Prometo traducirlo cuando me levante. Mientras tanto, copio lo que he puesto en mi bitácora inglesa y enviado a un par de listas de meteoros.
«In Gran Canaria (Canary Islands) we had clear skies, but the moon heavily interfered.
» A non-scientific report (this year I didn't prepare the tools to do an standard count, so this is subjective report): The activity was somewhat low until 03:30-03:45 UT... But the activity rised. The peak, around 04:00 UT, was fantastic... I can't give an exact count, but more than 20 meteor per minute for sure. The meteors appeared consecutively: one, another, and another, and another, a twin... The meteors were relatively dim compared to the 1998 peak, but that could be the moon interference. Unluckily, around 4:30-45 UT the high clouds -cirrus- entirely covered the sky. Before that, they firstly covered the moon and the Leo-Orion sky darkened... instantly, the meteor trails became very apparent and the meteors seemed a lot brighter. I could see few very bright fireballs, with bright trails and final explosion».
Pos eso. Que me lo he pasado muy bien, aunque me lo pasé mejor en el 98 :) En SpaceWeather.com tienen información actualizada, con fotografías. Ahora mismo (7:15 TU) están retransmitiendo el evento mediante webcast.
PD: En Leonid MAC he encontrado un applet con las gráficas de actividad. Se confirma el máximo hacia las 04:00 TU, y resulta interesante ver que la actividad no decayó totalmente, con un segundo pico hacia las 4:45 TU (justo cuando se nos nublaba).
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