The Leonids from St. George were pretty good. During the peak, I counted an average of one every three or four seconds.. That comes out to about 1200 per hour. Not too bad for having a full moon in the sky. The claim is that diminishes the meteors seen by a factor of ten. No full moon and we may have seen 12000 per hour. I'd call that a storm. I was playing around with my digital camera, and got the enclosed photo. I actually caught a Leonid! It is just to the left and slightly down from Algeiba. Not bad for a 20 second exposure! My wife was in Phoenix and reported about the same frequency from suburbsurbs there. We observed from Ft. Pierce. The sky was mostly clear until around 4:00 am. Then high, thin cirrus rolled in from the north. It was pretty much over by then anyway. It was like someone turned the valve off just before 4 am. Overall, I think it was a great trip. Good company, good night, and a bunch of meteors. We also saw about a hundred dino footprints and natural impressions. Brent __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting.yahoo.com
