Comments on: Leonid meteors tonight!

By: QuietDesperation

QuietDesperation — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:09:30 +0000

Must they schedule these things on work nights? Sheesh!

By: J Earley

J Earley — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:29:32 +0000

Here in Oregon, there is fog, rain or snow right now, depending on location. Bummer.

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:46:50 +0000

So I hauled myself out of my nice warm comfy bed at 3:30 a.m., got bundled up, and headed out with camera and tripod. Watched the setting moon and was thankful for clear skies and mild weather. And waited. And waited. And for my hour and a half of standing out there taking long exposures and hoping, all I saw were about 4 little pffft!s, winkly little piddly meteors that I would have missed had I blinked. The predictions of this year’s Leonid shower being a poor showing were understated, this was the non-event of the season. Let’s hope the Geminids put on a better show!

By: Sam H

Sam H — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:02:34 +0000

Unfortunately there’ll be no stargazing for me for the foreseeable future – you won’t believe the snow up here in Calgary. At least I found a place almost 100 km south of the city that I and Sadie (8-inch dob) went to in August – ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!! We saw the nebulae in Sagittarius, M81 and M82, Andromeda and Triangulum (galaxies!), M13, Jupiter – and more !! Only thing I didn’t find was the Bubble Nebula…
Can’t wait for the snow to settle (and school to end!)

By: Thomas Beck

Thomas Beck — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:46:00 +0000

Last Friday and Saturday around 4 pm EST, while driving towards Philadelphia, I saw what had to be meteors in the sky a little bit to the north of due West. They looked at first like contrails in the blue sky, but there were so many of them! At least 4 or 5 at a time, all plunging downward. I saw them Friday between 4 and 5 p.m., and then again in the exact same place at the exact same time on Saturday. They couldn’t have been jet trails because there were so many of them, in the same place, at the same time of day on two successive days. Were those the Leonids? Or, if not, what were they? Thanks!

By: Messier Tidy Upper

Messier Tidy Upper — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:55:22 +0000

Another website that I think is pretty good is the meteor showers online one :

http://meteorshowersonline.com/index.html

with their page on the Leonids here :

http://meteorshowersonline.com/leonids.html

Also remember folks that the nights / mornings on either side of the meteor shower peak can sometimes be pretty great as well.

So it still might not be too late leonids~wise tonight /’morrow – That’s certainly what I’m hoping anyway.

By: Neil Haggath

Neil Haggath — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:54:58 +0000

#5 Kevin:
It means midnight local time. Regardless of your location, you’re likely to see more meteors in the morning, after local midnight, because then you’re on the leading side of the Earth. Before local midnight, you’re on the trailing side. See Phil’s analogy about bugs on your windscreen.

By: Messier Tidy Upper

Messier Tidy Upper — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:45:59 +0000

Cloudy here, alas. Last few nights and morns. Plus a fairly large amount of moonlight & plenty of trees and other objects blocking the horizon to say nothing of the whopping, horrid streetlight that’s right outside my door. Sigh.

I’ll see how it goes tomorrow morn perhaps but I’m not expecting much this time.

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By: John

John — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 02:28:58 +0000

I’ll second the motion on the hot tub. Even better for northern lights.