Quoting bob7174:

> Which way is your antenna pointing now?

   Right now it is straight up using it as omni-directional. I was using
83.24 MHz ( ch 6 ) since 1998 then when the US went digital this year
my rates fell to 1-8/hr! I was looking around at what 2 others
in West Canada were using and 67.24 MHz was one,so a friend tuned my
filter to that and I've heard more meteors now like before.

   Here is the data of my site:

Observer: Michael Boschat
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Lat: N 44d 39'
Long: W 63d 36'
Hgt: 58 meters above sea level
Listening Frequency: 67.24 MHz --- as of Nov.22
Receiver: Icom R-10
Antenna : resonant dipole
Antenna Direction: Horizontally polarized with lobes in E-W plane,
          elev 0 deg
Filter  : high-Q (Q at least 300) bandpass filter between antenna &
            receiver.
Listening Mode: CW




Clear skies
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Michael Boschat
Halifax Center - Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Astronomy page:  http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~aa063

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After a mostly cloudy night the previous night, it was completely clear from
dusk to dawn tonight. Meteor rates were a bit less than
expected. The dip seen between 11-12 UT (3-4am PST) is unusual. There were no
clouds of fog during that time.

Hopefully this new table lines up a bit better than the previous one!

Bob Lunsford

0142-0300 UT    Teff 1.30    FOV 005 +55    TOTAL 04    SPO 03    AMO --     AND
00    LEO --     NTA 01    NOO 00
0300-0400 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 025 +55    TOTAL 02    SPO 01    AMO --     AND
00    LEO --     NTA 01    NOO 00
0400-0500 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 040 +55    TOTAL 02    SPO 02    AMO --     AND
00    LEO --     NTA 00    NOO 00
0500-0600 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 055 +55    TOTAL 01    SPO 01    AMO 00    AND
00    LEO --     NTA 00    NOO 00
0600-0700 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 070 +55    TOTAL 00    SPO 00    AMO 00    AND
00    LEO --     NTA 00    NOO 00
0700-0800 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 085 +55    TOTAL 01    SPO 00    AMO 00    AND
00    LEO 00    NTA 01    NOO 00
0800-0900 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 100 +55    TOTAL 03    SPO 02    AMO 00    AND
00    LEO 00    NTA 00    NOO 01
0900-1000 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 115 +55    TOTAL 07    SPO 04    AMO 00    AND
00    LEO 00    NTA 02    NOO 01
1000-1100 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 130 +55    TOTAL 10    SPO 07    AMO 01    AND
00    LEO 00    NTA 01    NOO 01
1100-1200 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 145 +55    TOTAL 06    SPO 05    AMO 00    AND
00    LEO 01    NTA 00    NOO 00
1200-1328 UT    Teff 1.47    FOV 165 +55    TOTAL 15    SPO 11    AMO 01    AND
01    LEO 01    NTA 01    NOO 00

TOTALS               Teff 11.77                              TOTAL 51    SPO 36
AMO 02    AND 01    LEO 02    NTA 07    NOO 03

Universal Time (UT) = PST+8 hrs
Teff = Effective observing time in hours
FOV = Center of camera's Field Of View
SPO = Sporadic (random) meteors
AMO = Alpha Monocerotids
AND = Andromedids
LEO = Leonids
NTA = Northern Taurids
NOO = November Orionids

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Meteorites may not be found due to personal safety hazards of location.
Story:
http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/news/meteor-may-have-landed-in-area-52-1.20926\
50

At least two separate parts to the fireball: A more complete Movie:

http://www2.wjbf.com/jbf/news/national/article/caught_on_tape_meteor_streaks_acr\
oss_utah_sky/39970/



YCSentinel



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New reports of videoobservations have been added to
http://feraj.narod.ru/Radiants/Observations/v200712.html
Results for November 6,7,8,9,10,11,12
descriptions and pics for 31 meteors (NTA 6, STA 1, LEO 3, SPO 21)
during Teff=28.48h.


Remarkable events:

- 9 November 14:50 UT. Long and bright SPO meteor (D=1.56 sec, m=-2.0,
wake);
- 10 November 15:22 UT. Long SPO meteor (D=1.80 sec, m=3.5, wake);
- 12 November 16:49 UT. Long NTA meteor (D=1.80 sec, m=-1.5, wake);
- 12 November 18:50 UT. Bright SPO meteor (D=0.48 sec, m=-2.0, wake);


Best regards, Mikhail Maslov

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It was a brilliantly clear night and meteor rates were near what is expected
this time of year.

