The Best Meteor Shower of your life is next Monday

[egarrard]

The annual Leonid meteor shower is this coming Monday night, Nov. 19. It promises to be the best for the next 33 years. This might be your last chance to see a true meteor storm for the rest of your life. If it's not cloudy, this will definitely be worth getting up an hour or so early to see.

http://www.space.com/leonids/
http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/meteors/article_719_1.asp
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/10may_leonids-2002.htm
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/asa_www/info_sheets/leonids.html
http://www.icstars.com/Leo2002/Leo2002.html
http://www.meteorobs.org/Leonids2002/Leonids2002_files/frame.htm
http://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/
http://www.qsl.net/dk3xt/leolinks.htm

[Digital Sin]

awesome...








............hey, wasnt the "leonid meteor" the one which was used in Final Fantasy: the spirits within? you know, the one which crashed into earth and housed the spirits?

[Orangepeel]

Looks like the best time for viewing here will be btween 4 and 5 am.

Thanks, egarrard :)!

[rush2218]

I remember there was an incredible Meteor shower just a year ago... This was also promised to be the best display for several years. I stayed up till 4 am to watch it :) Hopefully we'll have a good show this time...

Usually the best time to catch them is an hour before dawn right?

[egarrard]

Originally posted by rush2218
I remember there was an incredible Meteor shower just a year ago... This was also promised to be the best display for several years. I stayed up till 4 am to watch it :) Hopefully we'll have a good show this time...

Usually the best time to catch them is an hour before dawn right? Their predictions were a little off. As good as last years were, these are supposed to be better. It's not really an exact science yet.

But, yeah, an hour or so before dawn.