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Meteor Shower this weekend

REBJrREBJr Member Posts: 1,210 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited November 2001 in General Discussion
hey all, might want to set that alarm for early sunday morning-ralphTHE 2001 STORMHow it Stacks Up Against History By Robert Roy BrittSenior Science WriterPosted July 27, 2001 and updated Nov. 6Few cosmic events in modern history have equaled the 1966 Leonid meteor shower. Residents in the western United States saw a storm of shooting stars estimated to rain down at a rate of 100,000 per hour during a brief peak.One eyewitness, who was 14 at the time, said he was frozen in place for 30 minutes, "watching an alien fireworks display."This November, the wildly varying Leonids are expected to produce another storm. Though not likely to rival the 1966 spectacle, the 2001 version of the Leonids may offer a meteor storm unlike anything since, with hundreds or even thousands of meteors -- on a per hour basis -- raining down at the busiest stretch.The Leonids run from Nov. 14-21 and will peak in the early morning on the 18th.
2001 Leonid Meteor Shower PredictionsHere is one of the leading predictions for how many Leonids will streak across the sky. It is from researchers Rob McNaught and David Asher, who say the totals could be higher. Other reserachers predict other rates. All time are for Nov. 18, 2001. Note that the peaks may last less than 1 hour. This chart is updated as of Oct. 30:Where When Meteors North & Central America 4:55 a.m. EST 800 per hour Australia; East Asia 17:24 UT 2,000 per hour Western Australia; East, Southeast & Central Asia 18:13 UT 8,000 per hour NOTE: 4:55 a.m. EST = 3:55 a.m. CST, 2:55 a.m. MST, and 1:55 a.m. PSTUT=Universal Time, same as GMT; Eastern Australian daylight saving time is UT +11 hours
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  • REBJrREBJr Member Posts: 1,210 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Darn, forgot the address- more info and pretty pics-Ralph http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/leonids_2001.html
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  • kimberkidkimberkid Member Posts: 8,858 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    btt
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  • travelortravelor Member Posts: 442 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I saw the biggest Iv'e ever seen a couple of nights ago. One only, not a shower, but boy it was a beaut..I'd say that it appeared as large as a street light as seen from about two blocks away. It passed my feild of view, as I was driving, emmitting a shower of sparks as it got closer to the ground. I saw it burn out just above the tree tops, though I couldn't judge how far away it actualy was.Breath taking...
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  • REBJrREBJr Member Posts: 1,210 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    sounds like a beautiful sight, a few years back, i was watching the Loenids, and it looked like someone was shooting fireworks over the house, large, blue and red, and showering sparks, and they're calling for probably 10x more this go-round-Ralph
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  • bartobarto Member Posts: 4,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    the great dane and i watched the shower at 2am this morning-well worth getting up for.my neck sure has a kink in it, though.
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  • REBJrREBJr Member Posts: 1,210 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I got up at 4:30 and watched till daylight.seemed to peak around 5-5:15. I thought it was great, Ditto on the neck, was cold here, so me and the boy fired up the pickup and watched out the windows!
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