Keep us up to date on the Quantradis Doug!! COOOOLD tho. Jerry Flaherty ----- Original Message ----- From: "MexicoDoug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gerald Flaherty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Robert Woolard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 1:58 PM Subject: Lousy Leonids 2006 ==> next dependable meteor shower timing
> Dear List, > > Had clear, fairly dark skies all night, observed 23:00 - 01:00 EST > Saturday night/Sunday Morning covered the peak of the Leonids, which have > always been a tough call no one can figure out... > > After seeing one reasonable fireball at 23:30, I spent the rest of the > time bs-ing with other astronomers hoping a chance glance might catch my > eye. Those experts that spent the time wired on having a successful > evening boasted a total of 3-4 each in the 1.5 hour period, all reasonably > bright, but really nothing to write home about. > > My favorite shower, the sometimes electrifying Quadrantids on January 3/4 > 2007 will be a lunar disaster to write off, and it looks like casual > meteor observers looking for a bang for the buck will have to wait until > perfect astronomical conditions line up by observing during the New Moon > at the the 4:00 AM CDT (09:00 UTC) 13 August 2007 shower peak of the > historically dependable PERSEIDS, though the parent body is receding more > and supposedly finally taking more of its dustpile with it. > > So mark your calenders for the Perseids, before work on Monday 13 Aug 2007 > if you only want to pick one shower next year where you probably won't be > disappointed. The Perseus radiant is high in the sky, and it will also be > a perfect opportunity to see with naked eyes or binoculars the Great > Galaxy in Andromeda, named for the constellacion of the hot African > princess Perseus himself unshackled from the jaws of a seamonster and then > savoured for his toils producing among others, a son who was the father of > the Persians. The Andromeda Galaxy is essentially the furthest we can see > with the naked eye, and only object we can se outside our own Mikly Way > Galaxy in the Northern Hemisphere since the slightly further Triangulum > galaxy requires shameless prodigal vision. > > Best wishes, > Doug > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gerald Flaherty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Robert Woolard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> > Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 11:58 AM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Leonids 2006 ??? > > >> cloud cover at midnite on cape cod MA >> Jerry Flaherty >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Robert Woolard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> >> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 1:24 AM >> Subject: [meteorite-list] Leonids 2006 ??? >> >> >>> Hello List, >>> >>> Hope some of you had a better show than we did. >>> Perhaps you guys on the east coast?? Perfectly clear >>> skies here in Arkansas, but very few meteors, and no >>> nice fireballs. Pretty much like the prediction it >>> seems. How was it for the rest of you? >>> >>> Best wishes, >>> Robert Woolard >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ____________________________________________________________________________________ >>> Sponsored Link >>> >>> Compare mortgage rates for today. >>> Get up to 5 free quotes. >>> Www2.nextag.com >>> ______________________________________________ >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >> ______________________________________________ >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list