(meteorobs) Fw: [IMO-News] METEOR CONTEMPORARY POETRY PROJECT (5)

David Stine david at exposquare.com
Thu Jun 23 10:36:44 EDT 2005


I have a real question.  I am trying to plan our annual Perseid Meteor
Shower event for our Tulsa, Ok Astronomy Club and I need to know which
night is going to be the best from all of you experts like Joe, Esko,
Peter, Mark, Robert, etc.  What is the consensus? Are there any
surprises, etc.  Will the night of the 11th and the morning of the 12th
or the night of the 12th and the morning of the 13th.  If you had only
one night and morning to watch which would be the best?  Any help would
be really appreciated.  

Thanks in Advance

David Stine


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PROJECT (5)

In a message dated 6/23/05 1:16:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
arlene.carol at gmail.com writes:

<< I sent a 
 'heads up' to my state-side group about the incredible low-lying moon
this 
 week. 
  a question was asked - 'if we're having a full moon here, is there
also one 
 on the other side of the planet'?
  amazing that people could ask that... >>

    During the total lunar eclipse of July 6, 1982, a bunch of us were 
watching from Jones Beach, Long Island.  I had my radio on, tuned to the
Larry King 
Show (in those days, he had an all-night radio talk-show . . . before he
got 
his CNN television show).  That night, King was taking calls from
listeners who 
were viewing the eclipse and one person called up and asked a question:

    "If we're watching a total eclipse of the Moon, are the people on
the 
other side of the Earth seeing a total eclipse of the Sun?"

There was a long pause, then King finally responded:  "I . . . don't
think 
so."
-- joe rao
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