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Leonid Meteor Storm! When, Where and How to Watch
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| November 6, 2001
| By Heather Sparks, Staff Writer, SPACE.com
Posted on 11/07/2001 1:30:10 AM PST by MeekOneGOP
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Sit back and enjoy the show!
To: MeeknMing
Oooooooh, thanks! We live in a rural town in California and can easily see the Milky Way over our house. My favorites were Hyakutaki (sp?) which was fabulous over our house with a long wispy tail, and the orange/brown moon with Jupiter over the backyard fence with the juniper framing it, a very primordial memory.
My husband's become an astronomy buff and has gone beyond the ooooh and aaaah state of my love for the heavens and space.
Thanks again for the heads up!
To: MeeknMing
I plan to be back home in Idaho that weekend. It is darker there than San Diego. The critical question: will the weather cooperate? I just missed a fabulous aurora yesterday because of cloud cover. There is rain and snow in the forecast on Nov 15th. Just a short delay and the Leonid shower will be obscured.
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posted on
11/07/2001 1:45:10 AM PST
by
Myrddin
To: patriciaruth
Thanks again for the heads up!
You are welcomed! My brother lives in Rancho Cordova (near Sacramento). So you've reminded me I need to point him to this article as well. Thanks. Have a good day, PR!. . .
To: Myrddin
I plan to be back home in Idaho that weekend
Lucky you, I'm jealous!!
Cheers from Chile
To: MeeknMing
Thanks! I love this stuff!
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posted on
11/07/2001 2:01:07 AM PST
by
Nitro
To: MeeknMing
I saw an excellent display of the Leonids meteor shower in 1998.
I went with a group of friends to the top of Mount Wilson in Pasadena, CA, and we stayed all night until sunrise. The night was perfect because there was no moon and because it happened to be a rainy night with a thick cloud layer below us that completely blocked out all the Pasadena/Los Angeles light pollution but left a crystal-clear sky for us on the mountain-top. (Usually the sky looks orange at night in Pasadena from all the city light pollution; one can hardly see stars dimmer than the big dipper, if at all.)
The meteors looked greenish, left long trails, and were very bright, and were very frequent. It was spectacular! I wasn't able to watch in 1999 or 2000 because of clouds or the moon, (and I wasn't on Mt. Wilson) but this year is promising.
For best viewing of a meteor shower, watch an area of the sky about 40-50 degrees away from the radiant point (Leo) after the radiant point has risen above the horizon. For the Leonids, a convenient area to watch is the area of the big dipper. You have to watch exactly that night, Nov 16-17, since the shower peak is narrow. It's nice to lie on the ground or on a lounge chair and to wear warm clothes.
Good luck watching!
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posted on
11/07/2001 2:05:56 AM PST
by
heleny
To: Myrddin
What?! Aurora!? In Idaho or in San Diego!?
It's been cloudy in SD the last few days (and rainy on Sunday), but I didn't think aurora reached this far south. Don't tell me I missed it!
Has there still been extra sunspot activity recently?
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posted on
11/07/2001 2:08:57 AM PST
by
heleny
To: Myrddin; Snow Bunny; Republican Wildcat; Howlin; Fred Mertz; .30Carbine; Uff Da; Sungirl...
I plan to be back home in Idaho that weekend.
I lived in Mountain Home AFB, Idaho when I was a kid back in the mid-60's. Not many people realize that Idaho has Desert terrain too! Mountain Home is "sandstorm, scorpion" desert land. . . What part of Idaho are you from, Myrddin?
pings for all, btw!
To: Myrddin
The aurora was sooo beautiful the other night. I've never seen it so red, like a candy apple. It radiated from a point in the sky above our heads and streamers reached to the horizon in all directions. I felt like I was in God's cathederal.
My friends and I have been planning for weeks now to find as dark as possible spot to view what may be the best meteor storm of our lifetimes. Pleeesssse let it be a clear night.
Best wishes to you on your viewing. = = = = = = =*
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posted on
11/07/2001 2:23:30 AM PST
by
kanawa
To: MeeknMing
I predict that the Tallibums will also see a night display of celestially delivered fireworks.
To: packrat01
Nov. 17th is around when Ramadan begins this year. They'll be up all night to eat so they can sleep during the day. And, if we take out all their electricity, they'll have a really nice view of the meteors, along with a good view of the bombs we'll still be dropping!
Or, does the Taliban now shun astronomy, thinking everything's in the Koran? Islam was good at science, math, and astronomy about 1000 years ago, before their leaders stopped looking for new knowledge.
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posted on
11/07/2001 2:45:43 AM PST
by
heleny
To: heleny
Remember the Eunich Cult in Cali. a few year ago that committed suicide to catch an Asteroid to Heaven wellll to bad the Taliban did not follow suit. Save us money in warfare. BTW I do not advocate suicide. Nor do I advocate terrorism.
To: oceanperch
I do not advocate suicide.You don't think flying an aircraft into a tower is a form of suicide? We don't have enough planes and buildings to allow all of the muslims to "catch the comet".
To: heleny
It was a dark, and stormy night.
All the Tallibums were sitting around the campfire.
Mulla said, "Achmed, tell us a story!"
Achmed began, "It was a dark, and stormy night.
All the Tallibums were sitting around the campfire.
Mulla said, "Achmed, tell us a story!"
Achmed began...
To: packrat01
Your peception of what I wrote sounded creepy.
I was thinking more of them ODing themselves on downers like the Cali Cult did and then assume there prayful positions.
To: MeeknMing
I live just north of Pocatello. It is on the Lower Snake River Plain. The area is high desert. I'm at 4600 ft AMSL. It is very dry. When it snows, we get the nice powdery stuff (like granulated sugar). The folks further south in the valley get wet snow or rain. The area northwest of my home is broad and flat. To the south, I have the Pocatello valley and mountains that rise up to 6,700 feet. The winds from the west are frequently steady at 20 to 30 knots. That was one feature I failed to check out before moving here. Shooting at the outdoor range with a 30 knot wind at 40 degrees F is more difficult than plinking indoors :-)
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posted on
11/08/2001 1:10:12 AM PST
by
Myrddin
To: heleny
Dennis Mamana has been going up to the Lagunas around 3 AM. He shot some great aurora pics on Oct 28th and Nov 7th. You have to get away from the coastal haze and lights. The Perseids shower around August 11th is particularly good on the roads leading to Palomar mountain. Passing cars will mess up your dark adapted state, but you will have a very fine view of the meteor showers.
Check this link for recent aurora shots.
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posted on
11/08/2001 1:16:29 AM PST
by
Myrddin
To: TigersEye
Falling stars galore.
To: Myrddin
The winds from the west are frequently steady at 20 to 30 knots. That was one feature I failed to check out before moving here. Shooting at the outdoor range with a 30 knot wind at 40 degrees F is more difficult than plinking indoors :-)
Well, friend, we woulda been practically neighbors, then!:
Pocatello, Idaho
( http://maps.yahoo.com/py/pmap.py?Pyt=Tmap&addr=&csz=Pocatello,+ID+83201&city=Pocatello&state=ID&slt=42.884998&sln=-112.432404&zip=83201&country=us&BFKey=&BFCat=&BFClient=&mag=3&cs=7&name=&desc= )
Mountain Home AFB, Idaho
( http://maps.yahoo.com/py/pmap.py?Pyt=Tmap&addr=&csz=Mountain+Home+Afb,+ID&city=Mountain+Home+Afb&state=ID&slt=43.049600&sln=-115.865500&zip=&country=us&BFKey=&BFCat=&BFClient=&mag=3&cs=9&name=&desc= )
Idaho is a very BEAUTIFUL state! We also lived in Spokane, Washington. That is shown on both maps. For those not familiar with where that is, it is shown in the top of the maps, just west of the Northern Idaho panhandle area, about 30 miles from the Idaho/Washington State lines.
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