The Leonid
            Meteor shower for 2004 was not the richest shower we have seen
            in recent years, however several good fireballs were seen visually.
            This is the results of TWO nights November 18-19 and 19-20th
            and the robotic aurora cam exposed two rolls of film on these
            nights, over 50 shots. Careful examination of all the negatives
            revealed only one meteor was captured despite the fast film and
            large aperture lens. It was a good Venus brightness fireball
            however, and here is the shot which was taken on about 3am on
            the morning of the 20th. The sickle of Leo can be seen on the
            lower right, and the bowl of the big dipper on the left. The
            meteor, a very blue object is seen upper left.

            
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Instrument:  28mm f/2.8 Albinar 
Platform:   Aurora Cam with Robotic Barndoor
Film:  Konica 400
Exposure:  10 mins
Filters:  NONE
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5100 ft.
Sky:  Seeing 8/10, Transparency 7/10
Outside Temperature:  0 C
Processing: Photoshop CS
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