[AZ-Observing] Re: The Leonids from Vekol Road



We all saw this one at TIMPA, it covered at least 160 degrees and
appeared to dissapear over the western horizon.  Nothing else all night
had a track like that.  A Lenonid earthgrazer most likely, I understand
that if the radiant is too low their angle is so low that they don't
really penetrate the atmosphere, but skip, if they survive.  The lenght
of the event allowed everyone to see it, not as bright as some of the
later stuff, but amazing for its track.  It was the talk of the evening
until the main event started, even in the morning it was still mentioned
with amazement.

Andrew


> But I have to say that the best one I witnessed was one that streaked almost
> overhead from east to west about 10:30.  This may be the one that Jim
> Cassidy saw from Vekol, and maybe even the one Bill Ferris saw way up north.
> Absolutely unbelievable.  It just kept going, and going, for around ten
> seconds.  It had a dramatic and long tail too.  I caught it out of the
> corner of my eye when it was a little east of overhead, and it seemed to go
> to about 15 degrees of the western horizon before finally fading.  Longest
> I've ever seen.  I sure am glad I started watching before midnight.  Even
> the non-enthusiasts I was camping with let out a holler over this one.  Did
> anyone else see this amazing meteor?

> Kevin Bays

> > camera and almost left.  At about that time, we saw an amazing meteor that
> > streaked across the sky high to the south and probably spanned 100 degrees
> > of the sky, it changed color and brightened and dimmed the entire way
> > across the sky.  It really charged up the crowd and produced a number of
> > "wows", cheering and clapping.

> > Jim Cassidy

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Andrew Cooper
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