Leonid meteor shower peaks Wednesday

Mon Nov 15, 2010 11:54 am » by **Freeyourmindnow**

Skygazers will have the best opportunity to witness the Leonid meteor shower in the two to three hours before dawn on Wednesday and Thursday, according to the editors of StarDate magazine.

If skies are clear, viewers should expect to see at least 20 meteors per hour, the magazine said. The nearly full Moon will set several hours before dawn, so viewers won't have to worry about it washing out meteors as dawn approaches.

The name Leonid comes from the constellation Leo, which appears to be the source of the meteor shower. It turns out that Leonids are actually bits of debris from the Comet Tempel-Tuttle that are left behind as the comet orbits the Sun. The amount of visible meteors depends on where Earth passes through the comet's debris trail.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/14/le ... ter&hpt=C1

Mon Nov 15, 2010 12:18 pm » by **Stratosfear**

Cool. Bet it will be cloudy though - sods law will come into force as it always seems to with astronomical event in our neck of the woods!

Mon Nov 15, 2010 12:21 pm » by **Freeyourmindnow**

stratosfear wrote:Cool. Bet it will be cloudy though - sods law will come into force as it always seems to with astronomical event in our neck of the woods!

i hope not, this one is going to be very cool one :cheers:

Mon Nov 15, 2010 1:21 pm » by **Stratosfear**

freeyourmindnow wrote:
stratosfear wrote:Cool. Bet it will be cloudy though - sods law will come into force as it always seems to with astronomical event in our neck of the woods!

i hope not, this one is going to be very cool one

Here's hoping :cheers:

Tue Nov 16, 2010 11:32 pm » by **Freeyourmindnow**

it is going to happen tomorrow guys. :cheers:

at least 20 meteors per hour

Thu Nov 18, 2010 3:08 am » by **sockpuppet**

Bump.

Thu Nov 18, 2010 3:16 am » by **dlslith**

Find a place to watch it that's not heavily lighted. The darker the better

Thu Nov 18, 2010 3:26 am » by **Freeyourmindnow**

http://fcmdsc.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/ ... or-shower/

:cheers:

Thu Nov 18, 2010 3:35 am » by **dlslith**

This stuff is so cool. Great post!