Skies were crystal clear here in somewhat light polluted Moorestown, NJ.
Between 3:35 - 5:50 EST,
I counted 486 Leonids,  give or take a few as they were coming down too fast
to count at times!  At
one point, about 5 appeared the same instant!

That's almost 4 meteors a minute!  I could only take in so much sky with my
eyes so I know I missed
a few especially given all the Wows I heard from other people at the field
when my head was pointed
the other way.

I saw a particularly bright bollide at around 4:10 am that illuminated the
landscape and left a train that
lasted well over a minute.   The intensity of the storm definitely increased
as the night
wore on and was best from 5:00 am on....

Jerry Mogelinski


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> From:         Dennis Handly[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Reply To:     Dennis Handly
> Sent:         Tuesday, November 20, 2001 12:16 AM
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> Subject:      Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Meteors
>
> Cortlandt Wilson ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
> : I am hoping this will turn out to be a true meteor storm - that is, have
> : over 1,000 visible events an hour.
> : This may literally be a once in a lifetime event.   It's just after
> : 5 in the morning and overcast here in the Silicon Valley.
>
> I saw about 20 in 10 minutes here on Sunday Morning.
>
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