The 2004 Leonid Meteor Shower
Tour2ma
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Saw one a couple nights ago. It lasted as long as any "shooting star" I've seen...
Space Weather News for Nov. 18, 2004
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Don't get your hopes up. This year's Leonid meteor shower, due to peak on Friday, Nov. 19th, won't be like the jaw-dropping storms we've seen in recent years. But in some places there could be a nice display.
Sky watchers in eastern Europe and Asia are favored; they might see as many as 60 meteors per hour around 21:49 GMT when Earth skims through a cloud of space dust deposited almost 300 years ago by Comet Tempel-Tuttle.
Sky watchers in the Americas won't see so many Leonids, perhaps only 5 to 15 per hour. The best time to look from the Americas is during the hours before sunrise on Friday, Nov. 19th, and maybe again on Saturday, Nov. 20th.
Visit www.Spaceweather.com for more information.
Space Weather News for Nov. 18, 2004
http://spaceweather.com
Don't get your hopes up. This year's Leonid meteor shower, due to peak on Friday, Nov. 19th, won't be like the jaw-dropping storms we've seen in recent years. But in some places there could be a nice display.
Sky watchers in eastern Europe and Asia are favored; they might see as many as 60 meteors per hour around 21:49 GMT when Earth skims through a cloud of space dust deposited almost 300 years ago by Comet Tempel-Tuttle.
Sky watchers in the Americas won't see so many Leonids, perhaps only 5 to 15 per hour. The best time to look from the Americas is during the hours before sunrise on Friday, Nov. 19th, and maybe again on Saturday, Nov. 20th.
Visit www.Spaceweather.com for more information.
More later,
Tour...
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Tour...
Vox Copuli
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb
"Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
"It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
"There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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This time of year in New England, "before sunrise" means any time up to about noon! :-(
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hmm... i'll have to take a look at the sky as i drive to work tomorrow... course that's if it stops raining :rolleyes: gotta love indiana....MacLeod: I guess youre lucky Polk has such lax hiring standards.
Josh: Damn skippy!
