Wise Observatory - Leonids - Public Information

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The Leonids Meteor Shower

 TAU AstroClub outreach activities - Public observations of the Perseids 2004 Meteor shower

 The MAC Workshop and Meteor research from Israel


 General information about the leonids meteor shower (Hebrew) is available in the following "Leondis-booklet"
Download The Leonids 2002 (updated) booklet (Hebrew)

Black cover version: DOC format, gzip PostScript format, gzip PDF format
Download The Leonids 1999 booklet (Hebrew)

Black cover version: DOC format, gzip PostScript format, gzip PDF format
White cover version: DOC format, gzip PostScript format, gzip PDF format
General background about meteors and the Leonids meteor shower in 1999.
Instructions to meteor counts, photography and video.
Monthly Sky chart for November 18 - Israel Sky (E35o, N32o)

For 00UT:
TIFF Format (Blue), GIF Format (Blue), TIFF Format (Color), GIF Format (Color)

For 02UT:
TIFF Format (Color), GIF Format (Color),
All sky maps for marking bright meteors.
Limiting magnitude maps.

Ursa Minoris : TIFF Format, GIF Format
Orion : TIFF Format, GIF Format
Ursa Major (the wheels) : TIFF Format, EPS Format
Gemini (the heads) : TIFF Format, EPS Format
Sky maps, for estimating the limiting magnitude.




Local links

Images of Leonids - 1999
Images of Leonids, taken at the Wise Observatory - 1998
Image of the Perseid Meteor, from the Wise Observatory
Astronomical Calendar, Sun/Moon Rise/Set...
The Wise Observatory Homepage


International Meteor Org.
NASA - MAC 1999
NASA - MAC Workshop 2000
Meteors & Leonids (Hebrew)


Constructed: by Eran Ofek.