Wayne Parham Messages: 18739 Registered: January 2001
Illuminati (33rd Degree)
Did any of you see the Leonid meteor showers this week? I usually make it a point to drive out into the country for an hour long drive in November to see them, out away from city lights. But this year I was too busy.
I didn't see them this year because they were mid-week. But several years ago, when the date (and the meteors) fell on a weekend, I had the opportunity to watch them for several hours from the top of a hill in rural northwest New Jersey. Coming from NYC, I'd never really had a chance to see a meteor shower. It was quite a show.
Wayne Parham Messages: 18739 Registered: January 2001
Illuminati (33rd Degree)
I remember them a couple of year ago too. They were spectacular then! The Tempel-Tuttle comet came near in 1998, and it left a fresh comet trail of debris for the Earth to pass through every November. So the show has been great since 1999!
If interested, there's a link to a great free astronomy 'puter program here. It's large, with all kinds of possibilities - even interfacing with a motordriven telescope, I think. The program is French, but you can just install the English language version:
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