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Leonid Meteor showers
Magic 11/17/2010, 1:33 pm
The next couple nights.....unless you live here with wind and rain ....and even earthquakes lately 
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Re: Leonid Meteor showers
cravnravn 11/18/2010, 3:56 am
Which part of the sky?
Also, Im seeing Jupiter at 8:00 at night in the SE sky ahead of the moon..What the hell am I seeing in the eastern sky at 5:30am bright as bejesus? its gorgeous, pink sky low and this bright planet in the eastern sky..
Also, Im seeing Jupiter at 8:00 at night in the SE sky ahead of the moon..What the hell am I seeing in the eastern sky at 5:30am bright as bejesus? its gorgeous, pink sky low and this bright planet in the eastern sky..
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Re: Leonid Meteor showers
cravnravn 11/18/2010, 10:02 am
No wonder I couldnt see them, they were coming out of the southeast, Im always looking to the Northeast.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/11/check-out-the-leonid-meteor-shower-tonight/1
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/11/check-out-the-leonid-meteor-shower-tonight/1
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Re: Leonid Meteor showers
Magic 11/18/2010, 2:03 pm
The good thing about meteor showers is they can come from all over the sky and they get their names just to give you a area to look even though they have nothing to do with a constellation (LEO this time)
This one comes from the comet "Tempel-Tuttle" so it depends on the angle that a comet is passing and how close.
I will have to look and see which star you are seeing in the east.
I might have a clearer sky tonight.
You probably also see the constellation Orion with the orange-red colored star "Betelgeuse" and that "belt" of 3 stars has a brighter one called "Rigel"
My guess is the star you are seeing is Sirius which is the brightest star in the sky besides the sun of course.
It is actually about twice the size of our sun.
This one comes from the comet "Tempel-Tuttle" so it depends on the angle that a comet is passing and how close.
I will have to look and see which star you are seeing in the east.
I might have a clearer sky tonight.
You probably also see the constellation Orion with the orange-red colored star "Betelgeuse" and that "belt" of 3 stars has a brighter one called "Rigel"
My guess is the star you are seeing is Sirius which is the brightest star in the sky besides the sun of course.
It is actually about twice the size of our sun.
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Re: Leonid Meteor showers
Magic 11/19/2010, 2:02 pm
Yeah Venus is the early morning planet for a week or two.
And I am not an early bird and it was a cloudy night here again so I didn't get to take a look this time.
But it was sunny today for the first half.
I brought you the Star Gazer for this time of year.
And I am not an early bird and it was a cloudy night here again so I didn't get to take a look this time.
But it was sunny today for the first half.
I brought you the Star Gazer for this time of year.