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2003
LEONID METEOR SHOWER
Hungry Valley (Los Padres National Forest)
Photo Atlas/Observations
35mm lens [ 2 meteors, incl a Taurid with "sputtered train" ]
closeup of Taurid w/"sputtered train" (see above)
closeup of Leonid meteor (see above)
35mm lens [ 2 meteors, incl a Taurid with "sputtered train" ]
closeup of Leonid meteor (see above)
50mm lens [ Taurid w/"sputtered train ]
closeup of Taurid w/"sputtered train (see above)
50mm lens [ very long Leonid ]
closeup of Leonid (see above)
15mm fisheye
15mm fisheye [ 2 meteors, incl a Taurid with "sputtered train" ]
VIDEO
near-radiant meteor near Leo "sickle"
meteor between Orion & Hyades cluster
EXPEDITION
Ran meteor patrol program (10pm-5:30am), for Nov 18-19. 6 film-cameras spread over 3 equatorial mounts, plus a low-light B&W video camera.
Very little activity early on, prior & after to Leonid radiant rising above eastern horizon. Expectation of earth grazing fireballs near radiant-rise (coinciding with the predicted peak) never materialized. Clouds began to infringe on observation site from north, southeast, south, & west. Later on, they receded towards the horizon to yield clear skies.
After radiant rose to about 45 deg, there was a lot of activity near Orion (see above photos).
The one Leonid between Orion & Taurus left a visually persistent train for many minutes. There was also a Taurid fireball which had a "sputtered" train. This was one of 2 Taurids I observed. Taurids were also observed by Joseph Assmus, from the Laguna mountains near San Diego:
Joseph Assmus wrote:
The Taurids were a welcome sight.. My first officialy records meteor was a beautiful 0 mag white Taurid.. lasting a good 3 seconds.. love these slow travellers... ...
The '03 Leonids didn't have the fireball "frenzy" as in '01 & '98, which I was hoping for (the "filament" containing fireballs, as predicted by Dr. Peter Jenniskens). It was a nice show of meteors at the end, towards the southwest (near Orion).
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