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All photos taken by and © Bruce G. Marcot.
Leonids
of November 17-18, 2001. Major fireball. Approx. 2 a.m..
South. Notice how the fireball is just grazing the belt and sword
of Orion behind the tree. To the left is Sirius, magnitude -1.60.
This fireball was bright.
Fireball
shown above, detail view. It is grazing the star Rigel, magnitude
0.30.
Same
image as above but enhanced to show contours of levels of apparent magnitude.
Another,
more typical Leonid. Much fainter magnitude than the fireball shown
above. Note magnitudes of some of the nearby brighter stars.