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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-1-1055918938 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Here is a copy of the report I sent to the RASC listserve regarding my view of the LEONIDS: > ONLY 2 LEONIDS from Horton Bluff > I was out observing from approximately 23:30 (18th AST) to 01:50 > (19th AST). My location (Horton Bluff) was dark and for most of the > period the sky was quite clear except for periods when there was > thin haze that seemed to wax and wane. > > Prior to 00:45 and again after 01:35 I had a few nice views through > my 10 inch at some of my favourites that were showing up quite > nicely, e.g. I tried a few Coldwell objects, in paticular C23 (NGC > 891), a faint, edge-on galaxy and was successful in seeing it. > > Between 00:45 and 01:35 I concentrated on watching the sky for the > secondary Leonid outburst. I concentrated mostly from overhead and > downward to the southward, from Saturn shining in front of Leo > (eastward), the Great Oval stars taking up the best part of my > view (overhead and southward), Aries and Perseus were on my right > fringe (westward). > My patient observing yieded ONLY 2 LEONID METEORS: one at 01:07 (a > short, faint streak about mag 3 in the knee stars of Orion), the > second at 01:09 was more exciting (a nice bright burst, about 0 > mag, its streak tracked from about 10 degrees below Procyon to just > above Sirius). I thought things were about to get more interesting, > but alas, there was nothing more. So, inspite of a pretty good > sky, no Leonid outburst from here. > > I returned to the telescope for a few more deeper views before > closing up at 01:50. > > Sherman Sherman Williams sherm@glinx.com website: http://www.glinx.com/~sherm On 20-Nov-06, at 2:39 AM, Stephen Shaw wrote: > Talking about stargazing, I spent about 30 min off and on peering > through the > occasional breaks in the clouds for Leonid meteorites 1-2 AM Sunday > but didn't > see any. Was anyone successful? --Apple-Mail-1-1055918938 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Here is a copy of the report I = sent to the RASC listserve regarding my view of the LEONIDS:<DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">ONLY 2 LEONIDS from Horton Bluff</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">I was out observing from approximately 23:30 (18th = AST) to 01:50 (19th AST). My location (Horton Bluff) was dark and for = most of the period the sky was quite clear except for periods when there = was thin haze that seemed to wax and wane.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Prior to = 00:45 and again after 01:35 I had a few nice views through my 10 inch at = some of my favourites that were showing up quite nicely,=A0 e.g. I tried = a few Coldwell objects, in paticular C23 (NGC 891), a faint, edge-on = galaxy and was successful in seeing it.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Between 00:45 = and 01:35 I concentrated on watching the sky for the secondary Leonid = outburst.=A0 I concentrated mostly from overhead and downward to the = southward, from Saturn shining in front of Leo (eastward),=A0 the Great = Oval stars taking up the best part of my view (overhead and southward),=A0= Aries and Perseus were on my right fringe = (westward).=A0<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "> My patient observing yieded ONLY 2 LEONID METEORS: = one at 01:07 (a short, faint streak about mag 3 in the knee stars of = Orion), the second at 01:09 was more exciting (a nice bright burst, = about 0 mag, its streak tracked from about 10 degrees below Procyon to = just above Sirius). I thought things were about to get more interesting, = but alas, there was nothing more. So, inspite of a pretty good sky,=A0 = no Leonid outburst from here.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I returned to the telescope for = a few more deeper views before closing up at 01:50.</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">Sherman</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Sherman = Williams</DIV><DIV><A = href=3D"mailto:sherm@glinx.com">sherm@glinx.com</A></DIV><DIV>website:=A0 = <A = href=3D"http://www.glinx.com/~sherm">http://www.glinx.com/~sherm</A></DIV>= <DIV><BR class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On = 20-Nov-06, at 2:39 AM, Stephen Shaw wrote:</DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><P = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN>Talking about stargazing, I = spent about 30 min off and on peering through the</FONT></P> <P = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">occasional breaks in the = clouds for Leonid meteorites 1-2 AM Sunday but didn't</FONT></P> <P = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">see any. Was anyone = successful?<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></FONT></P> = </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>= --Apple-Mail-1-1055918938--
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