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Saw 5 bright Leonids in half an hour around 3am this morning. No 'shower'. But most left bright white-green trails which last up to a few seconds even under the bright moonlight. The sky was surprisingly clear at that time. See below for details.
- Date and Time: 3:08 -- 3:39 EST, 2000/11/17
- Session Length: 31 minutes
- Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Sky Condition: variable clouds (see below), transparency ok, bright last quarter moon, faintest star visible mag 4
- Area of Sky Observed: (the moon)-(Jupiter,Saturn,Hyades)-(Perseus)-(Polaris,head of the Big Dipper)
- Observer: Xiaojin Zhu
The table is broken down according to the amount of clouds. The observation was continuous during the whole session.
| Time(EST) | cloud | Leonids (no sporadics seen) |
| 308-317 ( 9min) | 0% | (308, mag -1), (313, mag -1), (314, mag 0) |
| 317-320 ( 3min) | 50% | - |
| 320-327 ( 7min) | 80% | (327, mag -2) |
| 327-332 ( 5min) | 50% | - |
| 332-339 ( 7min) | 0% | (336, mag 2) |
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