By coincidence, I was on Lake Vermilion in northern Minnesota...very
remote...no lights...crystal clear sky...it was awesome...they were visible
in every direction, in every portion of the sky.

John Lee

At 08:02 AM 11/20/01 -0500, Mogelinski, Jerome M wrote:
>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
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>> 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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