[meteorite-list] Lousy Leonids 2006 ==> next dependable meteor shower timing

[MexicoDoug]

Dear List,

Had clear, fairly dark skies all night, observed 23:00 - 01:00 EST Saturday 
night/Sunday Morning covered the peak of the Leonids, which have always been 
a tough call no one can figure out...

After seeing one reasonable fireball at 23:30, I spent the rest of the time 
bs-ing with other astronomers hoping a chance glance might catch my eye. 
Those experts that spent the time wired on having a successful evening 
boasted a total of 3-4 each in the 1.5 hour period, all reasonably bright, 
but really nothing to write home about.

My favorite shower, the sometimes electrifying Quadrantids on January 3/4 
2007 will be a lunar disaster to write off, and it looks like casual meteor 
observers looking for a bang for the buck will have to wait until perfect 
astronomical conditions line up by observing during the New Moon at the the 
4:00 AM CDT (09:00 UTC) 13 August 2007 shower peak of the historically 
dependable PERSEIDS, though the parent body is receding more and supposedly 
finally taking more of its dustpile with it.

So mark your calenders for the Perseids, before work on Monday 13 Aug 2007 
if you only want to pick one shower next year where you probably won't be 
disappointed.  The Perseus radiant is high in the sky, and it will also be a 
perfect opportunity to see with naked eyes or binoculars the Great Galaxy in 
Andromeda, named for the constellacion of the hot African princess Perseus 
himself unshackled from the jaws of a seamonster and then savoured for his 
toils producing among others, a son who was the father of the Persians.  The 
Andromeda Galaxy is essentially the furthest we can see with the naked eye, 
and only object we can se outside our own Mikly Way Galaxy in the Northern 
Hemisphere since the slightly further Triangulum galaxy requires shameless 
prodigal vision.

Best wishes,
Doug




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerald Flaherty" <grf2 at verizon.net>
To: "Robert Woolard" <meteoritefinder at yahoo.com>; 
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Leonids 2006 ???


> cloud cover at midnite on cape cod MA
> Jerry Flaherty
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robert Woolard" <meteoritefinder at yahoo.com>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 1:24 AM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Leonids 2006 ???
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>
>> Hello List,
>>
>>  Hope some of you had a better show than we did.
>> Perhaps you guys on the east coast?? Perfectly clear
>> skies here in Arkansas, but very few meteors, and no
>> nice fireballs. Pretty much like the prediction it
>> seems. How was it for the rest of you?
>>
>>  Best wishes,
>>  Robert Woolard
>>
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