RE: [APML] Leonids in the Mojave

[Jon Kolb <jkolb@mindport.com>]

Dave,

> Wow, what a show!  Peak was about 3:15am PST with well over 
> 1000/hour counted 
> (by me) in 6 minute intervals.  There was one flash of at 
> least 6, maybe 10 
> simultaneous meteors.... Two nearly simultaneous bolides 
> through Orion....

Interesting.  That's about 30-40 minutes after I thought it peaked, but I
wasn't methodically counting, either.  I can't argue with your figure,
though, since I know I was seeing at least one per second at various times -
and in only one part of the sky.  Orion did seem to get pretty well sliced
up that night.  I too saw several nearly simultaneous fireballs in that
area, hopefully the film will prove it.

Sincerely,
Jon Kolb
Adventures in Astrophotography
http://home.datawest.net/jkolb/
jkolb@mindport.com

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