In message "[vsnet-chat 1476] Leonids (OT)", Fraser Farrell wrote... >During the observing period (Nov 17 16:30 to 18:40UT) I saw 39 Leonids. >About the same _rate_ as I saw in 1997, but most of this year's Leonids >were bright (mags -3 to 1) with many leaving long, brief, trails. In >retrospect I could have seen them nearly as well from home. After photometry of WX Cet finished, I tried to observe Leonids. I had similar result because I observed nearly same longitude (140dE, 36dN) as yours. According to IAUC, observer in the Atlantic Ocean or the American continent may seen more and more meteors?. ---- Seiichiro Kiyota skiyota@abr.affrc.go.jp Laboratory of Stress Physiology Department of Plant Physiology National Insititute of Agrobiological Resources Tel:81-298-38-8384 Fax:81-298-38-8347