Meteor shower this weekend

[Sweet Freedom]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/strongleonidmeteorshowerexpectedthisweekend

The annual Leonid meteor shower could produce a strong outburst this weekend for residents of the North America and Western Europe.

A brief surge of activity is expected begin around 11:45 p.m. ET Saturday, Nov. 18. In Europe, that corresponds to early Sunday morning, Nov. 19 at 4:45 GMT. The outburst could last up to two hours.

At the peak, people in these favorable locations could see up to 150 shooting stars per hour, or more than two per minute.

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[rumpel]

1. time zone converter

http://www.timezoneconverter.com/

have to check - thanks for posting this :)

[stellanoir]

2. woohoo

I love it when this happens. Annually that would be.

[davsand]

3. Always close to hubby's birthday!

His birthday was yesterday (11/17) but we always look for the Leonids around now. A few years ago Material Girl and I gave him a telescope for his birthday, partly because if the timing.

Our weather forecast is for clouds, so I doubt we'll be able to see them this year. Some years we can, however, and it IS spectacular! If you are not cloudy where you live DO try and catch the show--it is amazing.


Regards!


Laura