Will Leonid meteor shower 2009 to peak early Tuesday morning in Los Angeles?
Sky gazers can have the experience of a lifetime when the Leonid meteor shower begins at midnight on Tuesday. The celestial event is Twitter Facebook Share Email Print Save Comment expected to continue till wee hours on Wednesday. Experts say, the Leonids are so named because they seem to come from the area of the sky where constellation Leo is located. Senior scientist at Gujarat Science City, Narottam Sahoo, says, “Leonid shower is one of the most prominent meteor showers. It produces an average of 40 meteors per hour during peak time. The shower itself has a cyclic peak year every 33 years where hundreds of meteors can be seen each hour. The last such event occurred in 2001.” The moon is set to be totally out of the way this year, granting an exceptional viewing of the shower. “As the night progresses, the number of meteors is expected to rise and if the forecast timings are accurate, the activity may peak during early hours on Wednesday, perhaps even hundreds per hour. But this tim
The Leonid meteor showers are due to peak in a few short hours at about 1:00 AM Pacific Standard Time on Tuesday, November 17, 2009. Though the show is not expected to be as exciting as the Perseids of last August, stargazers should still get an impressive view. Wiki says the Leonids are associated with the comet Tempel-Tuttle. Discovered independently in 1865 by Ernst Tempel and again in 1866 by Horace Parnell Tuttle. The orbit of the Tempel-Tuttle comet intersects with Earth about every 33 years, leaving a dense trail of debris that appears to emerge from the constellation Leo, for which the Leonid meteor showers are named. They are known as one of the most spectacular meteor showers with an expected show of almost 30 meteors per hour in North America this year. As always, meteor showers are best viewed in dark skies. The new moon sets a perfect skyscape for stargazing.
Sky gazers can have the experience of a lifetime when the Leonid meteor shower begins at midnight on Tuesday. The celestial event is Twitter Facebook Share Email Print Save Comment expected to continue till wee hours on Wednesday. Experts say, the Leonids are so named because they seem to come from the area of the sky where constellation Leo is located. Senior scientist at Gujarat Science City, Narottam Sahoo, says, “Leonid shower is one of the most prominent meteor showers. It produces an average of 40 meteors per hour during peak time. The shower itself has a cyclic peak year every 33 years where hundreds of meteors can be seen each hour. The last such event occurred in 2001.” The moon is set to be totally out of the way this year, granting an exceptional viewing of the shower. “As the night progresses, the number of meteors is expected to rise and if the forecast timings are accurate, the activity may peak during early hours on Wednesday, perhaps even hundreds per hour. But this tim
The Leonid meteor showers are due to peak in a few short hours at about 1:00 AM Pacific Standard Time on Tuesday, November 17, 2009. Though the show is not expected to be as exciting as the Perseids of last August, stargazers should still get an impressive view. Wiki says the Leonids are associated with the comet Tempel-Tuttle. Discovered independently in 1865 by Ernst Tempel and again in 1866 by Horace Parnell Tuttle. The orbit of the Tempel-Tuttle comet intersects with Earth about every 33 years, leaving a dense trail of debris that appears to emerge from the constellation Leo, for which the Leonid meteor showers are named. They are known as one of the most spectacular meteor showers with an expected show of almost 30 meteors per hour in North America this year. As always, meteor showers are best viewed in dark skies. The new moon sets a perfect skyscape for stargazing. Recommended sites in southern California include Red Rock Canyon State Sources:
