[vsnet-chat 1477] Re: Leonids (OT)

[Seiichiro Kiyota <skiyota@abr.affrc.go.jp>]

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?.


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