[AZ-Observing] Leonids by the Numbers
- From: "Bill Peters" <afls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 10:30:09 -0700
Here are totals from Vekol Road. This is a single group count of seven
people from 12:00 - 4:00 a.m., four people from 4-5:00, and 2 people from
5-6:00. A single observer saw about 75% of the total count. The skies were
partly cloudy all night. With about 25% cloud cover till 2:00 a.m. 15% cloud
cover till 4:00 a.m. and 25% cloud cover till 6:00 a.m.
*The top minute was from 3:59.59 to 4:00.59 with 43 observed for a rate of
2580 per hour. (There were three observed in the last half second before
the hour of 4:00.)
Leonids by the Numbers
MST Observed Hourly Rate Change Cumulative Hourly Rate
12-12:15 a.m. 8 32 32
12:19 9 15 28
12:30 22 71 44
12:45 34 estimate 44 43
12:00-1:00 59 total 100 59
1-1:15 28 estimate 112 112
1:30 68 160 136
1:45 113 estimate 180 151
1:00-2:00 166 total 212 166
2-2:15 103 412 412
2:30 239 504 478
2:45 416 708 416
2:00-3:00 617 804 617
3:03 48 960 960
3:05 87 1170 1044
3:08 157 1400 1178
3:14 275 1180 1179
3:15 297 1320 1188
3:24 500 1353 1250
3:30 721 2210 1542
3:42 1000 1395 1429
3:45 1074 1480 1432
3:00-4:00 1387 1252 1387
4:02* 67 2010 2010
4:08 208 1410 1560
4:15 346 1182 1384
4:30 552 824 1104
4:40 660 648 990
4:45 702 504 936
4:52 777 643 897
4:00-5:00 823 345 823
5:15 117 468 468
5:30 229 448 458
5:45 338 436 450
5:47 344 twilight 404 439
5:00-6:00 403 272 403
6:00 stopped counting, but pace seemed continued at about the same 6:00 rate
till 6:25 with some visible up till sunrise.
Bill Peters 480-813-4242
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