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Re: (meteorobs) Leonids in Australia
Eastern Australia is GMT+10, so the peak on Nov. 18 18:00 UT would be 5:00 am local time the morning of Nov. 19. (since it is daylight savings time for their summer down there). Thats a good location, time-wise, but unfortunately with the radiant at +22 decl., it won't be very high up at such a far southernly latitude, resulting in significantly lower hourly rate compared to the northern hemisphere. (The best spot on earth for that peak is thousands of miles due north of Sydney in the Korea area) Also, being near summer solstice for that part of the world, the nighttime hours are quite reduced, likely getting twilight by the peak hour. If your friend is mobile within the country, you could recommend she head to the far northern territory to improve her experience. But, Im not sure of the weather prospects in that part of Australia. Local folks down there would have a better grasp of that factor.
Good luck!
Mike Linnolt
--- Robert Gardner <rendrag@earthlinkdot net> wrote:
> I have a lady friend who is taking a tour to
> Australia in November on
> dates that span the Leonid meteor shower. I pointed
> this out to her and
> she now wants to know when this will occur in
> Australia. I look up the
> date and time in my Royal Observer's Handbook of
> Canada and it says the
> second maximum is November 18, 18h UT. That must be
> the Australian one.
> Now I would have no problem with this if Sydney were
> not on the other
> side of the International Date Line, and that is one
> line that has
> always confused me 8-). Further it is about 10
> hours ahead of
> Greenwich and I'm used to being behind Greenwich. I
> am assuming that
> she will be in the vicinity of Sydney. Could any of
> you Australians
> help me? Thanks in advanced!
>
> My apologies to Lew if this is off topic.
> Robert G.
>
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