Bob Lunsford

0140-0300 UT    Teff 1.33    FOV 005 +55    TOTAL 02    SPO 02    AMO --     AND
00    LEO --     NTA 00    NOO 00
0300-0400 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 025 +55    TOTAL 01    SPO 01    AMO --     AND
00    LEO --     NTA 00    NOO 00
0400-0500 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 040 +55    TOTAL 02    SPO 01    AMO --     AND
00    LEO --     NTA 01    NOO 00
0500-0600 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 055 +55    TOTAL 04    SPO 01    AMO 00    AND
01    LEO --     NTA 01    NOO 01
0600-0700 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 070 +55    TOTAL 02    SPO 01    AMO 00    AND
01    LEO --     NTA 00    NOO 00
0700-0800 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 085 +55    TOTAL 02    SPO 02    AMO 00    AND
00    LEO 00    NTA 00    NOO 00
0800-0900 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 100 +55    TOTAL 04    SPO 03    AMO 00    AND
00    LEO 00    NTA 00    NOO 01
0900-1000 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 115 +55    TOTAL 14    SPO 10    AMO 00    AND
00    LEO 02    NTA 02    NOO 00
1000-1100 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 130 +55    TOTAL 09    SPO 07    AMO 00    AND
00    LEO 00    NTA 02    NOO 00
1100-1200 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 145 +55    TOTAL 13    SPO 10    AMO 01    AND
00    LEO 02    NTA 00    NOO 00
1200-1328 UT    Teff 1.48    FOV 165 +55    TOTAL 13    SPO 11    AMO 00    AND
00    LEO 00    NTA 01    NOO 01

TOTALS               Teff 11.81                              TOTAL 66    SPO 49
AMO 01    AND 02    LEO 04    NTA 07    NOO 03

Universal Time (UT) = PST+8 hrs
Teff = Effective observing time in hours
FOV = Center of camera's Field Of View
SPO = Sporadic (random) meteors
AMO = Alpha Monocerotids
AND = Andromedids
LEO = Leonids
NTA = Northern Taurids
NOO = November Orionids

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11/17/09                                                              Begin 500
ut            End 1000ut
Thom Morgan                                                    Garner, North
Carolina
782530W Long         353737N Lat                  Elev 252
Air temp 49F
Tape recorder/talking clock
Dead time 39 min    teff 4.3hr
Breaks    600-604, 700-705, 900-910ut
Sky obscured by clouds 5:30-600 ut  20%
Observed STAU, LEO,SPOR
                                                                                                                     
Stau                    Leo                Spor.
Obs time ut               Ra        Dec        Teff        F            Lm
500-600                    10        20            .5         30m        5.5
2
                                      4        20
604-700                    10        20            .9         56m        5.5
1                                                4
705-800                    10        20            .9         55m        5.6
4                     1
800-900                    10        20           1.0        60m        5.7
6                     3
910-1000                  10        20            .8         50m        5.7
1                     1

totals
3                          11                  9

Mag Distributions
                                    -3    -2    -1    0    1    2    3
Stau                                           1          1    1
Leo                              1    1      3          3    2    1
Spor                            3    3      2                1


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Don't recall reading anything about this on meteorobs, so am forwarding
this report from the Amateur Astronomy Mailing List (amastro).

     Bruce
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1. Meteorite impact close
Posted by: "Magda Streicher" magdalena@...   amondale13
Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:33 am (PST)


Hi all, perhaps you all heard about the meteorite seen over South Africa on
Saturday night which was scary close to our farm. Read my report below.

Magda

Meteorite entry in Northern Province

At the farm site around 15km from the Zimbabe border, 16km north of the
little town Alldays at South 22o30 and East 20o07. a meteorite entry was
seen on Saturday night at 22.04 SA Time and 20h04 UT Time.

The brightest light ever seen was light up the bush field as far as the eye
could see, you should be able to read a book! The next second an impact
sound close to that of a bomb blast with a definite ground impact sound,
follow up with an after sound that went over into a rattle sound which last
for around 3 seconds with slight trembling of the ground.

I ring various people around the area and there was a few who saw the bright
meteorite entry.

One guy reports that the blinding meteorite turn into a fiery red purple
fire ball. In this stage a loud sizzling sound was heard, burning smoke was
seen and the earth was rambling with windows shaking like mad. Another close
to Platjan border post report that he thought his house is been blast away
and ran outside with shock.

