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(meteorobs) Re: Daylight Fireballs & More
Robert,
I have been waiting for someone to mention this as I have planned to
watch for daylight activity all along (probably with an LM near -3). The
Leonid radiant sets for us in California near 21:00 Universal Time which
is 1PM PST. You would most likely see any daylight activity between 10AM
and noon which is 18 to 20 UT.
If you have any hopes of seeing any activity on the evening of the 17th
I would not hold my breath. Even if it is totally dark by 5:30 PM the
radiant (source of the meteors) will not rise for another 6 hours
therefore no activity will likely be seen during the evening hours.
Bob Lunsford
Robert Hayden wrote:
> I'm stuck in California for the Leonid shower, roughly half-way around the
> planet from the predicted best location. I'm pinning my hopes on a peak in
> the activity happening 12 hours later than predicted. I seriously doubt
> I'll be so lucky. However, I was hoping that there were plans for some sort
> of coordinated real-time website with observers in each time zone that would
> give live updates of the activity. For me the advantage would be that I'd
> know at noon local time whether the maximum has already passed and therefore
> not to bother driving 4 hours to some remote location to see little or
> nothing and then to have to drive 4 hours back. On the other hand, if local
> twilight is approaching and the website shows either no maximum has yet been
> reported or activity is picking up rapidly I'd have much more incentive to
> get out of town. Additionally, if I know the storm is nearing peak
> intensity and it's mid-afternoon for me I can still head outside and look
> for daylight fireballs.
>
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