From: Javor Kac, observing from Mount Lemmon, Arizona. Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 21:38:39 +0100 (MET) As was evident from Jure's mail sent yesterday, MBK Team succeeded in observing another Leonid meteor storm. We rented a van and drove 900 km to French Alps where we found perfectly clear skies at an altitude of almost 1800 m. I started observing at 01:24 UT with Leonid rates at about one per minute. One hour later the Leonids were coming at 2 meteors per minute. The activity then picked up quickly: 3 LEO/min at 03:30, 5 LEO/min at 03:35, and over 10 LEO/min from 03:50 to 04:30. My highest rate was 29 Leonids per minute at 04:03. The activity then slowed down but it was still respectable at 3 LEO/min at the end of my observations. Unfortunately I was too tired to continue officially observing, but did see a number of bright Leonids right into the dawn. Below is my summary report. Enjoy! --------------------------------------------------------- Date: November 18/19, 2002 Begin: 01h 24m UT. End: 05h 16m UT. Place: Pic de Colmiane, France Location: Lat: 44?03'30" N, Long: 7?13'07" E, Elev: 1771 m Observer: Javor Kac (KACJA) Period (UT) Teff F LM -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 nLEO nonLEO ------------------------- 10 minute intervals ---------------------------- 01:24-01:34 0.167 1.00 5.65 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 8 0 01:34-01:44 0.167 1.00 5.74 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 7 0 01:44-01:54 0.167 1.00 5.82 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 0 14 0 01:54-02:04 0.167 1.00 5.91 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 9 0 02:04-02:14 0.167 1.00 5.80 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 6 1 1 0 15 0 02:14-02:24 0.167 1.00 5.70 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 10 3 02:24-02:34 0.167 1.00 5.57 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 0 11 0 02:34-02:44 0.167 1.00 5.55 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 1 4 1 0 15 0 02:44-02:54 0.167 1.00 5.53 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 3 3 6 2 0 18 1 02:54-03:04 0.117 1.00 5.35 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 3 6 0 17 0 03:04-03:14 0.167 1.00 5.56 0 0 1 0 1 3 3 1 3 6 1 0 19 1 03:14-03:24 0.167 1.00 5.62 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 5 4 7 2 0 23 1 ------------------------- 5 minute intervals ----------------------------- 03:24-03:29 0.083 1.00 5.62 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 4 4 1 0 15 0 03:29-03:34 0.083 1.00 5.62 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 3 4 0 0 15 0 ------------------------- 2 minute intervals ----------------------------- 03:34-03:36 0.033 1.00 5.62 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 2 2 0 11 0 03:36-03:38 0.033 1.00 5.62 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 2 1 0 10 0 03:38-03:40 0.033 1.00 5.62 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 3 1 0 12 0 ------------------------- 1 minute counts ------------------------------ 03:40-03:41 0.017 1.00 5.61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 5 0 03:38-03:42 0.017 1.00 5.61 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 11 0 03:42-03:43 0.017 1.00 5.61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 5 1 03:43-03:44 0.017 1.00 5.61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 5 0 03:44-03:45 0.017 1.00 5.61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 8 0 03:45-03:46 0.017 1.00 5.61 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 0 8 0 03:46-03:47 0.017 1.00 5.61 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 03:47-03:48 0.017 1.00 5.61 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 5 0 0 9 0 03:48-03:49 0.017 1.00 5.61 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 2 0 0 10 0 03:49-03:50 0.017 1.00 5.61 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 9 0 03:50-03:51 0.017 1.00 5.61 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 5 0 03:51-03:52 0.017 1.00 5.61 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 5 1 0 13 0 03:52-03:53 0.017 1.00 5.60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 6 0 03:53-03:54 0.017 1.00 5.60 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 7 6 2 0 20 0 03:54-03:55 0.017 1.00 5.60 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 4 1 0 12 0 03:55-03:56 0.017 1.00 5.60 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 5 5 0 0 17 0 03:56-03:57 0.017 1.00 5.60 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 4 0 0 11 0 03:57-03:58 0.017 1.00 5.60 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 03:58-03:59 0.017 1.00 5.60 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 6 2 0 16 0 03:59-04:00 0.017 1.00 5.60 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 9 