In a message dated: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 14:18:19 PST
"Karl J. Runge" said:
>If it is clear tonight at about 5:00 AM EST the Leonids meteor shower
>should put on quite a show, maybe upwards of 1000 meteors per hour
>(i.e. one every few seconds). It might not be this good again until 2099!
>
>My daughter and I watched the peak last year and saw rates over 100 per
>hour and also saw an incredible fireball that cast shadows and trail
>remained for about 3-4 min. Set the coffee-maker.
These events are usually things I respond to by saying, "Hey, neat,
maybe I'll remember to get up for this." I then usually proceed to
completely forget about said event until I read about it on /., or
hear someone else mention it. At which point I get all bummed out
that I missed yet another neat astronomical event which won't show up
for another 300 years or so. But not this time :) For some reason I
actually found myself awake at 4:30 !
Don't know if anyone was lucky enough to see this. My wife and I woke
up at about 04:30, dressed in warm sweats, made hot chocolate and went
outside for an hour or so to watch. It was simply amazing! Additionally,
we dug out the telescope and got a *really* good look at Jupiter which
is also at it's brightest this month.
I'd say we were seeing meteors flying by at about 1 or 2 per minute,
sometimes even more frequent than that!
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Seeya,
Paul
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God Bless America!
...we don't need to be perfect to be the best around,
and we never stop trying to be better.
Tom Clancy, The Bear and The Dragon
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