Leonids 1999: Observational Results!
The DMS Leonid Expedition 1999 in Spain
Team "València": Photographic Results
(Last updated: 99-12-16)
Station "Xaló": Camera's and Films
Photography at station Xaló - Spain |
Camera & Sector | Film & Developing |
Camera: Canon T-70 | Film: Kodak Tri-X Pan 400 |
Lens: Canon FD 1.8/50 mm | Developer: Kodak HC-110 |
Aperture stop: 2.8 | Developing temperature: 24° C |
Sector: 6 blades / 30° | Stopbath: Amaloco S 10 |
Rotational speed: 12.5 rpm (75 breaks/second) | Fixing: Amaloco X 88 |
Station "Xaló": Exposuredata
Photography at station Xaló - Spain |
Exposuretime 50 mm camera's: 9m58s ; 85 mm camera's: 7m58s |
Exposuredata on November 17/18, 1999 (all times in UT) |
Camera array | Elevation | No. of Cam. | No. of Exp. | No. of Neg. | Start [hh:mm] | Stop [hh:mm] | Total exp. time [hh:mm] |
High | 75° | 4 | 35 | 140 | 23:46:00 | 05:36:00 | 5h50m |
Middel | 50° | 7 | 35 | 245 | 23:46:00 | 05:36:00 | 5h50m |
Low | 25° | 9 | 35 | 315 | 23:47:00 | 05:37:00 | 5h50m |
85 mm | 55° | 6 | 36 | 216 | 00:07:00 | 04:55:00 | 4h48m |
Station "Xaló": Photographic ZHR
All meteors photographed by camera's 12, 14, 16, 32, 34, 26 and 38 are used to construct the above graphics. A total of 402 meteors!
Station "Xaló": Images!
Nearly all films of station Xaló of team Valencia are developed now!
We did not experience any technical problems, all camera's performed flawlessly.
Image quality exceeds all expectations. Numerous Leonids have been photographed.
Most of them being weak ones but also some brighter ones are among them.
Station "Dos Aguas"
Station "Dos Aguas": Camera's and Films
Station "Dos Aguas": Exposuredata
Station "Dos Aguas": Photographic ZHR
Station "Dos Aguas": Images!