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 04:00-04:01 0.017 1.00 5.59 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 3 3 3 0 15 0 04:01-04:02 0.017 1.00 5.59 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 5 0 0 11 1 04:02-04:03 0.017 1.00 5.59 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 8 10 6 0 29 1 04:03-04:04 0.017 1.00 5.59 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 10 5 2 0 24 0 04:04-04:05 0.017 1.00 5.59 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 7 5 1 0 19 0 04:05-04:06 0.017 1.00 5.59 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 8 11 2 0 26 0 04:06-04:07 0.017 1.00 5.59 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 5 6 1 0 18 0 04:07-04:08 0.017 1.00 5.59 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 7 5 1 0 19 0 04:08-04:09 0.017 1.00 5.58 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 4 0 0 11 0 04:09-04:10 0.017 1.00 5.58 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 6 11 1 0 24 0 04:10-04:11 0.017 1.00 5.58 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 10 3 0 18 1 04:11-04:12 0.017 1.00 5.58 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 8 2 0 19 0 04:12-04:13 0.017 1.00 5.58 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 10 6 0 22 1 04:13-04:14 0.017 1.00 5.58 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 3 6 4 0 18 0 04:14-04:15 0.017 1.00 5.58 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 5 2 0 16 0 04:15-04:16 0.017 1.00 5.58 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 7 1 0 16 0 04:16-04:17 0.017 1.00 5.57 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 0 0 9 0 04:17-04:18 0.017 1.00 5.57 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 3 1 0 11 0 04:18-04:19 0.017 1.00 5.57 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 4 5 4 0 18 0 04:19-04:20 0.017 1.00 5.57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 7 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 04:20-04:21 0.017 1.00 5.57 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 4 4 0 15 0 04:21-04:22 0.017 1.00 5.58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 3 0 11 0 04:22-04:23 0.017 1.00 5.58 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 5 0 0 11 0 04:23-04:25 0.020 1.00 5.58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 4 1 0 14 0 04:28-04:29 0.017 1.00 5.59 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 2 0 10 0 04:29-04:30 0.017 1.00 5.59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 8 0 04:30-04:31 0.017 1.00 5.59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 8 0 04:31-04:32 0.017 1.00 5.59 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 5 0 0 11 0 04:32-04:34 0.012 1.00 5.59 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 04:34-04:35 0.017 1.00 5.60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 4 0 1 12 0 ------------------------- 2 minute intervals ----------------------------- 04:35-04:37 0.033 1.00 5.60 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 2 1 0 10 0 04:37-04:39 0.033 1.00 5.61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 9 0 04:39-04:41 0.033 1.00 5.61 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 2 3 5 2 0 17 0 04:41-04:43 0.033 1.00 5.62 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 0 0 8 0 04:43-04:45 0.033 1.00 5.62 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 1 2 0 12 1 04:45-04:47 0.033 1.00 5.61 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 9 0 04:47-04:49 0.033 1.00 5.61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 6 0 04:49-04:51 0.033 1.00 5.62 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 5 0 0 8 2 04:51-04:53 0.033 1.00 5.64 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 1 0 0 10 2 04:53-04:55 0.033 1.00 5.66 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 6 0 04:55-04:57 0.033 1.00 5.68 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 3 2 0 14 0 04:57-04:59 0.033 1.00 5.69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 7 0 04:59-05:01 0.033 1.00 5.70 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 4 2 0 12 1 05:01-05:03 0.033 1.00 5.72 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 8 0 05:03-05:05 0.033 1.00 5.74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 6 0 ------------------------- 5 minute intervals ----------------------------- 05:05-05:10 0.083 1.00 5.78 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 9 4 0 18 1 05:10-05:16 0.100 1.00 5.80 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 2 5 8 1 23 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals: 3.75 1.00 5.65 1052 18 Magnitude distribution: -6(1) -5(2) -4(4)-3(4) -2(19) -1(62) 0(72) +1(181) +2(242) +3(337) +4(125) +5(3) Non-Leonids magnitude distributions: TAU: +3(1) AMO: +3 (0.5) +4(0.5) Spor: -1 (1) 0(0) +1(1) +2(1) +3(7) +4(6)