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Leonoids 2003

Tazzle · 2003-11-19 01:45:06

This years shower should be started by now, don't know what visibility is like at all. I think it peaks around 6am though. Pity. http://celestialdelights.info/ms/leonids2003b.html

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19-11-2003 2:45am

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Tazzle

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This years shower should be started by now, don't know what visibility is like at all. I think it peaks around 6am though. Pity.

http://celestialdelights.info/ms/leonids2003b.html

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#2 19-11-2003 3:15pm
Beëlzebooze

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The last time I saw anyhthing twinkle was last saturday evening.........

the weather is pants at the mo.

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#3 19-11-2003 10:32pm
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As it happens I glanced out at 6am having forgotten about the Leonoids. Sky was clear, waning crescent moon was in Leo but I saw nothing else of note at all...

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#4 19-11-2003 10:40pm
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What the hell were ya doin up at that hour?

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#5 20-11-2003 12:56pm
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Originally posted by sunbeam
As it happens I glanced out at 6am having forgotten about the Leonoids. Sky was clear, waning crescent moon was in Leo but I saw nothing else of note at all...

None seems ot have seen much, the radio observers dont even seem to have noticed anything

Cheers,
~Al
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Irish Astronomical Society

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