This morning, Monday I talk to another Botswana guy who said that the impact
was like a bomb blast close to him. He stayed around 20 kilometres inside
Botswana from the SA border. Because of the rain no fire was report in the
area around us. It looks like the impact sound was been heard over a radius
of more that 200 kilometres. Taking all into account the impact could be
around 50km from us but it is only an estimate. A very real experience which
just show one how vulnerable we are on this little blue dot.

Magda


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Alan P. Hilburn Sr.
Wilmington, N.C.
Morning of the Nov. 17th  2009.
Began: 8:30 UT (3:30 a.m. EST)
End: 10:35 UT (5:35 a.m. EST)
Teff (first Teff 8:30 to 9:30 UT), (second Teff 9:35 to 10:35 UT) Total
of, two hours.
Since no major outbreak took place I kept records at an hour per Teff.
Results: Teff no# 1 - 8:30 to 9:30 UT
LEO - 9
NTA - 3
SPO - 2
-------------
(-4) (-3) (-2) (-1) ( 0) (+1) (+2) (+3) (+4)
-0----2----1----0----1----2----3-----5-----0--
The NTA's were much slower than LEO's and SPO's and one of the NTA's was
a -3 with a 20* long path, vivid Yellow/White color, took 3 seconds to
complete it's path and, ended up with a Terminal Flash (sparking and
flash bulbing along the way). Where as a -2 Leonid that had a vivid
Orange/White color
9:30 to 9:35 UT (coffee break).
Results: Teff no# 2 - 9:35 to 10:35 UT
LEO - 9
NTA - 0
SPO - 2
(-4) (-3) (-2) (-1) (0) (+1) (+2) (3+) (+4)
-0----1----1----0---2----2----3-----2-----0--
In this Teff one Leonid stood out, a -3 Blue/White, path 10 to 12
degrees long, and left a trail lasting 25 to 30 seconds long. Most
enjoyable morning. Alan

Alan P. Hilburn Sr.

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What the different between Train and Trail? Thanks, Alan.

Alan P. Hilburn Sr.

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Alan,

    A trail is the path all meteors take. A train is the ionized wake
sometimes left behind.

Clear Skies,
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See the paper by Jiri Borovicka on ADS at:   http://
adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006JRASC.100..194B

Ed Majden
Coutenay, B.C.

On 24-Nov-09, at 11:50 AM, Alan Hilburn wrote:

> What the different between Train and Trail? Thanks, Alan.
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Now, on to the GEMS.

Alan P. Hilburn Sr.

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>>What the different between Train and  Trail?>>

I personally visualize a meteors trail as the glowing extension from its
head to its tail as it is actually passing. A train is what's left  over
along the meteors path after the meteor extinguishes. This is the  ionized path
that the extinct meteor took.
GeoZay


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Here's a blurry but still pretty awesome traffic camera shot of the
earlier-mentioned meteor:



http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=09f_1259107748



--Jim





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...and yet another blurry traffic camera view (with a helpful time stamp):

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=bc0_1259104126

--Jim

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     Don't recall reading anything about this on meteorobs, so am forwarding
this report from the Amateur Astronomy Mailing List (amastro).

     Bruce
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1. Meteorite impact close
Posted by: "Magda Streicher" magdalena@...   amondale13
Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:33 am (PST)


Hi all, perhaps you all heard about the meteorite seen over South Africa on
Saturday night which was scary close to our farm. Read my report below.

Magda

Meteorite entry in Northern Province

At the farm site around 15km from the Zimbabe border, 16km north of the
little town Alldays at South 22o30 and East 20o07. a meteorite entry was
seen on Saturday night at 22.04 SA Time and 20h04 UT Time.

The brightest light ever seen was light up the bush field as far as the eye
could see, you should be able to read a book! The next second an impact
sound close to that of a bomb blast with a definite ground impact sound,
follow up with an after sound that went over into a rattle sound which last
for around 3 seconds with slight trembling of the ground.

I ring various people around the area and there was a few who saw the bright
meteorite entry.

One guy reports that the blinding meteorite turn into a fiery red purple
fire ball. In this stage a loud sizzling sound was heard, burning smoke was
seen and the earth was rambling with windows shaking like mad. Another close
to Platjan border post report that he thought his house is been blast away
and ran outside with shock.

This morning, Monday I talk to another Botswana guy who said that the impact
was like a bomb blast close to him. He stayed around 20 kilometres inside
Botswana from the SA border. Because of the rain no fire was report in the
area around us. It looks like the impact sound was been heard over a radius
of more that 200 kilometres. Taking all into account the impact could be
around 50km from us but it is only an estimate. A very real experience which
just show one how vulnerable we are on this little blue dot.

Magda


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List:

That one is really neat - perhaps it could be more helpful to triangulate as the
meteor went through the clouds.  This site has some maps.

Greg S.


http://saweatherobserver.blogspot.com/2009/11/meteor-shower-sightings-21-novembe\
r-at.html



----------------------------------------
> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:21:23 -0800
> From: drtanuki@...
> To: meteorite-list@...; meteorobs@...
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Gauteng, South Africa 21Nov09 Bolide
>
> Dear List,
> I have just posted two videos from the Gauteng 21Nov09 Fireball in South
Africa.
> South Africa Meteor/Meteorite News- Gauteng Meteor 21NOV09 Videos 24NOV09:
>
>
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2009/11/south-africa-meteormeteorite-n\
ews.html
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Meteor/Meteorite News- 24NOV09
>
>
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2009/11/meteormeteorite-news-24nov09.h\
tml
>
> More Eyewitness accounts of the meteor
> Jacaranda 94.2
> Botswana- These Meteorite created a complete daylight effect as far as I could
see, except it was like a quartz halogen pure white light, which gradually faded
to a ...
>
> Probe underway into Gauteng meteor sighting
> Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
> Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor on Monday requested detailed
information about the meteor that passed over Gauteng at the weekend. ...
>
> Meteor lights up night sky
> Citizen
> JOHANNESBURG - Amateur astronomers are star-struck with the possibility that a
meteorite might have crashed to earth somewhere in South Africa on Saturday ...
>
> Gauteng abuzz after meteor sighting
> Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
> Eyewitness News has also received reports of the meteor being spotted as far
as Botswana. “There was a very bright explosion, where the sky lit up as if it
...
>
> Search on for alleged meteorite
> Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
> Amateur astronomists across Gauteng said on Monday they were focussing their
search for an alleged meteorite, which allegedly plummeted to earth on Saturday
...
>
> Meteor/Meteorite News- 23NOV09:
>
> Meteorite lights up Gauteng sky
> Times LIVE
> Amazed Johannesburg and Pretoria residents could hardly believe their eyes
when a "five-second lightning flash", thought to be a meteorite, lit up the
night ...
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Meteor/Meteorite News- Gauteng, South Africa 21NOV09 Meteor 22NOV09:
>
>
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2009/11/meteormeteorite-news-22nov09.h\
tml
>
> Meteor lights up Gauteng
> Times LIVE
> It was a meteor which lit up the skies over Johannesburg and Pretoria on
Saturday night, an astronomer has confirmed. The Leonid meteor shower in
Thailand ...
>
>
> Meteor believed to be spotted in Gauteng
> Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
> Johannesburg and Pretoria residents have come forward, claiming they spotted a
meteor in the skies on Saturday night. People in Gauteng saw the bright light
...
>
> Best Regards, Dirk Ross...Tokyo
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Dear List,
   I have just posted two videos from the Gauteng 21Nov09 Fireball in South
Africa.
South Africa Meteor/Meteorite News- Gauteng Meteor 21NOV09 Videos 24NOV09:

http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2009/11/south-africa-meteormeteorite-n\
ews.html

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Meteor/Meteorite News- 24NOV09

http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2009/11/meteormeteorite-news-24nov09.h\
tml

More Eyewitness accounts of the meteor
Jacaranda 94.2
Botswana- These Meteorite created a complete daylight effect as far as I could
see, except it was like a quartz halogen pure white light, which gradually faded
to a ...

Probe underway into Gauteng meteor sighting
Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor on Monday requested detailed
information about the meteor that passed over Gauteng at the weekend. ...

Meteor lights up night sky
Citizen
JOHANNESBURG - Amateur astronomers are star-struck with the possibility that a
meteorite might have crashed to earth somewhere in South Africa on Saturday ...

Gauteng abuzz after meteor sighting
Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
Eyewitness News has also received reports of the meteor being spotted as far as
Botswana. “There was a very bright explosion, where the sky lit up as if it
...

Search on for alleged meteorite
Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
Amateur astronomists across Gauteng said on Monday they were focussing their
search for an alleged meteorite, which allegedly plummeted to earth on Saturday
...

Meteor/Meteorite News- 23NOV09:

Meteorite lights up Gauteng sky
Times LIVE
Amazed Johannesburg and Pretoria residents could hardly believe their eyes when
a "five-second lightning flash", thought to be a meteorite, lit up the night ...
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Meteor/Meteorite News- Gauteng, South Africa 21NOV09 Meteor 22NOV09:

http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2009/11/meteormeteorite-news-22nov09.h\
tml

Meteor lights up Gauteng
Times LIVE
It was a meteor which lit up the skies over Johannesburg and Pretoria on
Saturday night, an astronomer has confirmed. The Leonid meteor shower in
Thailand ...


Meteor believed to be spotted in Gauteng
Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
Johannesburg and Pretoria residents have come forward, claiming they spotted a
meteor in the skies on Saturday night. People in Gauteng saw the bright light
...

Best Regards, Dirk Ross...Tokyo


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Tried to go back to the 21st on a geostationary satellite over Africa to see
if the any part of the meteor was recorded as a part of cloud & weather
monitoring .

Could not go further than the 22nd.

Maybe someone can follow up on this with better results? Maybe the Utah
event too?

YCSentinel

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From what I have been reading the likeliest area is N.N.E. of Pretoria, in
the Zimbabwe  area just above.....quoting a first-hand ranch or farm person
near that border, on some posting of his I found somewhere in the global
hunting.

I did note your website update in me searching a good half hour or so
ago.....what took you so long to post here?  :-)

YCSentinel

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Sent: 2009/11/24 15:21
Subject: (meteorobs) Gauteng, South Africa 21Nov09 Bolide


> Dear List,
>  I have just posted two videos from the Gauteng 21Nov09 Fireball in South
> Africa.
> South Africa Meteor/Meteorite News- Gauteng Meteor 21NOV09 Videos 24NOV09:
>
>
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2009/11/south-africa-meteormeteorite-n\
ews.html
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Meteor/Meteorite News- 24NOV09
>
>
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2009/11/meteormeteorite-news-24nov09.h\
tml
>
> More Eyewitness accounts of the meteor
> Jacaranda 94.2
> Botswana- These Meteorite created a complete daylight effect as far as I
> could see, except it was like a quartz halogen pure white light, which
> gradually faded to a ...
>
> Probe underway into Gauteng meteor sighting
> Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
> Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor on Monday requested detailed
> information about the meteor that passed over Gauteng at the weekend. ...
>
> Meteor lights up night sky
> Citizen
> JOHANNESBURG - Amateur astronomers are star-struck with the possibility
> that a meteorite might have crashed to earth somewhere in South Africa on
> Saturday ...
>
> Gauteng abuzz after meteor sighting
> Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
> Eyewitness News has also received reports of the meteor being spotted as
> far as Botswana. “There was a very bright explosion, where the sky lit up
> as if it ...
>
> Search on for alleged meteorite
> Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
> Amateur astronomists across Gauteng said on Monday they were focussing
> their search for an alleged meteorite, which allegedly plummeted to earth
> on Saturday ...
>
> Meteor/Meteorite News- 23NOV09:
>
> Meteorite lights up Gauteng sky
> Times LIVE
> Amazed Johannesburg and Pretoria residents could hardly believe their eyes
> when a "five-second lightning flash", thought to be a meteorite, lit up
> the night ...
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Meteor/Meteorite News- Gauteng, South Africa 21NOV09 Meteor 22NOV09:
>
>
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2009/11/meteormeteorite-news-22nov09.h\
tml
>
> Meteor lights up Gauteng
> Times LIVE
> It was a meteor which lit up the skies over Johannesburg and Pretoria on
> Saturday night, an astronomer has confirmed. The Leonid meteor shower in
> Thailand ...
>
>
> Meteor believed to be spotted in Gauteng
> Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
> Johannesburg and Pretoria residents have come forward, claiming they
> spotted a meteor in the skies on Saturday night. People in Gauteng saw the
> bright light ...
>
> Best Regards, Dirk Ross...Tokyo
>
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Another totally clear night. Totals were similar to yesterday but the hourly
rates were quite variable with wide swings in activity.
The evening hours were unusually quiet. Perhaps the first quarter moon is
beginning to show its effects. This was the last night for
Alpha Monocerotid activity. While we say goodbye to this shower tomorrow we
welcome the more active Sigma Hydrids, which peak on
December 6th.

Bob Lunsford

0141-0300 UT    Teff 1.32    FOV 005 +55    TOTAL 04    SPO 03    AMO --     AND
00    LEO --     NTA 01    NOO 00
0300-0400 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 025 +55    TOTAL 00    SPO 00    AMO --     AND
00    LEO --     NTA 00    NOO 00
0400-0500 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 040 +55    TOTAL 00    SPO 00    AMO --     AND
00    LEO --     NTA 00    NOO 00
0500-0600 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 055 +55    TOTAL 00    SPO 00    AMO 00    AND
00    LEO --     NTA 00    NOO 00
0600-0700 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 070 +55    TOTAL 01    SPO 01    AMO 00    AND
00    LEO --     NTA 00    NOO 00
0700-0800 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 085 +55    TOTAL 07    SPO 04    AMO 00    AND
01    LEO 00    NTA 01    NOO 01
0800-0900 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 100 +55    TOTAL 11    SPO 03    AMO 01    AND
01    LEO 00    NTA 05    NOO 01
0900-1000 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 115 +55    TOTAL 06    SPO 02    AMO 01    AND
00    LEO 00    NTA 02    NOO 01
1000-1100 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 130 +55    TOTAL 05    SPO 04    AMO 01    AND
00    LEO 00    NTA 00    NOO 00
1100-1200 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 145 +55    TOTAL 07    SPO 06    AMO 00    AND
00    LEO 00    NTA 00    NOO 01
1200-1300 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 160 +55    TOTAL 17    SPO 13    AMO 00    AND
00    LEO 03    NTA 00    NOO 01
1300-1330 UT    Teff 0.50    FOV 170 +55    TOTAL 06    SPO 05    AMO 00    AND
00    LEO 01    NTA 00    NOO 00

TOTALS               Teff 11.82                              TOTAL 64    SPO 41
AMO 03    AND 02    LEO 04    NTA 09    NOO 05
11/24 Totals       Teff 11.81                              TOTAL 66    SPO 49   
AMO 01    AND 02    LEO 04    NTA 07    NOO 03

Universal Time (UT) = PST+8 hrs
Teff = Effective observing time in hours
FOV = Center of camera's Field Of View
SPO = Sporadic (random) meteors
AMO = Alpha Monocerotids
AND = Andromedids
LEO = Leonids
NTA = Northern Taurids
NOO = November Orionids


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I had not seen this particular movie before. It opens with a ranch scene and
progresses into movies we are familiar with.

http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2009/11/video-meteor-li.html

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Larry and List,
   Thank you for your video post. I found two more videos that I think I have not
posted.
   One is from the Utah State University, Logan, Utah; and the other is from
Friedman Memorial Airport, Hailey, Idaho.
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2009/11/utah-bolide-meteor-of-18nov09-\
idahoutah.html
   Hope we soon get some good reports about meteorites being found.
Best Regards, Dirk Ross...Tokyo

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> I had not seen this particular movie
> before. It opens with a ranch scene and
> progresses into movies we are familiar with.
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> http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2009/11/video-meteor-li.html
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> YCSentinel
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Found on Youtube 8 december 2008 ??? outburst ???


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lIhQNvLkaY&NR=1&feature=fvwp

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There may be no meteorites found from this one, even with all the videos.

The pros are all over this one, my team, and many others are in the
field and have been for quite some time. 5 days and nothing yet. The
base extends too far North, and West, and way more north than any maps
of the area show. All indications are this one is on the base.

In addition, unless a miracle happens and someone gets permission to
hunt on the base, or someone already on base with proper security
clearance is able to search or shows an interest in searching (which
they have not as of yet) this meteorite could be lost to science.

Now, it's possible it never reached the ground, but I think we can all
agree that's not very likely.

Very cool videos though.

Regards,
Eric Wichman
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> Larry and List,
>   Thank you for your video post. I found two more videos that I think I have
not posted.
>   One is from the Utah State University, Logan, Utah; and the other is from
Friedman Memorial Airport, Hailey, Idaho.
>
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2009/11/utah-bolide-meteor-of-18nov09-\
idahoutah.html
>   Hope we soon get some good reports about meteorites being found.
> Best Regards, Dirk Ross...Tokyo
>
> --- On Thu, 11/26/09, Larry <ycsentinel@...> wrote:
>
>
>> From: Larry <ycsentinel@...>
>> Subject: (meteorobs) A new video of Utah's Meteor is impressive.
>> To: meteorobs@...
>> Date: Thursday, November 26, 2009, 3:36 PM
>> I had not seen this particular movie
>> before. It opens with a ranch scene and
>> progresses into movies we are familiar with.
>>
>> http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2009/11/video-meteor-li.html
>>
>> YCSentinel
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Hi:
Wow. I saw this clip a while ago but didnt relate to the outburst till now even
some one had commented Gems.  Perhaps fooled by the point-like appearance and
horizontal trajetories.  was there an outburst?
Rgds
Ykchia

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Found on Youtube 8 december 2008 ??? outburst ???


