[AZ-Observing] Re: Upcoming Leonid meteors
- From: Tom Polakis <tpolakis@xxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:29:39 -0500
Well duh, I should have thought of that. Can you see *any* shower meteors when
the radiant is completely below the horizon? My one very negative experience
was when I was in Namibia during the Perseid shower of 2004. The radiant
culminated only about 5 degrees above the northern horizon. I saw serveral
meteors per hour at that time You wouldn't have even known there was a meteor
shower.
Tom
---- Steve Coe <stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sentinel attendees;
>
> I did a few minutes checking with a planetarium program and the Sickle of
> Leo and Saturn will not be up until midnight, so the meteors we will see
> will be coming over the eastern horizon, hopefully a long way over the
> horizon. It certainly could be fun.
>
> Clear Skies to us all;
> Steve Coe
>
>
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>
> ---- Brian Skiff <bas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >... two-revolution dust trail of comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle around 2006 Nov.
> > 19d04h50m UT, with a FWHM of 38 min...
>
> That's 9:50 p.m. MST on the Saturday night of the Sentinel Stargaze. Not
> bad timing.
>
> Tom
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