Stargazers ... Leonids Meteor shower

[EGT]

Return of the Leonids

A bit late, but I just thought I should post about this. I saw 3 very bright meteors last night and I'll be keeping an eye out for some more tonight.

"Estimates range from 0445 UT to 0630 UT on Nov. 19th (11:45 p.m. on Nov. 18th to 1:30 am EST on Nov. 19th). The timing favors western Europe, Africa, Brazil and eastern parts of North America."

"keep an eye out for Leonid meteors the nights of Nov. 17th – 19th. "The best time to look," he says, "is just before local dawn when the constellation Leo is high in the sky."

"Best viewing window: European observers should have the best view, during the predawn hours of Sunday, November 19. North American observers (East Coast strongly favored) should start watching just before midnight on Saturday evening, November 18, and continue watching through the morning hours of November 19."

Happy stargazing. 🙂

 

[SamIchi]

Hmm Maybe I will if it's not too cold. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[eyemacg5]

<3 2 u!

Thanks, I read this on aol new and was going to stay up, totally forgot and was just about to go to bed, now you reminded me <3 to you!

Thanks

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Thanks, but I'm not entirely sure I'll have any luck trying to catch them...



🙁

 

[eyemacg5]

eeek

for me =(

 

[dcv]

I'd love to see this but it's never bloody dark enough in London 🙁

 

[eyemacg5]

well it didnt happen yet, i spent over an hour in 1ºc freezing even though i was dressed like this

 

[Mammoth]

well it didnt happen yet, i spent over an hour in 1ºc freezing even though i was dressed like this

Hehe... I only dress like that if it's -10°C 😀

 

[Chundles]

Hehe... I only dress like that if it's -10°C 😀

-10°C?

Luxury.

When I was living in Canada we'd only dress up like that if it was -30°C or less.

 

[EGT]

BRRR, it was a cold one alright. I only saw 3 more and they were dim, short lived ones. 🙁

Ahhh well, it was a very calm, starlit night. Plenty of beer and peanuts. 😛 Good way to spend an evenin' 😉