leonid meteor shower

[torn asunder]

article here!

anyone going to be watching this, either up early, or late, as the case may be?

Edited November 16, 2009 by torn asunder

[TheGimp]

i MAY get up to watch this...i'm debating i dunno if it will be dark enough here to see anything >.<

[taysteewonderbunny]

Perhaps. Not incredibly likely though. Too bad I don't live farther away from the city, or else I would get up to see it.

[Troy Spiral (13)]

Most of the Detroit suburbs are locked in a big light pollution zone unfortunately. It is a solid hour+ drive to get anywhere with reasonably darkened skies. I'm a big astronomy buff but actual "observational astronomy" of some types is difficult around here. That said I stood outside for about an hour and saw a few despite the bad light pollution in Westland. (Just now past peak time of 3-5 am Eastern Time)

The Leonids expected to "peak" nov 17th you can still see them a few days before/after to much less effect. In 2001 these were really a good showing. Various showers happen at the same time every year due to the crossing of the earths orbit across the orbits of comets. The comets leave "dust trails" which we see as "shooting stars" (fragments of matter burning up in the earth atmosphere)

[torn asunder]

... and after posting about this, i fell asleep early & missed the whole thing!!

[Homicidalheathen]

it was waaay to hazy in roseville for anything to be visable last night. Dark and hazy, way to many city lights...I wish I could sneak a telescope to the big hill at stoney for this. Need a couple mopeds or something

[TheOsakaKoneko]

GODDAMMIT you all need to post a few hours earlier about this! I didn't know about it! D:D:D: T____T

I checked DGN yesterday afternoon but not yesterday evening...christ. D:

[LadyKay]

I saw it! My husband called me at 4:30am this morning when he was on his way to work and told me about it. I got out of bed to watch.

[prick]

I just found out about this now damn it! My computers down and I have to go to the library to get on line.