Telescopic videos from Nov. 16-18 wanted for meteor studies - Dec. 1

As mentioned in my message of November 9th, telescopic video observations of Leonids in Earth's atmosphere are sought, with and without image-intensified systems. Observations are sought from 0h UT November 17 to 0h UT November 19. Dr. Bob Hawkes of Mount Allison University, New Brunswick, claimed to have seen "jets" protruding perpendicular to several Leonid tracks in last year's videos. The physical phenomena is unknown at this time. If you made any such recordings, please send them to:

Peter S. Gural
Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC)
4001 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 400
Arlington, VA 22203
Phone +1-703-816-5954
email: PETER.S.GURAL@saic.com

He will have the tape digitized and computer-searched for meteors; you don't have to view your tape to tell if there are any meteors in it or not. Specify your observing location, preferably including longitude, latitude, and height above sealevel (don't need to be as precise as for occultations). Also, specify where the telescope was pointed, at least approximately (alt. and azimuth, or RA and Dec, and whether driven or not). Some of us started our tapes pointed at a bright star, then didn't use a clock drive to just let it drift out of the field of view; if you did this, just identify the star. Specify the start and stop times of the recording. Include your address, telephone number(s), and e-mail address (if you have one) in the report that you enclose with the tape.