Meteor shower tonight!! (11/17)

[iamme]

http://stardate.org/nightsky/meteors/

http://www.space.com/spacewatc...12_leonid_meteors.html

In the 2004 Observer?s Handbook of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, meteor experts Margaret Campbell-Brown and Peter Brown, indicate that this year?s peak activity should occur on the morning of Nov. 17.

They cite 9:00 GMT, which corresponds to 4 a.m. EST and 1 a.m. PST. This is the moment when the Earth will be passing closest to the orbit of the long-departed comet, and when our planet seemingly is most likely to encounter some residual comet material. This time is highly favorable for North Americans, especially those in the eastern United States and eastern Canada.

thanks to AT, i've seen a lunar eclipse and the northern lights (thanks to mobobuff).

very cool stuff. more astronomical activity than i've ever seen in my life.

hopefully, tonight's skies will be clear and we can see the meteor shower!

 

[mobobuff]

I'll have my eyes open.

 

[Adul]

:thumbsup:

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: mobobuff
I'll have my eyes open.

many thanks for informing me of the cool northern lights show i'll never forget that one.

 

[iamme]

ack, it looks like the meteor shower will be visible around 4am EST. or is that this past morning? another quote said that we might see stuff for a few nights. regardless, i'll be sky gazing tonight

For instance: sometime around 6:40 GMT (1:40 a.m. EST) on the 19th, the Earth might interact with material that was shed by comet Tempel-Tuttle back in the year 1333. But at best, only about 10 Leonids per hour may be seen. Lyytinen even suggests that because of gravitational perturbations affecting these particles after making 20 trips around the Sun, that this sparse activity might actually take place several hours earlier, which would favor observers in Europe.

that's pretty cool. material from the commet might be from a comet 671 years ago :Q

 

[MacBaine]

Cool... hope it isn't cloudy.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: iamme
http://stardate.org/nightsky/meteors/

http://www.space.com/spacewatc...12_leonid_meteors.html

In the 2004 Observer?s Handbook of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, meteor experts Margaret Campbell-Brown and Peter Brown, indicate that this year?s peak activity should occur on the morning of Nov. 17.

They cite 9:00 GMT, which corresponds to 4 a.m. EST and 1 a.m. PST. This is the moment when the Earth will be passing closest to the orbit of the long-departed comet, and when our planet seemingly is most likely to encounter some residual comet material. This time is highly favorable for North Americans, especially those in the eastern United States and eastern Canada.

thanks to AT, i've seen a lunar eclipse and the northern lights (thanks to mobobuff).

very cool stuff. more astrological activity than i've ever seen in my life.

hopefully, tonight's skies will be clear and we can see the meteor shower!

ASTRONOMICAL

It really pisses me off when people mix them up. I'm not going to school and suffering through 9 years of math, physics, and astronomy to be called an astrologer and tell people what happens when my moon hits your anus.



PS: I do get that a lot actually. I'm technically enrolled in astronomy, but am taking a lot of physics as well, so to make it clear to people, I say I'm doing astrophysics (basically the same anyways). It's amazing how many think signs and birthdates when I say astronomer.

PPS: And my mathematician friend got an even better one once: "So what are you taking in school?" "Math." "Math huh? So you do number theory?" " Yeah, I do some number theory." "Okay... what's special about my birthdate?" "Not numerology you dumb fvck... number theory."

 

[MercenaryForHire]

4am? Someone better be TiVoing this.

...

- M4H

 

[iamme]

point taken.

op respectfully editted.

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
4am? Someone better be TiVoing this.

...

- M4H

*aims remote to sky

dammit, where's that channel guide.....

 

[Descartes]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: iamme
http://stardate.org/nightsky/meteors/

http://www.space.com/spacewatc...12_leonid_meteors.html

In the 2004 Observer?s Handbook of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, meteor experts Margaret Campbell-Brown and Peter Brown, indicate that this year?s peak activity should occur on the morning of Nov. 17.

They cite 9:00 GMT, which corresponds to 4 a.m. EST and 1 a.m. PST. This is the moment when the Earth will be passing closest to the orbit of the long-departed comet, and when our planet seemingly is most likely to encounter some residual comet material. This time is highly favorable for North Americans, especially those in the eastern United States and eastern Canada.

thanks to AT, i've seen a lunar eclipse and the northern lights (thanks to mobobuff).

very cool stuff. more astrological activity than i've ever seen in my life.

hopefully, tonight's skies will be clear and we can see the meteor shower!

ASTRONOMICAL

It really pisses me off when people mix them up. I'm not going to school and suffering through 9 years of math, physics, and astronomy to be called an astrologer and tell people what happens when my moon hits your anus.



PS: I do get that a lot actually. I'm technically enrolled in astronomy, but am taking a lot of physics as well, so to make it clear to people, I say I'm doing astrophysics (basically the same anyways). It's amazing how many think signs and birthdates when I say astronomer.

PPS: And my mathematician friend got an even better one once: "So what are you taking in school?" "Math." "Math huh? So you do number theory?" " Yeah, I do some number theory." "Okay... what's special about my birthdate?" "Not numerology you dumb fvck... number theory."

I was actually going to say the same thing, but you just have to accept that, to many (if not most) people, there is little distinction.

I'm actually going through school for the same, but it's going to take me a long time doing so in addition to my career, but it's a field of passion, imo. You just have to either learn to educate those as nicely as possible, or simply acquiesce and leave it alone.

[edit]Also, when I discuss astronomy with people after they understand the distinction between astrology and astronomy, they still say things like, "Oh, so you like to look at stars?"[/edit]

 

[rh71]

umm... yeah... 4am EST 11/17 has passed dork. Let's see if anyone can find the stragglers.

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: rh71
umm... yeah... 4am EST 11/17 has passed dork.

heh, i know the article said that you might see meteors for a few days, hopefully

 

[Mr N8]

Forcast is cloudy for tonight.

I did get to see the Northern Lights in full color, though. It was cloudy for the eclipse.

 

[pecel]

It's been raining here since Saturday :|

 

[Chaotic42]

I'll bring the soap.

 

[PremiumG]

did i miss it? was it suppose to be 4AM today?

 

[Ikonomi]

Too bad... It's been cloudy all week, and apparently that's going to continue.