Posted on 08/28/2007 6:17:36 PM PDT by IonImplantGuru
For FReepers in the western US (& Hawaii), I have a heads-up for - potentially - a really nice meteor display early this coming Saturday morning. Points east will not be able to see the peak of the display because - at 4:36 AM PDT - twilight or daytime will already have occurred. The best show will be looking to the northeast. There will be a 3/4 full waning moon high in the sky, so if the observer can shield oneself from the moon behind an obstacle (phone pole, house, car, tree, etc.) the viewing will be improved. I was turned on to this rare opportunity because an on-line correspondent of mine is a board member of the American Meteor society. How rare? Might not get another chance this good for another 70 years or so; I don't know about you, but I doubt I'll be able to make that next show.
The above picture shows the day/night dividing line at the predicted peak of the shower. At that point there may be 200 to 300 meteors/hr, or about 3 - 4 per min. Colors tend towards blue & green as opposed to the usual yellow for, say, the August Perseids. Some these should be as bright as the brightest stars, and penetrate deeper into the atmosphere than most showers.
More detail can be found at http://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/aurigids.html>
Hopefully the 'seeing' will be good (ie, clear skies) in YOUR neck of the woods!
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Aw :(
I want a nice show in the northeast.
Could you please reschedule that for Friday night? I’ll be free then. Thanks!
Very cool! I hope you have clear skies :)
Hopefully we’ll have clear skies in Seattle. *\;-) My camera should be out there to record this!
my youngest daughter and I have gotten up at2 - 4 am every fall to watch metor showers....she’s moved out, but i think i’ll go out and watch anyway.
Thanks for a super pic of the coming light show.I’am a Kitty Hawk sailor as well 1961-62.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!............
Cue the opening song from “Smallville”.......
Hey, why do meteor showers always peak at 4:30AM, huh??? EVERY meteor shower for the last billion years or so has peaked at 4:30AM, it seems. It's a conspiracy, I tell 'ya. Just why the heck can't meteors keep civilized hours and peak at 11PM for once? It's a sure bet that the dinosaurs were wiped out at 4:30AM (local Chicxulub time).
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I’m sure we’ll be covered in clouds. LOL
Weather report......
Friday Night through Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 50s. Highs in the lower to mid 70s.
DARN....but, there is a full eclipse of the moon TONIGHT, starting about 3am.....full eclipse will be about 5am....
I’ll be getting up around 3:30 AM, as usuual. :o)
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The eclipse was last night. Sorry to give you bad news.
LAST NIGHT?????????????????? Oh, shoot!
This will be a nice bonus for those of us who’ll be up early for the dove opener in CA.
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