people of eastern North America, LOOK UP @ 11:45 PM in Sat.

[Kevin1211]

The annual Leonid meteor shower could produce a strong outburst this weekend for residents of eastern North America and Western Europe.

A brief surge of activity is expected begin around 11:45 p.m. ET Saturday, November 18. In Europe, that corresponds to early Sunday morning, November 19 at 4:45 GMT. The outburst could last up to two hours.

At the peak, people in these favorable locations could see up to 150 shooting stars per hour, or more than two per minute.

"We expect an outburst of more than 100 Leonids per hour," said Bill Cooke, the head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office. Cooke notes that the shooting stars during this peak period are likely to be faint, however, created by very small meteoroid grains. (I-Report: Send us your Leonid photos)

Elsewhere people will see the typically enjoyable Leonid display of a few meteors each hour, weather permitting and assuming dark skies away from city lights.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/11/17/leonid/index.html

 

[Spacehead]

Supposed to be either raining or snowing here so it looks like a washout this year.

More info in my sig too.
Here if you block sigs

 

[eplebnista]

Interesting links!

 

[iversonyin]

11:45 is dumb bright here in NY. So I just look up to the sky?! Is there any direction I should be looking at in particular? Nevermind...11:45 PM...I'll check

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Spacehead
Supposed to be either raining or snowing here so it looks like a washout this year.

More info in my sig too.
Here if you block sigs

Looks like it's going to be cloudy for most of the northeast.

 

[Kevin1211]

couldnt see anything last night.. waaay too cloudy here in NY