rom: Jure Atanackov, Zaplana, Slovenia 
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 15:30:45 +0100


I observed the Leonids with Javor and Mitja from Zaplana, a hill not far away
from Ljubljana (for anyone interested in where that is...). The sky was clear
with LM starting at 6.8 and droping to 6.2 at the end of observations with the
Moon high in the east. Low clouds were visible on the horizon all around us but
the sky remained clear throughout the observations. The Leonids were not
particularly impressive (=dull) and 'Filament' activity failed to materialise
(bright meteors, right?). Several bright meteors but no real highlights to report.


SUMMARY:

Date: November 18/19, 2003
Begin: 23h 55m UT
End: 03h 14m UT
Location: l= 14o 14' 35" E, fi= 45o 58' 46" N, h= 638m
Place: Zaplana, Slovenia (23107)
Observer : Jure Atanackov (ATAJU)

Period                    F       teff    LM      LEO     TAU     AMO     Spor
23:55-00:55UT   1.00    1.00    6.44    10      8       0       13
00:55-01:56UT   1.00    1.00    6.19    7       5       1       9
01:56-02:57UT   1.00    1.00    6.13    15      2       0       11
02:57-03:14UT   1.00    0.28    6.16    3       1       0       0

Magnitude distributions:
LEO: -2(1) -1(2)  0(2) +1(7) +2(9) +3(8) +4(6) +5(2)
TAU: +1(3) +2(2) +3(7) +4(2) +5(2)
AMO: +4(1)
Spor: -2(1)  0(1) +2(7) +3(6) +4(14) +5(4) +6(1)


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From: Javor Kac, Zaplana, Slovenia 
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 23:28:42 +0100 (MET)
 

I observed (better tried to observe) the Leonids first on November 13/14
to check for a possible remnants of the predicted peak earlier that day.
The weather did not cooperate unfortunately, so I was forced to quit after
about an hour of observing. Only three meteors were seen during my Teff,
none were Leonids.
The next night it was clear but high humidity plus lots of aerosols plus
bright Moon reduced my limiting magnitude well below 5.0 so there was no
point in observing. My camera however recorded a few Leonids that night.

The summary:
Date: November 13/14, 2003
Begin: 23h 11m UT
End: 00h 15m UT
Location: l= 14o 14' 35" E, fi= 45o 58' 46" N, h= 638m
Place: Zaplana, Slovenia (23107)
Observer : Javor Kac (KACJA)

Period (UT)  Teff   F   Lm  LEO TAU Spor
23:11-00:15  0.88 1.24 5.55  0   0   3

Magnitude distributions:
Spor : 0(1) +1(0) +2(1) +3(0) +4(1)
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Our Team (Jure, Mitja and me) also chased clear skies all over Slovenia on
November 17/18 but failed to succeed.
We were rewarded with clear skies the next night. I observed for more than
three hours Teff starting at 1 AM local time. The most active shower
during the first period were the (combined) Taurids with four members
seen. The next two periods were dominated by the Leonids.
No fireballs were seen during the observation. The brightest meteor was a
fast magnitude -2 sporadic in Lynx that left a 16 second train.


The summary:
Date: November 18/19, 2003
Begin: 00h 02m UT
End: 03h 14m UT
Location: l= 14o 13' 42" E, fi= 45o 59' 03" N, h= 640m
Place: Zaplana, Slovenia (23107)
Observer : Javor Kac (KACJA)

Period (UT)  Teff   F   Lm  LEO AMO TAU Spor
00:02-01:06  1.07 1.00 6.35  2   0   4   9
01:06-02:10  1.07 1.00 6.25 10   0   1   7
02:10-03:14  1.05 1.00 6.04 17   1   0   7

Magnitude distributions:
LEO: -1(1) 0(4) +1(3) +2(4) +3(5) +4(8) +5(4)
AMO: +4(1)
TAU: 0(1) +1(0) +2(1) +3(1) +4(1) +5(1)
Spor : -2(1) -1(0) 0(1) +1(1) +2(2) +3(6) +4(8) +5(4)