when is the meteor shower going to happen?
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There was an Oroinoid (I think) meteor shower a week ago.  I don't know if it is anual, if it is it seems that this was supposed to be an especially good show.\n\nThere are two other easily seen meteor showers that are annual (so they lie in the Earth's orbital path).  I believe Perseids are in August and Leonoids are in November.\n\n\nI found a table in my astronomy book\nHere I'll list the annual shower and when it reaches it's maximum (so you can see it in the few days before and after but this is when you should see the most activity).\n\n\nQuadrantids      Jan 3-4\nLyrids           Apr 22\n*nu* Aquarids    May 5\nPerseids         Aug 12\n*kappa* Cygnids  Aug 20\nOrionids         Oct 21\nTaurids          Nov 1\nLeonids          Nov 17\nGeminids         Dec 13-14\nUrsids           Dec 22
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Soon! From June 10-21, we should see the June Lyrids meteor shower in the northern hempisphere\n\nhttp://comets.amsmeteors.org/meteors/showers/june_lyrids.html\n\nA site with great info on comets and meteor showers is http://comets.amsmeteors.org/index.html (BTW, you should see the Shoemaker 1 comet tonight)\n\nAlso, for stars in general, I highly reccommend \nhttp://skyandtelescope.com/observing/\n\nIt has a really great interactive map function... also, they offer a customised star chart, v cool!\nhttp://skyandtelescope.com/observing/skychart/article_1220_1.asp\n\nHope that helps!
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for this meteor shower after the midnight you can have a good observe but the best day for it is 18th of Nov. after 4am for UK.\nfor more information visit this website: http://www.IMO.net\ngood luck!
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You don't have to worry. The meteor that is sure to hit us will be in 2880.
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March 29th, 2006\n\nhttp://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEmono/TSE2006/TSE2006.html
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There is actually a comet passing by Earth this month.  To calculate where the comet will be visible go to\nhttp://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi#top\n\nType in information for comet 73P
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The end of the world is Sunday, December 23, 2012. I think I'll be here when that time comes. There will be a comet and everyone will look to the skies. And if it doesn't happen on that day, oh well, it gave me something to look forward to, and I'll continue on with a normal life, but I'm still not gonna waste that month trying to find Christmas presents for everyone.
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i think you will be more luckier nov 19 11:54 pm you see 100 meteors per hour dark skies to be
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I saw an article that said the West Coast will miss the peak.  It's supposed to peak at 11:45 PM Eastern which is 8:45 PM in California.  The article did say if you get up real early tomorrow while Leo is still visible, you should see around 10 per hour.  The article also said that the science of predicting meteor shows was in it's infancy and not alway accurate.
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Meteors are dust particles entering the Earth’s atmosphere and burning up due to the intense heat produced as a result of friction. These dust particles are left over from comet trails. The Oort cloud, a vast elliptical structure in our galaxy, surrounding the solar system, houses a large number of comets – bodies made entirely of ice and dust. These comets occasionally, attracted by the gravitational pull of the sun, get drifted from the cloud and travel inwards into the solar system along an elliptical path. When these comets travel near the sun, they heat up and their ice turns into gases.\n\nThe comets gradually lose their dust behind them as they move, as a result of which the comet’s orbit is filled with large specks of dust and other material. During some time of the year, when the Earth crosses the comet’s orbit, the dust accumulated enters the Earth’s atmosphere, gets heated-up and burns. This glowing dust is then observed as a shooting star or a meteor by an observer on Earth.\n\nSome time during the night (or even day), the frequency of meteors appearing in the sky increases manifold. Such an event is called a METEOR SHOWER. Meteor Showers occur in the Thermosphere layer of the atmosphere, lying between about 80 km and 120 km in altitude.\n\nMeteor showers are periodic - they occur during the same time each year. As a result of this the radiant (the point in the sky from which meteors APPEAR to be origintaing from) for a particular shower lies in a constellation and the showers are named after it.\n\nTake a look at the following page to view a list of some annual meteor showers: \nhttp://www.northern-stars.com/meteor_showers.htm
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Hi. The Leonids will rise in the East and be faint this year. Central park's west side might be your best shot. Make sure to bring some friends!
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No.\n\nOn average one enters the earth atmosphere every minute.\nYou need to be stood in the right place at the right time looking in the right direction.\n\nYou still get two wishes though.\n\nLook up the next meteor shower on the net you'll love it
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A telescope won't really help much to view a meteor shower.  It's best to just find a spot as far away as possible from city lights, sit back, and watch the sky.  Because meteors aren't entirely predictable, the chances of one being caught in your telescope are very remote.  The meteor shower you're referring to is going to peak around 2 in the morning on April 22nd, a Saturday.  The meteors can come from any part of the sky, so just take a blanket, something warm to drink, a few friends, maybe, relax.  It'll be a good time, I assure you.
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look here: http://skytonight.com/observing/skychart/3308911.html\n\nOr here for a simpler one just for the month of November:\nhttp://www.accd.edu/sac/ce/scobee/StarChart.htm\n\n\nAfter looking it seems to be below the horizon for the northern hemnisphere. It is up during the day but the Sun drowns out the light coming from the stars.\n\nHere is it's placment in the sky: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_%28constellation%29\nIt is just south of the Big Dipper (Ursa Major) so it may be up in the early morning.\n\n\nEDIT:\nIf you are looking for the meteor shower see here:\nhttp://www.space.com/spacewatch/061117_leonid_guide.html\n\n\nIn North America, for the Maritime Provinces of Canada, New England, eastern New York and Bermuda, the Sickle of Leo (from where the Leonids appear to emanate) will be above the east-northeast horizon just as the shower is due to reach its peak.  But because Leo will be at a much lower altitude compared to Europe, meteor rates correspondingly may be much lower as well.  However, this very special circumstance could lead to the appearance of a few long-trailed Earth-grazing meteors, due to meteoroids that skim along a path nearly parallel to Earth's surface.
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The Lyrid shower is due on April 22.  The best viewing is between about 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. local time by looking generally to the North.  The Lyrids usually generate a moderate shower (about 5 to 20 per hour) but on rate occasions have generated as many as 90 per hour.\n\nThe best chance each year to see a meteor shower occurs around June 8 when the Arietids happen.  The best time to see the Arietids are just before dawn.  Look east about 45 minutes before sunrise.\n\nIn all cases, it is best to be in an area away from city lights.
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A meteor that has entered the earth’s atmosphere and is burning up
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Next Meteor Shower\nLeonids\nNovember 14-21\nMax. November 17th. 8:25 UT. \nZHR ~20 ?? \n\nThe countdown:\n\nSince peak; 305 days 23 hrs. 52 min. 23 sec.\n\nThe countdown is for maximum and might not occur when it's dark where you are,\nbut it must be dark to observe the meteor shower.