Re: [APML] Leonide fireball

["Stan Richard" <stanrichard@hotmail.com>]

Arne, that is a beauty, what a shot!  Thanks and good luck in a couple 
weeks!

Stan Richard
Events in the Night Sky
www.nightskyevents.com



>From: "Arne Danielsen" <arnedani@online.no>
>Reply-To: astro-photo@seds.org
>To: "APML" <astro-photo@seds.org>
>Subject: [APML] Leonide fireball
>Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 18:25:16 +0100
>
>With only 2 weeks left before this years Leonid's, I thought what better 
>way to
>get in the right mood than to reprocess an image I got of a bright Leonid
>fireball in 1999? I believe I have improved my image processing skills 
>during
>the last couple of years and I'm much happier with this version than my 
>earlier
>attempts! Comments are welcome!
>
>You can view the image and details using this link:
>http://home.online.no/~arnedani/astronomy/astrophoto/meteors/45-03.htm
>
>Notice Orion's upper body to the left, Aldebaran just right of the centre 
>and
>the Pleiades to the far right.
>
>This year I will be travelling North, together with three good friends, in 
>an
>attempt to catch the Leonid's! Our little expedition, which we have named 
>Arctic
>Leonid Expedition 2001 (ALE for short <G>) will take us to an observatory 
>near
>Tromso in the Northern parts of Norway. The observatory
>http://www.phys.uit.no/skibotn/> )is located at almost 70° North and will 
>be our
>base from the 16th to the 19th of November. Travelling this far North is an
>alternative (a much cheaper one) to travelling to Asia or the U.S., in 
>order to
>get darkness during the predicted peak times. We might even get some Aurora
>Borealis as an added bonus. :-)
>
>I would also take the opportunity to wish everyone happy hunting for this 
>years
>Leonid's!
>
>Best regards,
>Arne
>--
>Arne Danielsen
>Langhussenter 15, 1405 Langhus, Norway
>mailto:arne.danielsen@oslo.online.no
>http://arnedani.home.online.no/
>N59°45'14"  E10°50'38" A115m
>
>
>
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