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

Stan,

I saw the one I describe as most spectacular at about 10:30 MST.  It passed
about overhead from my location about 50 miles directly southeast of Tucson.
I started seeing it about 20 degrees east of the zenith and observed it
until it reached 10-15 degrees from the western horizon.  I don't think it
went beyond my local horizon before disappearing.  But it almost did.

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From: Stan Gorodenski <stanlep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 4:27 PM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: The Leonids from Vekol Road


>
> Kevin Bays wrote:
> > I regret missing the one around 5:00 I'm reading about here.  It sounds
> > spectacular.
> >
> > 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.
>
> Kevin, is your report on UT or mountain standard time?  Bill Ferris'
> report on the one he saw at 10:15-10:30 (5:15-5:30 our time) appears to
> be the same one Brett Watson reported on his way back to Phoenix.  Bill
> reported a bolide around 5:00 UT, midnight mountain standard time, low
> in the southern sky.  I reported observing a spectacular Leonid at 12:05
> mountain standard time.  However, the one I observed was near the
> zenith.  It appears the one Bill observed is the same one I observed.
> Since a meteor enters the atmosphere about 50 miles up, observing it 70
> miles from its radial position to the earth (the distance from my
> location to Flagstaff) would make it appear low in the horizon.
> Stan
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