[geeks] Leonids

[Shawn Wallbridge]

I guess you were in the wrong place ;-)

I went out to a park about 6km south of the city and it was pretty cool 
(to get away from the light from the city, which was still pretty bad). 
I would say about 20 really nice ones and about 100 small ones. That was 
in about an hour and a half. The clouds were bad for a while, but it 
really cleared up around 3:30 so it was pretty nice. I was glad I went 
out (of course I am a little tired now).

shawn

Geek wrote:

>I saw nothing. Heavily overcast here. Also, the sky was a mid range
>gray, so clearly the light pollution was far too strong.
>
>
>Dwight Wallbridge,
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Chris Hedemark" <chris at yonderway.com>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] Leonids
>
>
>| What a disappointment.  Between the full moon and somewhat overcast
>| sky, about one or two per minute were visible.
>|
>| Last year was much much better.
>|
>| The best of all time was somewhere in the late 80's.  I don't know the
>| year, and I wasn't planning on seeing them, but the leonids that year
>| were bright enough to illuminate through my venetian blinds and wake
>me
>| from slumber.  They were intense and frequent.
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