Leonid Meteor Shower
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Eastern Skies before dawn (~3AM) Image Generated with Stellarium (www.stellarium.org)
While the Leonids peaked on the 17th, Stargazers with a “day” job should be able to still catch some celestial fireworks this weekend. After midnight and up to about an hour before dawn, look in the region of Leo, as shown in the image above.
The moon will be up, so there will be some interference, but observers with decent night sky conditions should still be able to see a fair amount of meteors. Those of you who have missed the tiny pink dot of Mars will be in for a treat, as it will be visible near the moon as well!
Rounding out 2011′s meteor shower season will be the Geminids on December 13th. I’ll have a post showing you how to find them next month.
Clear skies!
Ray Sanders is a Sci-Fi geek, astronomer and blogger. Currently researching variable stars at Arizona State University, he writes for Universe Today, The Planetary Society blog, and his own blog, Dear Astronomer
2012-12-04 08:06:55
Source: http://www.dearastronomer.com/2011/11/18/leonid-meteor-shower/
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