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lIhQNvLkaY&NR=1&feature=fvwp

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It was another totally clear night. Totals were similar to yesterday but without
the wide swings in activity. The Northern Taurids
were especially strong tonight producing 21% of the total activity.

Bob Lunsford

0139-0300 UT    Teff 1.35    FOV 005 +55    TOTAL 03    SPO 03    AND 00   
HYD--     LEO --     NTA 00    NOO 00
0300-0400 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 025 +55    TOTAL 01    SPO 01    AND 00   
HYD--     LEO --     NTA 00    NOO 00
0400-0500 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 040 +55    TOTAL 03    SPO 02    AND 00   
HYD--     LEO --     NTA 01    NOO 00
0500-0600 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 055 +55    TOTAL 02    SPO 02    AND 00    HYD
00   LEO --     NTA 00    NOO 00
0600-0700 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 070 +55    TOTAL 03    SPO 01    AND 00    HYD
00   LEO --     NTA 02    NOO 00
0700-0800 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 085 +55    TOTAL 04    SPO 01    AND 00    HYD
00   LEO 00    NTA 03    NOO 00
0800-0900 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 100 +55    TOTAL 07    SPO 04    AND 00    HYD
01   LEO 00    NTA 01    NOO 01
0900-1000 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 115 +55    TOTAL 08    SPO 03    AND 00    HYD
01   LEO 00    NTA 04    NOO 00
1000-1100 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 130 +55    TOTAL 12    SPO 06    AND 00    HYD
00   LEO 01    NTA 03    NOO 02
1100-1200 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 145 +55    TOTAL 10    SPO 07    AND 01    HYD
00   LEO 01    NTA 01    NOO 00
1200-1300 UT    Teff 1.00    FOV 160 +55    TOTAL 12    SPO 11    AND 00    HYD
00   LEO 01    NTA 00    NOO 00
1300-1331 UT    Teff 0.52    FOV 170 +55    TOTAL 05    SPO 05    AND 00    HYD
00   LEO 00    NTA 00    NOO 00

TOTALS               Teff 11.87                              TOTAL 70    SPO 46
AND 01    HYD 02   LEO 03    NTA 15    NOO 03

11/25 Totals       Teff 11.82                              TOTAL 64    SPO 41   
AMO 03   AND 02    LEO 04    NTA 09    NOO 05
11/24 Totals       Teff 11.81                              TOTAL 66    SPO 49   
AMO 01   AND 02    LEO 04    NTA 07    NOO 03

Universal Time (UT) = PST+8 hrs
Teff = Effective observing time in hours
FOV = Center of camera's Field Of View
SPO = Sporadic (random) meteors
AMO = Alpha Monocerotids
AND = Andromedids
LEO = Leonids
NTA = Northern Taurids
NOO = November Orionids


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There was a fairly nice fireball last evening that I captured on video
with forward scatter radio reception.  I am pleased to continue to be
getting radio scatter after the analog to digital switchover.

Same movie in two formats:
windows format :  1.5 MB   :
http://www.heliotown.com/FBs20091126_0523_Ashcraft.wmv
mac format  :  1.4 MB  :
http://www.heliotown.com/FBs20091126_0523_Ashcraft.mp4

Here is the same fireball as captured from Cloudbait Observatory.
http://www.cloudbait.com/meteor/data.php?recnum=30403


It is hard to tell if this was a possible Taurid or perhaps more
probably a sporadic.

Thomas Ashcraft
New Mexico

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A normal videocamera F1,8 can record meteors from  magn 0 and -1 as fast moving
dots

Stars can ony be seen as magn 0 or 1
There seems to be a radiant in this recording

Robert Haas


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Hi:
Wow. I saw this clip a while ago but didnt relate to the outburst till now even
some one had commented Gems.  Perhaps fooled by the point-like appearance and
horizontal trajetories.  was there an outburst?
Rgds
Ykchia

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Date: 26:11:2009 15:48

Found on Youtube 8 december 2008 ??? outburst ???


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lIhQNvLkaY&NR=1&feature=fvwp

Robert Haas



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HI all,
these are my video observations of two nights near the maximum of the Leonids
(16-17 and 17-18 November). In totale 104 meteore in 16.77 hours.
No firaball recorded but only some luminous meteors of approximately -1/-2.
Unfortunately us they have been many clouds and much haze.

