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Country: BRAZIL
Date Imaged: 11-18-00
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Comments: The photograph shows a 2000 Leonid meteor streaking through the constellation of Orion. Jupiter and Saturn are visible in the lower right in Taurus. 204 Leonids brighter than magnitude +3 were observed from 5:00 to 7:10 UT on the morning of November 18 despite strong moonlight and light pollution. Very often the Leonids came in pairs, either separated by a few degrees or following in the path of another meteor after a couple of seconds. We kept seeing fast and very bright Leonids (two even outshining Jupiter) until 7:36 UT, two minutes past civil twilight. Photo by Paulo Mansur Raymundo taken from Reaiche Observatory in Bahia, Brazil on 18 November 2000 at 6:32 UT. Exposure lasted for 160 seconds with 28mm Vivitar lens at f/2.8 and Fuji Super G Plus 800. |
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