[sac-board] FW: [sac-announce] Re: Fw: Leonid Meteors flyer



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Skiff [SMTP:bas@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 2:18 PM
> To:   spicastar@xxxxxxx
> Subject:      [sac-announce] Re: Fw: Leonid Meteors flyer
> 
> >> Comet Swift-Tuttle....
> 
>      That's the comet associated with the Perseids, que no?  The Leonids
> comet is Tempel-Tuttle, yes?
> 
> >> Sunday morning of November 18th from 3:00 AM until dawn.
> 
>      Isn't the McNaught-Asher prediction for 9:55 UT = 2:55am, with an
> uncertainty of only a few minutes?  If that really happens, then folks
> who look outside after 3a may miss the whole thing, since it could last
> only 20 minutes or so.  I'd recommend viewing from midnight onwards.
> 
>      Along with fixing these possible errors, it might be good to add
> a couple of authoritative URLs (like McNaught's) so further details could
> be obtained.
> 
> \Brian

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