Comments on: Leonids tonight: will the lion roar once again?

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By: Mungascr

Mungascr — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 07:59:25 +0000

BTW> Kevin : a rainbow is a naturally occurring solar spectrascope , albeit a poor-resolution one – as you possibly already know.

Rainbows on suitable worlds orbiting double or multiple star systems – now that I’d love to see!

By: Mungascr

Mungascr — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 07:55:35 +0000

Still no luck seeing anything from Oz – well at least not Adelaide or, at least again, in my corner thereof. Too cloudy.

Slept outside last night anâ€™ all – on a swag on the lawn, looking up â€¦ at the clouds with very occasional partial breaks and no meteors. Did spot a bright satellite or very high altitude plane briefly and thatâ€™s all folks.

Fully overcast on the other two nights too.

Ah well, not really the best continent or best storm/showerpredictions anyhow this year. Had fun & hope y’all had better luck ..

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 03:37:01 +0000

>Interesting how definitions change. I had understood â€œmeteorâ€ to mean, roughly, >â€œany atmospheric phenomenon,â€ thus streaks/fireballs from meteoroids, hail, >rainbows and hurricanes all count as meteors.

In my experience, “meteor” has never been defined as “any atmospheric phenomena”. Sure more than a century ago, meteors were considered an atmospheric phenomena (hence â€œmeteorologyâ€ ), but I don’t think anyone has ever referred to a rainbow as a meteor!

By: Dave Kary

Dave Kary — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 20:50:34 +0000

I was in Chino Hills State Park in southern California, and stayed up from 2:15-4:00 a.m. Sunday morning. Definitely not a storm there, but there were a few nice bright Leonids, including one with a long tail going north through the big dipper. It was also a good excuse to set up my scope and enjoy the winter skies for a couple of hours.

By: Will M.

Will M. — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:28:38 +0000

Outside both Saturday and Sunday nights from 9 ’til 10:30 or so in northern CA between Lassen and Shasta and zip. No lights to worry about; clear skies, great stars, no Leonids. Last year we even drove to the top of the rim for a better view but got the same results…