[MDOsprey] Leonid meteor shower
Tyler Bell (Bell@acnatsci.org)
Tue, 16 Nov 1999 08:56:55 -0500
MDO:
I know this isn't bird related but most of you out there would
probably like to get a glimpse of this, if it pans out.
I got this from the following URL:
http://wxnet4.nbc4.com/chap5/spaceevents.html
November 17-18, 1999--Leonid Meteors. At 33-year intervals,
this shower can potentially put on a "storm" of thousands per hour.
This is one of those years. Unfortunately, the predicted maximum is
9p.m. EST on November 17--about three hours before the
emanation point of the meteors (in the constellation Leo, hence the
name "Leonid") comes above the eastern horizon for eastern
North America. "If," however, the meteors come a few hours later
than expected, those along the U.S. East Coast could see a brief
bevy of brilliant, ultrafast meteors firing out of the eastern sky
around midnight. Best place to watch? Europe and north Africa
where Leo will be high in the east when the meteors build toward
their spectacular climax in the early hours of November 18.
Good Birding!
Tyler Bell
mailto:bell@acnatsci.org
California, MD
http://www.audubon.org/chapter/md/smas/