Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks Nov 16-17

[CentaurZ]

The annual Leonid Meteor Shower should already be underway. It is expected to peak during the night of 2021 NOV 16-17. Its radiant is in the constellation Leo. That is the direction toward which the meteor tails point, but the meteors are equally likely to appear anywhere in your sky. The Leonids are debris from the periodic comet 55P Tempel-Tuttle.

The Leonids vary considerably each year in their rates. At the peak, sharp-eyed observers may see as few as ten meteors per hour or as many as a hundred, although in exceptional years this can reach the thousands. This year the expectation is for around 10 to 15 per hour.

The real show begins after Leo rises around midnight and intensifies until morning twilight. At the shower’s peak the nearly Full Moon should could provide interference.

Descriptions of the shower or perhaps even lucky photos would be welcome additions to this thread.

[neil phillips]

On 10/11/2021 at 18:01, CentaurZ said:

The annual Leonid Meteor Shower should already be underway. It is expected to peak during the night of 2021 NOV 16-17. Its radiant is in the constellation Leo. That is the direction toward which the meteor tails point, but the meteors are equally likely to appear anywhere in your sky. The Leonids are debris from the periodic comet 55P Tempel-Tuttle.

The Leonids vary considerably each year in their rates. At the peak, sharp-eyed observers may see as few as ten meteors per hour or as many as a hundred, although in exceptional years this can reach the thousands. This year the expectation is for around 10 to 15 per hour.

The real show begins after Leo rises around midnight and intensifies until morning twilight. At the shower’s peak the nearly Full Moon should could provide interference.

Descriptions of the shower or perhaps even lucky photos would be welcome additions to this thread.

If the weather obliges. Will be out with a fish eye lens. 

[ItsmeMaw]

Why is the moon almost always full when this happens!??

[scotty1]

On 16/11/2021 at 16:51, ItsmeMaw said:

Why is the moon almost always full when this happens!??

Same for the Geminids this year. A 79% moon. I have photographed Geminids during a full moon, as they are usually more active than the Leonids.

Mostly cloudy last night, went out for an hour to try my new lens anyway... but perhaps clearer tonight.

 

Edited November 17, 2021 by scotty1

[neil phillips]

Early in the morning i got 4 flashes all stationary. All circular no tails or head ? Are these Leonids or something else ? 

Looking again i am sure there is movement. I reckon its somekind of space debris glinting catching the sun at certain angles. Not the Leonids. Probably those pesky Russians

ZWO 178m  4 Frames per second zwo fish eye lens

pt1.zip pt2.zip pt3.zip

Edited November 17, 2021 by neil phillips

[happy-kat]

I've been doing 25 second images in 27 second windows using allskyeye.

Got one early this morning, I'll share an image and details later

[happy-kat]

The details of the capture are on this image, the meteor was on two frames, the head was faintly green and the trail spanned several frames. This image is a composite of all the frames. Allsky camera facing East on an inside window ledge running AllSkEye.

This was the platesolve, given the location I'm hopeful it was a Leonid.

Edited November 22, 2021 by happy-kat
added platesolve

[scotty1]

1 hour ago, happy-kat said:

The details of the capture are on this image, the meteor was on two frames, the head was faintly green and the trail spanned several frames. This image is a composite of all the frames. Allsky camera facing East on an inside window ledge running AllSkEye.

This was the platesolve, given the location I'm hopeful it was a Leonid.

I'm not sure if it's a satellite flare?

I've been out during the early hours for the last week or so, I haven't seen a single meteor, the moon mostly likely washed them out.

Good views you have there.

Edited November 22, 2021 by scotty1

[happy-kat]

The good news it has been confirmed it was a leonid fireball, I logged the event yesterday and had a reply this morning.

[Jokacha]

I felt like being interrogated under the light of that fat moon. I could not see any meteors.....