From: Valentin Grigore, Targoviste, Romania 
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 19:44:08 +0200


Here are the preliminary report of our Leonid results for the night
2000.11.17/18 in Tragoviste.
I observed with a team of 11 students and pupils from Targoviste
and around.
Good sky, bright moonlight. Good activity. It presented short
outbursts sometimes with 3 or 4 meteors in  a minute or just in 20-
30 sec. Clear sky untill 1:26 UT when, suddenly, an unespected
fog appeared for ... 9 hours :-(
And this was the end of our observations just in a full activity of
Leonids.
Clouded skies in other 3 SARM observational centers in Romania.
No report till now from other SARM active centers.
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The Romanian Society for meteors and Astronomy - SARM
2000 November 17/18
Valentin Grigore (GRIVA)
Targoviste-Romania, 25 29' 00''E, 44 57'18''N, 350 m alt
Observations: both, visual and photographicaly
No clouds (except fine clound around the Moon in the first 1/2 hour)

Beginning 22:07 UT
End 01:26 UT
Field: Alpha Perseus

  Time Interval    Teff   LM   LEO   Spor  Remarks
         UT
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  22:07-22:25     0.30   6.20    0        5
  22:25-23:00     0.55   6.10    1        4
  23:02-23:34     0.50   6.05    9        1    including a -5 Leonid near
                                                 Moon, with 2 min. persistent tr
ain
  23:37-23:57     0.32   6.15    5        1   including a -3 Taurid
  23:57-00:02     0.08   6.20   11        0   a short outburst
  00:08-00:16     0.13   6.20    6         1
  00:18-00:26     0.10   6.20    4         1
  00:33-00:42     0.15   6.20    5         0
  00:44-00:50     0.10   6.20    5         2
  00:50-00:57     0.10   6.20    6         1
  01:03-01:09     0.10   6.20    10       0    a short outburst
  01:11-01:17     0.10   6.20     6        0
  01:17-01:22     0.08   6.15     7        1 appear a fast moving fog
  01:22-01:26     0.06   5.00?   1         0  a -5 Leonid


LEO Magnitude distribution

-5  -3     -2   -1    0    1       2      3    4     5     6     Total
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 2   0.5   4    12  10   15.5  17.5  10  3.5  0.5   0.5    76

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Last night results

The Romanian Society for meteors and Astronomy - SARM
2000 November 16/17
Valentin Grigore (GRIVA)
Targoviste-Romania, 25 29' 00''E, 44 57'18''N, 350 m alt
No clouds

  Time Interval    Teff   LM   Leonids   Spor  Remarks
         UT
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  03:11-03:51     0.63   5.6     8        1    looking in the NW part
  03:51-04:18     0.41  4.55    1        3    idem

LEO Magnitude distribution

-3 (1); -1 (0.5); 0 (2); +1 (1.5); +2 (2); +3 (1); +4 (1)