Leonids 2002 by team Galera / Pulpi
Remco Scheepmaker, Edo van Zanten, Mirjam Bouwman, Daniƫl van Os, Selma Koelers, Johan Lezwijn and Arthur Wiegman
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Observer: Remco Scheepmaker, IMO-code: SCHRE All times UT =============================================================================== Date : November 18/19 Location: near Pulpi, province of Almeria, Spain (37.4 N 1.8 W) Center : RA 05h30m, Dec +38 at 00:30 UT (east) =============================================================================== Start End Tm Teff LM Leo Tau Spo Total Cloud ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 22:30 23:00 22.75 0.50 5.2 0 0 2 2 0% 23:00 23:30 23.25 0.47 5.2 0 0 3 3 0% 23:30 00:00 23.75 0.48 5.2 0 0 4 4 0% 00:00 00:30 00.25 0.25 5.2 2 0 0 2 0% 00:30 01:00 00.75 0.47 5.2 6 0 1 7 30% 22:30 01:00 2.17 8 0 10 18 After 01:00 UT sky conditions turned too bad for serious observing. The thin cloud sheet varied from 50% to 95%. Leonids Magnitude Start End -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 Total Leonids ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01:00 01:05 1 1 05 10 1 1 2 10 15 1 1 2 15 20 *Busy with - 20 25 camera and - 25 30 other stuff - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30 35 2 2 35 40 1 1 2 1 6 40 45 1 1 1 3 45 50 1 2 3 50 55 1 1 2 01:55 02:00 1 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02:00 02:05 1 1 1 3 05 10 1 3 4 10 15 1 1 2 15 20 1 1 2 20 25 1 1 2 25 30 *Busy with camera 1 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30 35 2 2 35 40 1 2 1 4 40 45 1 3 4 45 50 1 1 1 3 50 55 *Clouds getting thicker 2 2 3 7 02:55 03:00 2 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03:00 03:05 *More clouds 1 1 2 05 10 *25-30 stars visible 1 1 1 3 10 15 1 1 15 20 *Just 6 stars visible 1 1 1 3 20 25 *30 stars visible 1 1 03:25 03:55 *Sleeping most of the time 8 01:00 03:55 Total: 76 =============================================================================== Minute counts (03:55 means 03:55:00 to 03:55:59 inclusive) =============================================================================== Minute Leonids Minute Leonids --------------- --------------- 03:55 2 04:30 8 56 9 31 4 57 8 32 4 58 4 33 0 *busy with camera 59 6 34 3 04:00 4 35 7 01 5 36 2 *fireball at 4h36m50s ??? 02 12 37 2 03 8 38 1 04 7 39 2 05 6 40 4 *clouds getting thicker 06 6 41 - break 07 9 42 - break 08 8 43 1 break 09 5 44 - break 10 9 45 2 11 10 46 4 12 10 47 4 13 8 48 4 14 5 49 1 15 4 50 2 16 8 51 1 17 5 52 0 *busy with 18 12 53 0 microrecorder 19 6 54 1 20 5 55 0 *starting to yawn 21 15 56 0 22 3 *mag -6 at 57 1 23 5 4h22m55s! 58 1 24 1 *busy with 59 2 25 0 camera 26 7 *start taking 27 6 pictures 28 4 29 6 03:55 05:00 Total: 289 =============================================================================== End of minute counts!!! =============================================================================== Leonids Magnitude Start End -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 Total Leonids ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 05:00 05:15 9 05:15 05:30 1 2 4 1 9 05:30 05:45 1 1 2 4 1 17 05:45 06:00 1 2 2 6 05:00 06:00 Total: 41 =============================================================================== TOTAL: 414 Leonids and 15 sporadics =============================================================================== -- Remco Scheepmaker http://www.phys.uu.nl/~scheepmk/
Date : Year 2002 Month 11 Date 17/18 Observer : D.A.J. van Os IMO-Code : OSVDA Observing place El Cura Country : Spain Coordinates : f 37,8 ? : -2,6 Center of vision RA 05h50m Dec 22 At : 01:45 UT Start UT : 01:45 End UT : 03:57 Teff [h] : 2,06 Period UT Tm T.eff Lm Stream Spo Ntot Start End [h] [h] Leo Tau ----------------------------------------------------------------- 01:45 02:00 1,87 0,25 5,3 1 1 02:00 02:15 2,12 0,25 5,3 3 3 02:15 02:30 2,37 0,23 5,3 1 1 02:30 02:45 2,62 0,25 5,3 1 2 3 02:45 03:00 2,87 0,25 5,3 3 1 4 03:00 03:15 3,12 0,25 5,2 1 4 5 03:15 03:23 3,32 0,13 5,2 1 1 2 03:30 03:45 3,62 0,25 5,2 1 1 03:45 03:57 3,85 0,20 5,2 2 1 3 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,06 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 23 Stream -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 total mean ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leo 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 2 9 1,56 Tau 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2,50 Spo 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 3 0 12 2,42 Remarks: Observing started at approx. 23 UT, but there were too many clouds at that time. After the sky cleared, the air got quite moist. The Taurid in the last period was (and is) one of the most beautifull meteors I ever saw. It was orange/red and visible for at least 2 seconds and flared several times.
Date : Year 2002 Month 11 Date 18/19 Observer : D.A.J. van Os IMO-Code : OSVDA Observing place Pulpi Country : Spain Coordinates : f 37,4 ? : -1,8 Center of vision RA 23h30m Dec 60 At : 22:30 UT Start UT : 22:30 End UT : 01:00 Teff [h] : 2,25 Period UT Tm T.eff Lm Stream Spo Ntot Start End [h] [h] Leo Tau ----------------------------------------------------------------- 22:30 22:45 22,6 0,25 5,2 1 1 22:45 23:00 22,8 0,25 5,1 1 1 23:00 23:15 23,1 0,25 5,2 1 1 23:15 23:30 23,3 0,25 5,2 1 1 23:30 23:45 23,6 0,25 5,0 2 2 23:45 00:00 23,8 0,25 5,0 1 1 00:00 00:15 0,12 0,25 5,3 1 1 00:30 00:45 0,62 0,25 5,3 2 2 00:45 01:00 0,87 0,25 5,0 6 6 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,25 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 16 Stream -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 total mean ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leo 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 2 10 2,20 Spo 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 6 2,00 Remarks: The air was quite moist all night and at least one small Lenticularis cloud was present all the time. Still, untill 1 UT the conditions were reasonable for official observing. After 1 UT some serious patches of cloud drifted in causing very uneven conditions across the skies. I continued observing but in a less strict way. A maximum of 11 meteors per minute was seen around 4:15 UT. Only one real earthgazer was observed and only two real bright Leonids ( a -4 and a -7)
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