From: Massimo Dionisi, Sassari, Sardinia, Italy Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 05:23:02 +0100 Observative site: about 20 km south from Sassari (Sardinia, Italy) Observative team: Massimo Dionisi (DIOMA), Luca Fadda, Claudia Polano, Lubinu Pasquale Summary report: only two observative windows, from 00.24 to 00.44 UT and from 01.30 to 02.30 UT; sky clouded for 50% (also 90%) with rain (... water ...) for long period. Great meteor activity near 02.00 UT, in the second period of clear sky; about 15 meteors for minutes. Bright meteors (two fireballs of -8 with a persisten train for 3-4 minutes) Limiting magn.: 6.0 ------ From: Corrado Lamberti, L'Astronomia magazine, Italy Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 18:58:35 +0100 Observative site: Lenno, on the west side of Lake of Como (Italy) Observers: Corrado Lamberti, Giusi Galli Meteorological conditions: Great! No clouds, dry air, dark sky at zenith (l= im mag. about 5.5). Great activity all the time from 1h 30m UT to about 2h 30m. We observed the= Perseid rain this summer from clear sky of Kappadokia (Turkey): the Leonid= s were always more then four-five time more active for all this hour. Maximum of the activity about from 1h 55m and 2h 10m UT. At the peak about = one meteor/sec. (Note that we must rianalize the tape and elaborate the gra= ph). = Only two fireballs: the first at 1h 41m TU with persistent train (about ten= minutes); the second at 1h 56m, exploded behind the peak of a mountain, ne= vetherless it made all the sky bright for a moment. = --- From: Stefano Crivello, Caserza, Valbrevenna, Italy Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 14:12:32 +0100 These are my observation of the leonids 99. Observer: Crivello Stefano (IMO code:CRIST) Loc. Caserza, Valbrevenna (GE) Italy Lat. 44deg 33m 30s N Lon. 00h 36m 16s E Date : 18-nov-1999 Start: 0000 UT END : 0400 UT Breaks: 0049-0054 UT / 0243-0248 UT / 0253-0256 UT / 0305-0310 UT Total Teff : 3.873 h Total breaks: 0.217 h K=0.11 Lm=5.9 TIme (UT) TOT LEO TAU SPO BRK Teff (min) (min) 0000-0005 4 4 0 0 5 0010-0015 6 4 1 1 5 0015-0020 5 5 0 0 5 0020-0025 1 1 0 0 5 0025-0030 7 6 1 0 5 0030-0035 3 3 0 0 5 0035-0040 4 4 0 0 5 0040-0045 6 5 0 1 5 0045-0050 9 9 0 0 1 4 0055-0100 9 9 0 0 5 0100-0105 8 8 0 0 5 0105-0110 14 14 0 0 5 0110-0115 9 9 0 0 5 0115-0120 4 4 0 0 5 0120-0125 25 25 0 0 5 0125-0130 22 22 0 0 5 0130-0135 16 16 0 0 5 0135-0140 31 31 0 0 5 0140-0145 37 37 0 0 5 0145-0150 51 51 0 0 5 0150-0155 55 55 0 0 5 0155-0200 39 39 0 0 5 0200-0205 82 82 0 0 5 0205-0210 61 61 0 0 5 0210-0215 71 71 0 0 5 0215-0220 68 68 0 0 5 0220-0225 50 50 0 0 5 0225-0230 43 43 0 0 5 0230-0235 25 25 0 0 5 0235-0240 30 30 0 0 5 0240-0245 22 22 0 0 2 3 0245-0250 8 8 0 0 3 2 0250-0255 17 17 0 0 2 3 0255-0300 14 14 0 0 1 4 0300-0305 22 21 0 1 5 0310-0315 8 8 0 0 5 0315-0320 16 16 0 0 5 0320-0325 9 9 0 0 5 0325-0330 6 6 0 0 5 0330-0335 11 11 0 0 5 0335-0340 11 9 2 0 5 0340-0345 8 8 0 0 5 0345-0350 6 6 0 0 5 0350-0355 9 9 0 0 5 0355-0400 11 10 1 0 5 ------------------------------------------------------- 973 965 5 3 227 Magnitude Distribution <-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- LEO 5 0 0 0,5 4 27 82 143 165 232 190 105 13 TAU/SPO 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0,5 2,5 1,5 0,5 1,5 0,5