skygal3 0 #1 November 18, 2002 Last chance until 2099 to see the leonid meteor shower...this year scientists estimate there will be thousands of meteors every hour, the largest such until the end of the century. Despite the full moon the shower should be visible from Western Africa to Eastern US...too bad it's going to snow here. Not sure what my plans will be in 2099.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
highfly 0 #2 November 18, 2002 Is it tonight? www.myspace.com/durtymac Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #3 November 18, 2002 gotta go find a place with no city lightsI swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cgross 1 #4 November 18, 2002 Best viewing time on the east coast will be 5:30 AM, just before the sun comes up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnJug 0 #5 November 18, 2002 Yup, tonight. Working from memory here, so might not be completely accurate, but there are going to be 2 peak periods. One I beleive is at 11 or 11:30 eastern, the second one is at 5:30 am eastern, 2:30 am pacific. You should be able to find news articles about it easily enough for more info on best viewing conditions, etc... You come from nothing. You go back to nothing. What have you lost? Nothing! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #6 November 18, 2002 Quote Not sure what my plans will be in 2099.... I will probably be a brain in a jar operating a cyborg at that point. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #7 November 18, 2002 2099 isnt that far away.i mena our life exectancy will be around 100 so Ill miss it by 25 years or so!My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skygal3 0 #8 November 18, 2002 just checking my email and MSN had a quick link to this article on viewing: http://www.msnbc.com/news/832133.asp?cp1=1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #9 November 18, 2002 Quotejust checking my email Check your PMs too!!! ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skygal3 0 #10 November 18, 2002 lol...I haven't forgotten... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #11 November 18, 2002 QuoteLast chance until 2099 to see the leonid meteor shower... I've heard this a couple of times on the news and . . . it's totally bogus! The Leonids are an annual event. Happens -every- year just like clockwork. Some years are better than others, but not again until 2099? Gimme a break!quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billo 0 #12 November 18, 2002 Quote The Leonids are an annual event. Happens -every- year just like clockwork. Some years are better than others, but not again until 2099? Gimme a break! exactly...the only reason i can guess that they mentioned 2099 is because the regularity of the leonid intensity. sure it will be a nice little shower every year, but it is more of a meteor storm every 31 or 33 years if i remember correctly. maybe they think the next mega-storm will be in 99.hell yeah i'll be out there tonight watching, i just hope we don't get clouded out! b Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iflyme 0 #13 November 18, 2002 Last year I took the wife and kids outside, and we stopped counting meteors a 400 ... it was incredible! But this year -- it is raining heavily right now -- with little chance of any clearing, so we ain't gonna see squat... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #14 November 18, 2002 if you rub your eyes real hard you xcan see meteors any time you want!My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpaceUnknown 0 #15 November 18, 2002 The sky here is lookin pretty clear so I hope to see something... during the last few metor storms, we had cloud cover.James AAAAA - American Association Against Acronym Abuse. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iflyme 0 #16 November 19, 2002 Quotebut it is more of a meteor storm every 31 or 33 years if i remember correctlyThe reason a "storm" is forecasted is becuse Earth will be passing through a particularly thick cloud of debris in the tail of comet Swift-Tuttle. And 33 years is how long the comet takes to orbit the star we live closest to. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
