Leonid Meteor Storm - 11/18/01
I observed the great storm at a picnic stop on Highway ***. I observed
between 3 and 6 AM, alone. I took a series of about thirty five-minute
exposures on Kodak Portra 800 colour print film at f2.8, 28mm view.
View these images however you like, but please ask if you want to use them
in a big way. I have the negatives.
I caught about a dozen meteors on film - here are some of the highlights.
I had a clear view of 60 or 70% of the sky. I had driven a long
way to get out from under fog that covered Southern Ontario. The fog
intruded on my viewing after about 5 AM, but I could still see bright stars
and meteors through it.
Here's a link to an Excel
graph (viewed as a web page) of my observed meteor rates between 0950 and
1030 UTC (4:50 AM and 5:30 AM EST). I estimate I observed close to
500 meteors in three hours.
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Eric Briggs, ebriggs@sympatico.ca
