Leonids meteor shower

6 posts ยท Nov 17 1998 to Nov 17 1998

From: Tony Christney <tchristney@t...>

Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 17:34:20 -0800

Subject: Re: Leonids meteor shower

> At 06:44 AM 11/17/98 -0500, you wrote:

Now, if it would only stop raining...

:(

From: David <dluff@e...>

Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 06:44:26 -0500

Subject: Leonids meteor shower

Check this site out from NASA for the Leonids meteor shower, predictions are
for a very strong shower.

http://www.LeonidsLive.com/

From: Robin Paul <Robin.Paul@t...>

Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 17:56:06 +0000

Subject: Re: Leonids meteor shower

> At 17:34 16/11/98 -0800, you wrote:

I was up bright and early this morning (5a.m.) and stood like a gumby in the
street for 20 minutes, during which time I counted 37 meteors, including
several fireballs. One of the latter produced such a flash that I caught it
despite it initially being outside my field of view.

Naturally, with the main event due tonight, the UK is pointing the wrong way
and it's clouding over. Still worth a look though!

Rob

From: Adrian Johnson <ajohnson@i...>

Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 14:03:33 -0500

Subject: Re: Leonids meteor shower

> At 12:40 PM 11/17/98 -0800, you wrote:

Am I the only one who read "Day of the Triffids"? I hide under my pillow when
I hear there's a meteor shower coming...

From: Robin Paul <Robin.Paul@t...>

Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 20:39:12 +0000

Subject: Re: Leonids meteor shower

> At 12:40 17/11/98 -0800, you wrote:
No, but all the soup, spaghetti and sausages in the house have mysteriously
disappeared...

Rob

From: Los <los@c...>

Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:40:32 -0800

Subject: Re: Leonids meteor shower

> Rob Paul wrote:

> I was up bright and early this morning (5a.m.) and stood like a gumby

Were you able distinguish between which actual meteors and which were cleverly
hidden PA drops?