METEOR STORM!!! North America: early morning Sunday, Nov. 18

ABEL · 11-17-2001, 02:50 AM

The Leonid meteor shower peaks early Sunday morning, Nov. 18, best viewed between midnight and dawn. If you are able to get away from bright city lights, the show is forecast to be spectacular this year, with possibly 3000 meteors (shooting stars) per hour. It's truly an awesome sight if you get to see it!

Check this website for more info on viewing:
http://www.leonidstorm.com/

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Like O2 · 11-17-2001, 04:02 AM

Thanks for the link, ABEL. Wonder if I can drive far enough away from the Vegas lights to see this?

~LadyLemon~ · 11-17-2001, 04:33 AM

I'm looking forward to this!

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ABEL · 11-17-2001, 04:55 AM

Here's another helpful link:

Starcast (shows what the viewing conditions for your area will be like)
http://www.intellicast.com/Star/Worl...kyWatch/d1_00/

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Miss MacPhisto · 11-17-2001, 06:09 PM

I usually view this one every year, along with the Perseid shower.
I can never get away from the city lights, but i can always still see a few of them. So itll still be cool.

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cass · 11-18-2001, 01:58 PM

No city lights, no leonid shower on view either; 100%cloud cover. Hope you have better luck over/up there. We did have spectacular lightening all night, but still...I missed it.
**cass gives ABEL a clear morning sky as a belated b'day gift**

scatteroflight · 11-18-2001, 02:00 PM

I saw it beautifully, see what I wrote in the other thread...I've never watched anything quite like that before.

Of course, still being more or less in the city (though at a dark golf course) I only saw a few a minute. I did wonder what it would be like hundreds of miles from cities--the sky raining meteors? What I saw was quite spectacular enough for me, though.

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**Bonochick** · 11-18-2001, 02:23 PM

We had too much fog to see anything.

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baker6621 · 11-18-2001, 02:26 PM

I saw like 2, and me and my friend were way too tired...hehe

ABEL · 11-18-2001, 11:56 PM

Glad you got to see the meteors for those of you who did. I managed to see 6 good meteors through the breaks in the clouds here, but it was mostly cloudy. By 4am we were clouded over completely

Well, there's always next year!

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She Is Raging · 11-19-2001, 04:16 AM

Lucky I work the night shift for once... I was able to see some of it. I'm smack in the middle of Boston, but on the 1oth floor with a great view of the skyline. With the lights and everything though... I saw 9 shooters ...

Someone posed a good question though... can you wish on them if you know ahead of time that they're coming??

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11-17-2001, 02:50 AM	#1
ABEL An Angel In Devil's Shoes Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Netherlands Posts: 18,844 Local Time: 04:16 AM	METEOR STORM!!! North America: early morning Sunday, Nov. 18 The Leonid meteor shower peaks early Sunday morning, Nov. 18, best viewed between midnight and dawn. If you are able to get away from bright city lights, the show is forecast to be spectacular this year, with possibly 3000 meteors (shooting stars) per hour. It's truly an awesome sight if you get to see it! Check this website for more info on viewing: http://www.leonidstorm.com/ ------------------ Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. -Albert Einstein www.geocities.com/u2_celebrate/u2_celebration.html http://www.geocities.com/u2austin2001/U2AustinTX.html __________________

11-17-2001, 04:02 AM	#2
Like O2 She wore graaaapes Join Date: May 2001 Location: Slightly north of the Lone Star state Posts: 1,800 Local Time: 04:16 AM	Thanks for the link, ABEL. Wonder if I can drive far enough away from the Vegas lights to see this? __________________

11-19-2001, 04:16 AM	#11
She Is Raging Refugee Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Outside Boston Posts: 1,729 Local Time: 05:16 AM	Lucky I work the night shift for once... I was able to see some of it. I'm smack in the middle of Boston, but on the 1oth floor with a great view of the skyline. With the lights and everything though... I saw 9 shooters ... Someone posed a good question though... can you wish on them if you know ahead of time that they're coming?? ------------------ How do you keep a moron busy for an hour? Two words... Extreme Paddleball "wow...look at those two birds... they look just like airplanes, the way they're flying..." " because they are airplanes..." __________________

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11-17-2001, 04:33 AM	#3
~LadyLemon~ I Serve Larry's Stick Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Akron Posts: 7,392 Local Time: 06:16 AM	I'm looking forward to this! ------------------ And I have no religion And I don't know what's what

11-17-2001, 04:55 AM	#4
ABEL An Angel In Devil's Shoes Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Netherlands Posts: 18,844 Local Time: 04:16 AM	Here's another helpful link: Starcast (shows what the viewing conditions for your area will be like) http://www.intellicast.com/Star/Worl...kyWatch/d1_00/ ------------------ Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. -Albert Einstein www.geocities.com/u2_celebrate/u2_celebration.html http://www.geocities.com/u2austin2001/U2AustinTX.html

11-17-2001, 06:09 PM	#5
Miss MacPhisto Banned Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Planet Pleba Posts: 1,957 Local Time: 02:16 AM	I usually view this one every year, along with the Perseid shower. I can never get away from the city lights, but i can always still see a few of them. So itll still be cool. ------------------ Look...look what you've done to me...You've made me poor and infamous, and I thank you... My name is MISS MACPHISTO...I'm tired and i want to go HOME... "Well you tell...Bonovista,that i said hello and that my codename is Belleview" - Bono before opening night of Anaheim Elevation concert

11-18-2001, 01:58 PM	#6
cass Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Australia. Posts: 6,117 Local Time: 08:16 PM	No city lights, no leonid shower on view either; 100%cloud cover. Hope you have better luck over/up there. We did have spectacular lightening all night, but still...I missed it. cass gives ABEL a clear morning sky as a belated b'day gift

11-18-2001, 02:00 PM	#7
scatteroflight Refugee Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: a dream landscape Posts: 1,736 Local Time: 10:16 AM	I saw it beautifully, see what I wrote in the other thread...I've never watched anything quite like that before. Of course, still being more or less in the city (though at a dark golf course) I only saw a few a minute. I did wonder what it would be like hundreds of miles from cities--the sky raining meteors? What I saw was quite spectacular enough for me, though. ------------------ You've got to cry without weeping Talk without speaking Scream without raising your voice [This message has been edited by scatteroflight (edited 11-18-2001).]

11-18-2001, 02:23 PM	#8
Bonochick Halloweenhead Forum Moderator Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Cherry Lane Posts: 40,820 Local Time: 06:16 AM	We had too much fog to see anything. ------------------ "I don't know you, But you don't know the half of it..."

11-18-2001, 02:26 PM	#9
baker6621 War Child Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Earth, why have borders? Posts: 594 Local Time: 10:16 AM	I saw like 2, and me and my friend were way too tired...hehe

11-18-2001, 11:56 PM	#10
ABEL An Angel In Devil's Shoes Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Netherlands Posts: 18,844 Local Time: 04:16 AM	Glad you got to see the meteors for those of you who did. I managed to see 6 good meteors through the breaks in the clouds here, but it was mostly cloudy. By 4am we were clouded over completely Well, there's always next year! ------------------ Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. -Albert Einstein www.geocities.com/u2_celebrate/u2_celebration.html http://www.geocities.com/u2austin2001/U2AustinTX.html