From: Rocky Togni, Kennedy Park, Heber Springs, Arkansas
Date: Nov. 17, 1997


Even with the bright moon there were many Leonids visible.  There were
many bright >Mag 1 that left trains that were enhanced by the moonlight.
As dawn neared a flash of light near the NE horizon grabbed my
attention.  When I shifted my view there was an orange train that lasted
about 10 seconds.  Another interesting observation that I classified a
sporadic was a point of light that brightened and went out.  One
directly at me?  There were also three long slow Taurids contrasting
with the fast Leonids.  They were across the sky from Taurus setting in
the West and I couldn't assign a North or South designation.

Following are my results:

1997 November 17

                % Obs   LM      Leo     Tau     Spo     Total
8:14-8:59 UT     1.00   4.5     13      1       3       17
9:00-9:59 UT      .85   4.5     16      0       1       17
10:00-10:41 UT   .88    4.2     11      2       1       14

No meteor storm, but still a very interesting night.