On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Garth Wood wrote:
:Gary Edwards wrote:
:
:> Well, I saw meteors - maybe a dozen in the hour I was out (0200-0300 CST,
:> 0800-0900 UTC). Three OM-1s on tripods with 21/3.5, 24/2.8, and 28/2.8, all
:> wide open and looking for minutes at a time. Film's back; I got one faint
:> streak and an odd double meteor-looking thing in another frame. Should have
:> been farther away from the Dallas lights, but it was a nice night, clear and
in
:> the low 60s (F that is) (Eat your heart out, Garth :-)).
:
:**HEAVY SIGH**
:
:The greatest injustice of all is that, early Thursday morning (around 6:00
A.M. or
:so), the clouds over Edmonton broke and the dawn was beautiful, severe clear,
and
:cold. And of course, already too light to see anything 'cept blue sky.
:
:Why the Hell couldn't Mr. WeatherGod do that twelve hours *earlier*?
And right around 6am local time (PST), the ZHR of the meteors as indicated
at www.leonidslive.com went from almost naught to 107. Yes, it was too
light. Talk about injustice.
/Acer V
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