Some of the text got chopped up in my previous post so I will send a better copy. I apologize for this second post. Everyone has hit on much of what I could say. As an addition to what has already been said, during peak time I noticed multiple streaks, but some were so faint it was difficult to say for certain I had seen them. Without the full moon I am sure things would have been more definite. Also, my eye would catch what appeared to be streaks out of the corner of my eye but because they were so faint I could not be sure what I saw and so I did not count them. The final thing I noticed is that there seemed to be a much higher proportion of meteors, compared to last year's observations, going in a direction opposite to where the Leonids were supposed to originate from, e.g., instead of going from east to west from the radiant, they would go from west to east. I had a couple guests (Jack Morris and his wife Glenda from Connecticut, and my mother), and because of this, and because of the poor shower, and because of having made the mistake of drinking too much hot chocolate and coffee (which really wasn't that much), I did not maintain a rigorous count as I had done last year. The skies were clear throughout the whole night, but there were a set of low clouds (about 4 degrees above the horizon) to the north later in the evening that did not impact on the observing at all. It was much colder than last year. The following is what I counted in MST at my place in Blue Hills (about 7 miles directly SE of Prescott). 08:03 pm - start time of observing 11:37 pm - Two meteors. One broke up into two. These are the first meteors I saw since the start time of observing, although my mother had seen one earlier than this. Last year I saw my first meteor, a nice one, about 7:30. Also, last year (if I recall correctly) meteors were counted throughout the time from 7:30 to midnight, although the counts were not very high. This year there was nothing until much later. This may have been in part due to the full moon this year. As a result of this poor beginning I began to have serious doubts that the 'storm' would materialize as had been predicted. 11:43 pm - one meteor 12:20 am - 1 12:26 am - 1 (very nice) 12:30 am - 1 12:35 am - 1 12:40 am - 1 12:46 am - 1 12:54 am - 1 | The observing from 8:03 pm and 12:54 was not continuous because I had taken three short breaks, two of which was to make hot chocolate and coffee (a mistake). | 12:55-01:00 am - 3 01:00-01:10 am - 2 01:10-01:20 am - 3 01:20-01:40 am - no count. Hot chocolate-coffee toilet break 01:40-01:50 am - 6 01:50-02:00 am - 5 02:00-02:10 am - 6 02:10-02:20 am - 5 02:20-02:30 am - no count. Hot chocolate-coffee toilet break 02:30-02:40 am - 8 02:40-02:50 am - 6 02:50-03:00 am - 9 03:00-03:10 am - no count. Hot chocolate-coffee toilet break 03:10-03:20 am - 16 03:20-03:30 am - 21 03:30-03:40 am - 52 03:40-03:50 am - 83 03:50-04:00 am - 50 04:00-04:10 am - 23 04:10-05:20 am - no formal counts made because of other business that had to be taken care of. By this time the activity had definitely subsided. However, at around 5:00, or so, there were a few more spectacular Leonids, but by 5:20 it seems things had pretty much shut down. End of report. Stan Gorodenski -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.