2009 Orionid meteor shower peaks on Wednesday,

KUXJ · #1 Oct 19, 2009, 07:54 PM

Caused by debris from Halley's Comet, the 2009 Orionid meteor shower peaks on Wednesday, Oct. 21st, and forecasters say it could be an unusually good show.

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ebaines · Oct 20, 2009, 08:16 AM

Thanks for the "heads up" (literally)!

KUXJ · Oct 20, 2009, 08:42 AM

Your welcome.

Unknown008 · Oct 20, 2009, 09:53 AM

Thank you Steve!

I'll try looking for it tomorrow evening, or the following two evenings

KUXJ · Oct 20, 2009, 09:58 AM

Your welcome unky.
It's usually cloudy for me here, but looks promising for the morning.

The Leonids next month are always cloudy for me, Well 98% of the time

Unknown008 · Oct 20, 2009, 10:04 AM

I'm not so sure that it'll be visible from here though. But since I saw that Australia should be seeing it, plus we can see the Orion constellation from here, we might be able to see it

KUXJ · Oct 20, 2009, 10:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Unknown008

I'm not so sure that it'll be visible from here though. But since I saw that Australia should be seeing it, plus we can see the Orion constellation from here, we might be able to see it

I use this to prognosticate Clear Skies for my area:
Clear Sky Chart Homepage

I'm sure you know 'bout this:
World Weather Information Service - Mauritius

Looks cloudy, with showers:

asking · Oct 20, 2009, 06:19 PM

Cool! Thanks so much for posting this. I did not know. I'll be out there tomorrow morning with my hot chocolate.

KUXJ · Oct 21, 2009, 03:23 AM

Your welcome, I'll be posting regularly on upcoming astronomical events.

As with all things of a cosmological nature some events will have more or less lead time than others.

k

Unknown008 · Oct 21, 2009, 11:03 AM

Yep... I rarely watch the weather forecast

Rain is pouring down right now...

Tomorrow I guess...



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