[AZ-Observing] Re: Upcoming Leonid meteors
- From: "Steve Coe" <stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:13:00 -0700
Tom, et al;
I am going to still hold out hope, just because of our recent Orionids
shower experience. Even though Orion was still over the horizon at 9 PM =
or
so, there were still some big, bright meteors coming from that =
direction.
Let's hope that same effect happens in two weeks.
See ya;
Steve Coe
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Polakis
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 3:30 PM
To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Upcoming Leonid meteors
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:=20
> Sentinel attendees;
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> 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. =20
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> Clear Skies to us all;
> Steve Coe
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Polakis
> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 12:21 PM
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> Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Upcoming Leonid meteors
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> ---- Brian Skiff <bas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:=20
> >... two-revolution dust trail of comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle around 2006 =
Nov.
> > 19d04h50m UT, with a FWHM of 38 min...
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> That's 9:50 p.m. MST on the Saturday night of the Sentinel Stargaze. =
Not
> bad timing.
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> Tom
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