ChanMan Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Gibbous moon will hide all but the brightest meteors, so it's best to see after it sets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 I used to drive a Pontiac Meteor Leonig Model 4 door.......It only worked one week each year. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted November 18, 2010 Author Share Posted November 18, 2010 Spelling error on my part... Leonid.... not Leonig. Could become a meteor storm, from what I've read. Several meteors per hour..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky4 Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Too much cloud cover here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted November 18, 2010 Author Share Posted November 18, 2010 Here, too. Supposed to be visible tonight as well.... I'll cross my fingers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 It's to cold here to shower outside... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vourot Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Glad to see some interest in Astronomy. I have to correct Chanman though. A meteor storm would be something to see indeed ! A meteor storm! The very term makes an honest stargazer's heart beat faster. While a good meteor shower, like the Perseids, may show 50-60 meteors every hour, a meteor storm sprays shooting stars at a rate of hundreds or thousands an hour. During a spectacular storm in 1833, the sky seemed to "fill with falling fire" for nearly half the night. While spectacular, a meteor storm, which comes in at #5 on our "Bucket List for Backyard Stargazers", may be the most difficult to see because they are extremely brief and rare. But take heart. NASA is already preparing to deal with a possible outburst next year from a usually lacklustre shower in Draco. And since such events are hard to predict, there may be more opportunities in the coming years. One thing for sure... if you do see a meteor storm, you'll never forget it. This is an excerpt from " One Minute Astronomer " That I get emailed to me a couple times a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 ChanMan, do you have the Google Sky Map app? It's supercool.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted November 19, 2010 Author Share Posted November 19, 2010 Glad to see some interest in Astronomy. I have to correct Chanman though. A meteor storm would be something to see indeed ! A meteor storm! The very term makes an honest stargazer's heart beat faster. While a good meteor shower, like the Perseids, may show 50-60 meteors every hour, a meteor storm sprays shooting stars at a rate of hundreds or thousands an hour. During a spectacular storm in 1833, the sky seemed to "fill with falling fire" for nearly half the night. While spectacular, a meteor storm, which comes in at #5 on our "Bucket List for Backyard Stargazers", may be the most difficult to see because they are extremely brief and rare. But take heart. NASA is already preparing to deal with a possible outburst next year from a usually lacklustre shower in Draco. And since such events are hard to predict, there may be more opportunities in the coming years. One thing for sure... if you do see a meteor storm, you'll never forget it. This is an excerpt from " One Minute Astronomer " That I get emailed to me a couple times a week. My source was a web article that stated that the Leonid Showers produced so many meteors that they were often considered a meteor storm. Could be semantics, could be misinformation, probably irrelevant to notifying the board that they could go see some cool stuff in the sky.... :D Rocketman... I do now, thanks!! I DO have a really nice telescope that came with sky tracking software (with a USB interface that connects a PC to the telescope). It's pretty wicked, but a lot of work to get set up. For anyone who is a skywatcher, looks like the Geminids will be active on the night of Dec 13, with the moon setting MUCH earlier at midnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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