[HATS] Leonids Meteors Provide an ATV Opportunity

[Ed Manuel (N5EM)]

Gang,

This week, on the morning of November 18th the Leonids meteor shower is
expected to provide a good show.  Below are some web references for you to
review prior to the event.

Subject: Leonids Live! balloon flight scheduled for 11/18/99 
NASA Meteor Balloon Rises Again: NASA scientists and ham 
radio amateurs are teaming up for a weather balloon flight to the 
stratosphere during the Leonid meteor shower on November 18, 1999. The 
balloon will transmit a live webcast of the meteor shower from an 
altitude of 100,000 ft or more, far above any bad weather or obscuring clouds. 
The transmission will include audio from a VLF radio receiver 
designed to capture natural radio signals from the meteors. 
FULL STORY at 
http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast01nov99_1.htm
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(This reposting courtesy of 'Seab' Lyon - AA1MY)

Visual observation will probably be best between midnight and 4am local time,
though the predictions say it could start earlier.  There is no way to
determine how intense the shower or storm might be but some analysts are
predicting an exciting storm.

Here is an opportunity for those with low light equipment to not only SEE
something that does not occur very often, but to make some VIDEO or even
produce live ATV video of the storm.  Anyone game?

Ed, N5EM
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