I saw quite a few in our "all-sky" camera at the telescope last night. Several nice slow, bright Taurids too.
Should be a good show! Wish I had had my camera set up. -- Richard Kowalski http://fullmoonphotography.net IMCA #1081 --- On Mon, 11/16/09, Greg Stanley <stanleygr...@hotmail.com> wrote: > From: Greg Stanley <stanleygr...@hotmail.com> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Leonid meteor shower to peak Tuesday > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Date: Monday, November 16, 2009, 1:30 PM > > A reminder - Greg S. > > > > http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/11/16/nasa.leonid.meteors/index.html > > > (CNN) -- This year's Leonid meteor shower will peak early > Tuesday, forecasters say, producing mild but pretty sparks > over the United States and a more intense outburst over > Asia. > > "We're predicting 20 to 30 meteors per hour over the > Americas and as many as 200 to 300 per hour over Asia," said > Bill Cooke, of NASA's meteoroid environment office. "Our > forecast is in good accord with ... work by other > astronomers." > > The Leonid shower is made of bits of debris from the > Tempel-Tuttle comet, which streaks through Earth's inner > solar system every 33 years. > > It leaves a stream of debris in its wake. Forecasters, > however, say it's hard to know exactly how many of the > meteors will be visible. > > "We can predict when Earth will cross a debris stream with > pretty good accuracy," Cooke said. "The intensity of the > display is less certain, though, because we don't know how > much debris is in each stream." > > The first stream will cross over Earth about 4 a.m. ET. > That stream should produce about two or three dozen meteors > per hour over North America, NASA said. > > Experts say people who want to watch the shower, which is > visible with the naked eye, should get as far away from city > lights as possible. The darker the sky, the brighter the > meteors will appear. > Leonids will appear to be shooting almost directly out of > the planet Mars. > > > High-altitude sites are best for viewing, reducing glare > from the moon, and there's no particular direction one > should look for the best shot at seeing one, they say. > > The next Tuesday streams will peak over Indonesia and China > shortly before dawn there. The pair of streams there were > actually laid down by Tempel-Tuttle in A.D. 1466 and 1533, > and the two of them crossing at the same time is the reason > for the 300 or so visible meteors expected. > > "Even if the rates are only half that number, it would > still be one of the best showers of the year," Cooke said. > > Overall, and especially in the United States, this year's > Leonids are mild. > > >From 1999 to 2002, the streams produced outbursts of > more than 1,000 meteors per hour. > > But one added plus this year, Cooke said, is that, > coincidentally, Mars will be passing nearby at the time of > the showers. > > "Leonids will appear to be shooting almost directly out of > the planet Mars," he said. > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft's powerful SPAM > protection. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/ > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/ > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