  16-17/11/2009
Camera   : Mintron with obb. 8mm a F/0.8.
Field    : diagonal 55°, 45° the long side and 34° that short.
Esp.     : 0.04s (25 frames/sec).
Locality : Roma (Italy).
Mag. Lim.: 5.3

                 Time
  from (UT)  a   Eff. Tot  leo Nta Sta Amo Spor
19h00m - 20h00m 0.08   3   -   1   0   -    2
20h00m - 21h00m 0.65   2   -   1   0   -    1
21h00m - 22h00m 0.93   0   -   0   0   0    0
22h00m - 23h00m 1.00   5   0   1   0   0    4
23h00m - 00h00m 1.00   1   0   0   1   0    0
00h00m - 01h00m 1.00   6   0   0   0   1    5
01h00m - 02h00m 1.00   8   2   0   1   2    3
02h00m - 03h00m 1.00  10   4   0   0   1    5
03h00m - 04h00m 1.00  10   4   0   0   1    5
04h00m - 05h00m 1.00  12   3   0   0   0    9

Total Spor 34, Leo 13, Nta 3, Sta 2, Amo 5, in 8.66h.
-----------------------------------------------------
17-18/11/2009
Camera   : Mintron with obb. 8mm a F/0.8.
Field    : diagonal 55°, 45° the long side and 34° that short.
Esp.     : 0.04s (25 frames/sec).
Locality : Roma (Italy).
Mag. Lim.: 5.3

                 Time
  from (UT)  a   Eff. Tot  leo Nta Sta Amo Spor
19h00m - 20h00m 1.00   1   -   0   0   -    1
20h00m - 21h00m 1.00   1   -   0   0   -    1
21h00m - 22h00m 0.70   1   -   0   0   0    1
22h00m - 23h00m 1.00   5   0   1   1   0    3
23h00m - 00h00m 0.80   3   1   1   0   0    1
00h00m - 01h00m 0.85   8   2   1   1   0    4
01h00m - 02h00m 0.92   4   2   0   0   0    2
02h00m - 03h00m 0.42   4   3   0   0   0    1
03h00m - 04h00m 0.42   7   4   0   0   0    3
04h00m - 05h00m 1.00  13   6   0   0   0    7

Total Spor 24, Leo 18, Nta 3, Sta 2, Amo 0, in 8.11h.
-----------------------------------------------------
It is possible that a good frequency of leonids or be between 02h and 04h of the
18 day November.
Clear Skies,
Roberto Haver



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Dear meteor observers!

Possible Nova in Eridanus was discovered by famous Japanese astronomer
Koichi Itagaki on Nov. 25.536 UT (CBET 2050) at magnitude 8.1.  It was
then retrospectively found on ASAS images dated by as early as Nov.
19.241 UT being yet brighter at 7.3 mag (AAVSO Special Notice #181).
The star has 15th magnitude at quiescence.

No images of possible Nova Eridani are available between Nov. 10.236 UT
when it was fainter than 14.0 and Nov. 19.241 UT.  Looks like the real
maximum has been missed!  Since the spectrum of the star in outburst
shows bright Balmer emission lines with expansion velocity of 3400-3600
km/s, this object is likely a classical Nova rather than a cataclysmic
variable of WZ Sge type.  This means that the real outburst amplitude
should have been 13-14 magnitudes rather than the observed 7.5, and some
time between Nov. 10th and 19th it *could* have been as bright as mag
1-2!!!  But nobody knows it for sure.  Not yet!

Here is where your help is needed.  Please check your photos (and
probably even videos) from the nights of 2009 Leonid shower activity
containing Orion and its surrounding constellations.  The Nova is
located near the Orion-Eridanus border, about 7 deg West and 2 deg South
of Regulus.  Precise coordinates of the star are:

R.A. = 04h47m54.2s, Decl. = -10d10'43" (J2000.0)

The position of star is shown with blue dashes on the following chart
(stars to 6.5m are shown):

http://hea.iki.rssi.ru/~denis/NovaEri2009Nov18.gif

If you find the images taken any time between Nov. 10 and Nov. 19
covering the area of interest, please check them for the presence of the
Nova Eridani 2009, or send them directly to me for the analysis and
photometry via E-mail address below in my signature.  Also, feel free to
send this message to other mailing list and circulate it among your
fellow astronomers.  This is really a rare coincidence that many images
of the sky were taken just in time during the Nova outburst because of
the Leonid meteors activity, and reconstructing the light curve of this
variable star would be very important.

Best regards,

Denis
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