From: Mohammad Ali Khodayari Sirius Astronomical Society of Kermanshah (Sirius ASK) Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 09:33:05 -0800 (PST) And We have made the sky a roof withheld. Yet they turn away from its portents. (Holy Koran,Ch.21,the Prophets, Verse 32) Report of Sirius Astronomical Society of Kermanshah (Sirius ASK) About Leonid Meteor shower as follows There was a quite pleasant mild cold , clear sky last night and the members of the society observed the shower all night. The rate was about 15 per hour at early hours (from 2:00 in local time to 5:00 am , 11:30 pm to 1:00 am , GMT) then after it the number grows to 60-100/hr and from 5:25 to 5:45 am ( 1:55 to 2:15 am, GMT).Suddenly the rate rose to 25-30 meteors /min (1500-1800/hr).They were very fast and the magnitudes of them were from -4.5 to +2 with a white to yellow color . We had the best view of observing in Iran as our city is in far west of the country. Kermanshah is situated in the west of Iran with longitude of 47 deg .and 5 min. east; latitude of 34 deg. and 19 min. north; altitude of 1200 m. above the sea level