(meteorobs) Re: possibility of Leonods eath-grazers on the US westcoast?

[Robert Lunsford]

Robert,

You are quoting the time of the nodal crossing which is actually 21 UTC on 
November 17. This will be the best time to see the weak background componet 
of the Leonids. The 0445 UTC time on the 19th is the time the Earth pssses 
closest to the trail created by the 1932 passage of comet Temple-Tuttle. 
This is the time the Leonids should be most active this year.

Best Wishes!

Bob Lunsford

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <rendrag at earthlink.net>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 4:09 PM
Subject: RE: (meteorobs) possibility of Leonods eath-grazers on the US 
westcoast?


> Where did you get this 8:45 PM California time? My RASC Handbook says 21h
> UTC which I think is like 1 PM PST.
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: <mark777ebay at aol.com>
>> To: <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
>> Date: 11/17/2006 2:22:22 PM
>> Subject: (meteorobs) possibility of Leonods eath-grazers on the US west
> coast?
>>
>>
>>  hi everyone- I wanted to ask the experts... is there a possibility of
> seeing earth grazers in California on Saturday evening during the Leonids
> peak?  I don't know very much about how this works.... but as the Leonids
> are peaking at 8:45pm California time... could this be the right recipe 
> for
> earth-grazers or are there other factors?  Thanks very much for anyone 
> kind
> enough to provide some insight into this-
>> Mark