Leonids 2002 by team Galera / Pulpi
Remco Scheepmaker, Edo van Zanten, Mirjam Bouwman, Daniël van Os, Selma Koelers, Johan Lezwijn and Arthur Wiegman
Meteoren Net
Leoniden 2002 : Meteorenstorm boven Nederland en Belgie?
Leoniden 2002: Reisverslag van Team Cosmos
Observer: Remco Scheepmaker, IMO-code: SCHRE
All times UT
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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)
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Start End Tm Teff LM Leo Tau Spo Total Cloud
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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
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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 -
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Minute counts (03:55 means 03:55:00 to 03:55:59 inclusive)
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Minute Leonids Minute Leonids
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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
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End of minute counts!!!
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Leonids Magnitude
Start End -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 Total
Leonids
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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
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TOTAL: 414 Leonids and 15 sporadics
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
