Upcoming Meteor Shower

jupit...@altavista.net

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Nov 13, 2000, 3:00:00 AM11/13/00

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From November 16 to November 18,
the Leonid meteor shower will take place.
This year, a quarter moon interferes with observing and
the number of meteors is expected to be less than last year.
For viewing information, go to
http://ajanta.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/~jupiter/pub/sciinfo/leonid.html

This shower will be of interest to startrek fans.

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Andrew Wolfe

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Nov 13, 2000, 5:20:52 PM11/13/00

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Hi
i thought it might be of more interest to fans of "day of the triffids".
:-))

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> This shower will be of interest to startrek fans.

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Andrew Wolfe

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Nov 13, 2000, 5:25:36 PM11/13/00

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jupit...@altavista.net wrote:
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> From November 16 to November 18,
> the Leonid meteor shower will take place.

Hi all
there has been lots of promise of celestial events this year... all
turned out to be duds, ie, invisible or no effect !!
eg.
leonids in may/june....
increased aurora activity due to 11 yr solar cycle
alignment of 7 planets of solar system

a bit like halleys comet a few years ago - barely visible.

AndrewR

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Nov 14, 2000, 1:03:10 AM11/14/00

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On Tue, 14 Nov 2000 09:25:36 +1100, Andrew Wolfe
<awo...@melbpc.org.au> wrote:

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>jupit...@altavista.net wrote:
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>> From November 16 to November 18,
>> the Leonid meteor shower will take place.
>
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>Hi all
>there has been lots of promise of celestial events this year... all
>turned out to be duds, ie, invisible or no effect !!
>eg.
>leonids in may/june....

I think they were the persids weren't they?

>increased aurora activity due to 11 yr solar cycle
>alignment of 7 planets of solar system
>
>a bit like halleys comet a few years ago - barely visible.
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>cheers, andrew wolfe
>Melbourne PC User Group

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Andrew Wolfe

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Nov 17, 2000, 5:31:05 PM11/17/00

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AndrewR wrote:

> I think they were the persids weren't they?

Hi
sorry, i don't know the difference !

AndrewR

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Nov 18, 2000, 2:07:06 AM11/18/00

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On Sat, 18 Nov 2000 09:31:05 +1100, Andrew Wolfe
<awo...@melbpc.org.au> wrote:

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>AndrewR wrote:
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>> I think they were the persids weren't they?
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>Hi
>sorry, i don't know the difference !
>

I think its when they appear roughly "coming" from the constellation,
say of leo... they're called the leonids... the persids appear to come
from the constellation of perseus... etc.

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Ronald Cole

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Dec 16, 2000, 5:20:45 PM12/16/00

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Andrew Wolfe <awo...@melbpc.org.au> writes:
> turned out to be duds, ie, invisible or no effect !!

Comet Hyakutake was pretty cool. And I saw Comet LINEAR with my naked
eye in Yellowstone a few days before it broke up.

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