6) I observed 50 Leonids from 2:43-3:43 EST (UT 7:43-8:43). This is a
pretty remarkable rate under these conditions, although perhaps not any higher
a ZHR than the previous night (32 in an hour under a higher, brighter moon,
according to a report from NE PA on SAA). Only 2-3 of these meteors were
brighter than magnitude 0. A single bright Taurid was seen, and no sporadics.
bburton@usgs.govCalifornia Leonid report
From Atascadero, CA. Midnight, PST.
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Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 17:12:01 GMTLeonid Fireball sighting!!!
While driving to the observation site, I saw a huge leonid fireball
flash in front of me at 11:09 EST. It was on the west side about 45
degrees above the horizon. It was incredible. Very bright, should be
around -6 or so. It illuminated the road for an instant. I saw
clearly the change in color from green to red to white. It's angular
width should be about 1/2 degree or so. It was very short around 7
degree and was not slow but not that fast either. It left a trail for
about 20 seconds. Maybe longer because it was hard see while driving
and moon behind. But it was the most impressive fireball that I have
ever seen. And I saw more than 200 during the 1998 storm. Well, then
I saw quite a few that broke up in several pieces. But still this was
not the same. It was almost divine. Had I saw it during the middle
ages, I would have started my own religion. After that I spent from
11:30 to 5 am observing but only saw around 25 with some really bright
ones. But the first one was worth it. Since I'm at work and only
sleep 2 hours I'm considering whether to go out tonight for the
saturday show or not.
--
Chun In Martinez
Miami, FL - Panama City, Panama
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams"
Eleanor Roosevelt
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 09:48:43 +0900 Leonids from far east
I watched 10 Leonids this morning. It was not totally fine.
Clouds interrupt the observing. From 3 to 5:30 (18h - 20.5h
17th UT), I could see only 40 min. All meteors I saw were
brighter than 1 mag. Limited mag. was 4.5.
The number was more than I expected under this condition.
I cannot say the exact number, but maybe the ZHR was around
50.Leonids from far east
Hello :
Here is another far east report...
ykChia
SingaporeLeonids from Singapore
Location: SengKang, Singapore
Geographic: ~103.5°E, 1.19°N
Time start: 17th, 1730UT(Local time 18th, 0130)
Eyes: 12 pairs
Visible Mag.: ard 4, with high clouds!
1730-1830 - 1 leonids, ard 2mag. (@1825UT)
1830-1930 - nil
1930-2030 - 11 Leonids(mag -1 to 3), 1 sporadic, mag -3
2030-2130 - 8 leonids(mag. -2 to 2)
2130-2206 - 11 leonids(mag. -2 to 2), 1 fireball(-4??)
--
Raymond Lee KongLeng
http://raymondlee.way.to
"...I believe your most attractive features are your heart and soul
I believe that family is worth more than money or gold..."
-Affirmation, Leonids in the pines of New Jersey
Hi All
--
Jeffrey Nutkowitz/Optiques Classic Photographic Imagery
Freelance Outdoor and Nature Photography Emphasizing a 'Sense of Place'
http://members.aol.com/OptiquesJN
"If you don't change the path you're on, you'll end up where you're already
going."
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 05:24:11 +0100Leonids observed from Norway
I watched about twelve meteors from 3.40 - 4.00 U.T from clear sky at the
north-west coast of Norway. Three of the Leonids was at magnitude 0 to -1.
If reply, please remove nospamtull from my email-adress:
haraldrinospamtull@online.no
"Why did not someone teached me the constellations and made me at home in
the starry heavens which are always over head"
Thomas Carlyle
No enhanced Leonid activity on 16/17
Hi to all,
Members of the Dutch Meteor Society do not have observed any significant
enhanced Leonid activity so far during 16/17 november 2000.
Dutch Meteor SocietyLeonids count in Florida
Well it seems like they were a bust here. I recorded from 4:15-5:00 EDT
or 8-9 UT. I only saw 2 and one was from Orion and not a Leonid.
Viewing was not possible for the first 15 minutes because a cloud bank
covered the Eastern half of the sky - it moved out (or cleared up)
slowly but it is hard to say how much it covered. The only stars I
could see in that direction were the stars in the question mark and
they were faint so whatever magnitude they are was the max I could see.Leonidi
Tra le 02h10m e le 03h20m (UT), in 31m20s di tempo effettivo di osservazioni
ho osservato 34 meteore, di cui 29 Leonidi con una magnitudine limite di
5.1, quasi una al minuto. Un bel bolide di -6/-7 ha rischiarato una nuvola.
Diverse Leonidi avevano magnitudine negativa e con scie ben visibili (anche
con la presenza della Luna).
Roberto
Date: 17 Nov 2000 14:00:12 +0100Bolidi e Nubi
Come sapete tutti il massimo delle Leonidi e' vicino. I due bolidi
osservati dai membri della Dutch Meteor Society fanno ben sperare.WAT GEBEURDE AFGELOPEN NACHT?
Na een bijzonder heldere waarnemingsnacht vanuit De Bilt kon worden
geconstateerd dat er weinig Leonidenactiviteit was te bespeuren. De
aantallen meteoren lagen ver onder de 'stoute' verwachtingen die sommige
wetenschappers hadden aangekondigd. Als klapper op de vuurpijl werden
echter in de ochtendschemering enkele bijzondere heldere Leoniden
waargenomen. Deze vuurbollen straalden in De Bilt kortstondig zoveel
licht over het landschap dat het leek alsof er een bliksemontlading
plaats vond. Op de Noordzee bevonden zich op dat moment ook enkele
onweersbuien, maar waarnemers in de omgeving van Chaam konden
bevestigen dat het bij de 'lichtexplosies om 06.56 uur en 06.59 uur
inderdaad Leonidenvuurbollen betrof.
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