Re: Watch the Leonids live! New radio observation site online in UK.

Thanks for that Les.  Much appreciated.

It's interesting that Astronomy Now give "a peak" as 03:00 GMT on the 18th,
nowhere near the 19th . . . . something strange.  Maybe they have used the
average time "peak" between the two real peaks this year?

If I was a cynical person I would say it's a waste of time anyway as going
on the last 3 years results it will be wall to wall cloud on the 18th and
19th   :-(

Best wishes and clear, dark skies.

--

/Paul B, York, UK.
http://homepages.tesco.net/paul.buglass/astrohome.htm


"Les Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Les Thompson
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
> >In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul B
> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>Is the second "peak" not on the night of the 17th to 18th (at about 3 am
on
> >>the morning of the 18th?). Or am I wrong and it is the 18th to 19th like
you
> >>state?
> >>
> >>It would be nice to know as we have planed a Leonid watch the 17th to
18th,
> >>and I wouldn't want you to miss it by 24 hours :-)
> >>
> >>Best wishes and clear, dark skies.
> >>
> >>http://homepages.tesco.net/paul.buglass/astrohome.htm
> >>
> >>
> >
> >According to http://www.space.com the second shower peaks at 7.28 GMT
> >on the 19th November. But apparently on the same night we pass through
> >"the Filament" which should give a good show for a longer period of
> >time.
> >
>
> After a bit more searching I found the following site which gives the
> peak time as 5:45 GMT on the 19th for UK viewers which is the time
> I was expecting it to be, I often get confused with space.com's US
> based timings. The predicted hourly rate is quite low.
>
> http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/10oct_doubleleonids.htm
>
> HTH
> --
> Les G8ARF / G3VYZ