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Re: (meteorobs) Cockermouth AS Leonids Info Sheet



Dear Meteorobs

I think this article is a poor one to distribute. It has serious errors as
noted below..

First the peak does not rise at 10:30 for most American latitudes, but much
later-after midnight in the south to around 11:40 farther north .

Second we are closer to the predicted maximum at dawn on the 17th (and also
in that favorable after midnight window) than we are at midnight on the
evening of the 17th. Perhaps we should suggest people view both times but
if we are going to suggest only one time, then I think the night of the
16th and morning of the 17 are best, especially as you get farther west in
the US.


>Hi List,
>
>Lew asked me to post this... hope some non-experts find it useful...



>and in just a  few weeks time we will
>do so again, and as a result may see a  spectacular show in the sky late at
>night on the 17th, or before dawn  on the 18th.
>

>As for time... if The Experts are right the peak activity will occur  mid-
>afternoon our time, when the sky is still bright and the radiant  (that's the
>area of sky the shooting stars will come from, remember)  is still way below
>the horizon. It won't rise until around 10.30pm on  the evening of Tuesday
>November 17th, and, statistically, most meteors  will be seen after midnight,
>so you should plan on having a late, late  night.
>

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