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re: (meteorobs) Leonid Peak
>When will be the peak? I heard from sunset to :00 PM.
>Thanks,
>Asaf Shtull-Trauring, Amateur Astronomer
THAT IS NOT CORRECT!!
The Leonids can only be seen AFTER approximately 10 PM until dawn. They ARE
NOT visible before then, unless they have bored through the earth's surface
and are coming up through the ground!
The reason is, that before that time, they hit the atmosphere on the
leading edge of the earth, and cannot reach the part of the sky you can
see....so take a nap, and get up around 10 PM or so...and the later the
better on the morning before the peak. The night after, the declining
shower ZHR will be balanced by the increase in rates due to the radiant
rising, so it may not be as critical to wait until near dawn for the
highest observed hourly rates.