Dean, One meteor a minute is a pretty fine display! If you want the latest information from the best observers in the world, subscribe to the meteorobs mailing list.
Clear skies, Bill -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: dean bessey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I saw my first meteor shower last night at kumue > observatory in Auckland. Probably not as impressive as > some people have seen meteor showers but we we getting > more than one a minute. Once I saw two at the same > time, a skinny and a fat one that came from the same > area (It was sort of cool and had the illusion of > starting in the same place as if it broke apart). > Apparantly at the star party 100 miles away last > weekend there were lots also and my friend said that > he saw one in his telescope (I missed the party > unfortunately). > We were stargazing and the meteors were unexpected. > I got the name "Southern Delta Aquarids" a few minutes > ago from searching google wondering if there was > indeed supposed to be a meteor shower going on now but > I dont know if I have the name right. > This was my first ever meteor shower and the first > time I was ever able to look up and really expect to > see a meteor. I had my 4 month old baby with me so it > was kind of special - even if it was only one meteor a > minute. How does that compare to normal meteor > showers? > The only negitave was that none appear to have fallen > all the way down. > Cheers > DEAN > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.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