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Spectacular Meteor Shower Expected
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Posted on 11/19/2002 12:24:12 AM PST by petuniasevan
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To: prisoner6
If you looked at 45 degrees at 5:11, the ISS went over from SSE-SE. Was visible for about three minutes ...
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posted on
11/19/2002 3:15:48 AM PST
by
Renegade
To: Physicist
Under partial high clouds 25 muiles north of Philly my daughter and I saw 70+ meteors 5:20 to 6:05 am.
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posted on
11/19/2002 3:21:26 AM PST
by
bvw
To: Physicist
Report from San Jose
Observation from 2:25 to 3:00 P.S.T. Full moon, but not too annoying.
Many - (20?) - short, quick meteors. Generally eminating from the sickle in the Leo constellation.
Ten or so of longer duration and one very bright, short meteor that left a vapor trail that lasted for near a minute. It left an after-image in my eye...one of, if not, the brightest I've ever seen.
Almost as good as a Persids shower I saw as a kid in mid-60's. That one was complete with it's own bollide. Almost peed in my sleeping bag when I saw that. : )
Missed last years show...bummer.
To: muleskinner
I checked it out about an hour ago here in Philly. Lots of light pollution but I still saw about 15 or so meteors. It was cool. I'm glad I got up.
To: Temple Owl
North of Dallas - suburban setting. Saw about 50 between 4:30 and 5:30 CST. The high haze, moon, and city lights didn't help. It was overcast here for every other shower this year, so this one was great.
To: CPOSharky
Northast Texas--- 4:30am - 5:45am --- 214 'definites' & almost as many 'maybes' -- culminated by a spectacular pass of the ISS. Set up on an oil well pad 1/2 mi from nearest road with a big pine blocking the moon.
Lots of short ones -- inside the 'sickle' of Leo. Saw one burst of 6 near head-ons through 7X50 binocs focused right on the radiant point.
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posted on
11/19/2002 4:02:25 AM PST
by
TXnMA
To: petuniasevan
Central MO 3:30 - 5:30 Central time
Not as good as last year show. Still pretty good saw about 200 during this time frame. Fewer this year with nice trails. Very much woth losing sleep to see the show. Some pretty good barrages around 4:30 to 4:45 am.
Wife sounded like she was having a good time "OOO! Aaah! Ooo! Ooo Aaaah!"
To: petuniasevan
Got up at 5 - fog. Couldn't see a thing.
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posted on
11/19/2002 4:28:45 AM PST
by
mombonn
To: Physicist
Saw a large satellite (possibly ISS) pass within 30 degrees of zenith at 5:10, heading southeast.Confirmed from HeavensAbove.com:
Date |
Mag |
Starts |
Max. Altitude |
Ends |
Time |
Alt. |
Az. |
Time |
Alt. |
Az. |
Time |
Alt. |
Az. |
19 Nov |
-0.6 |
05:10:12 |
63 |
SSW |
05:10:12 |
63 |
SSW |
05:13:06 |
10 |
SE |
Saw a possible Iridium flare to the south at 5:14.
Also confirmed, same source:
Date |
Local Time |
Intensity ( Mag) |
Alt. |
Azimuth |
Distance to flare centre |
Intensity at flare centre (Mag.) |
Satellite |
19 Nov |
05:14:04 |
-2 |
25° |
172° (S ) |
25.8 km (W) |
-7 |
Iridium 46 |
To: petuniasevan
Saw a beautiful show this morning.
Saw about 40 between 4:35a and 5:45a. However, I did take a 5-8 minute hot chocolate break a little after 5am.
To: All
Correction: the correct web address for ISS and Iridium schedules (and many others) is
www.heavens-above.com.
To: petuniasevan
I counted 100 (only a few "maybes") in 30 minutes from 2:28 to 2:58 PST at higher elevation in the intermountain west, away from large cities, but around street lights (moon was only factor of concern). I surely missed many that were visible toward the west of the zenith due to my position.
Many close to Leo's sickle, and lots of larger ones at up to 90 degrees away (most seen to west and northwest.)
Some uncoordinated bursts of 4 or so in 5-10 seconds.
Worth waking up for and sitting in sub-freexing weather!
Thanks to all who reported in!
I went out to the western shore of Lake Winnebago and found a fairly dark location (does every boat launch boast a 5000-watt stadium light???) south of Neenah.
The bright moonlight didn't help matters.
Anyway, it was about 28 degrees but clear (miracle; it was cloudy at midnight).
I observed for about an hour: from 4 to 5 AM Central. I saw around 100 or so meteors. Most were faint, but there were a few bright greenish ones. It seemed to me that a majority of meteors' trajectories were in a northerly direction.
There were several "bursts" of activity where multiple meteors would seem to spray in all directions.
I would have stayed out until dawn, but I needed to get home so I could go to work; I had to be there before 6:30.
I was so tired when I got home that I went to bed at 3 PM!
It was worth it, though.
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