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["Steve Coe" <stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello All;

Even though I had planned for a long trip far from the lights of Phoenix, AZ to 
observe the Leonids, it just didn't work out that way.  I made a short trip to 
a site about 40 miles from the city lights (Table Mesa Road) and had a very fun 
time observing an excellent meteor display.  There were some clouds and we did 
stop observing and pack up because the clouds finally closed in completely at 
about 4:10 AM MST.

I estimated that we had about a 30 minute period where we saw 1200 meteors an 
hour.  We did this by each of three of us observing in different directions and 
counting meteors for a minute.  Even though the number of meteors was uneven 
during the night, it did average the 1200 meteors per hour rate.

The Leonids included lots of great fireballs, many bright, long and impressive 
meteors shot across the sky.

I did try some simple, wide angle astrophotos.  I will get them developed as 
soon as I can.

Great night, I am very sleepy, so sorry if this message has errors.  Going to 
sleep, now.

Steve Coe

stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx
Author:  Deep Sky Observing--The Astronomical Tourist
Saguaro Astronomy Club web site:
www.saguaroastro.org


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