To: Yosemitest
148 posted on
05/23/2014 12:31:41 PM PDT by
Yosemitest
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To: Yosemitest
Here's the Live Streaming Event Link
Comet 209P/LINEAR Special
Slooh, Scheduled for May 23, 2014
On the night of May 23rd, a new meteor shower will appear in the night sky with potential to become a full meteor storm as debris from Comet 209P/LINEAR passes by Earth this month.
Slooh will cover this possible meteor storm and the parent comet live as it draws closer to Earth than any other point during its orbit.
Slooh will broadcast the comet event from telescopes located off the west coast of Africa in the Canary Islands on May 23rd starting at 3 PM PDT / 6 PM EDT / 22 UTC,
then will follow up with live coverage of the new meteor shower starting at 8 PM PDT/ 11 PM EDT/ 03 UTC (5/24).
Viewers can watch free on Slooh.com and ask questions during the comet show by using hashtag #slooh.
The live image stream of Comet 209P/LINEAR will be accompanied by discussionsled by Slooh host Geoff Fox,
Slooh observatory director Paul Cox with special guests from NASA,
including meteor expert astronomer Dr. Peter Jenniskens,
and Asteroid Grand Challenge Program Executive, Jason Kessler.
The live meteor shower stream from North America will be accompanied by expert audio from Slooh astronomer Bob Berman.
149 posted on
05/23/2014 12:37:45 PM PDT by
Yosemitest
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