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Leonid Meteor Shower

Posted by Hemos on from the very-nice dept.

Tristan Bennett writes "It looks as though those in Australia and America are in for a real treat. During the week before and after November 18, the Earth will pass through the trail of comet Tempel-Tuttle and be pelted with hail of sand-sized material. This year is supposed to be special, with astronomers predicting anywhere from 800 (North America) - 8,000 (Australia) meteors visible per hour at the storm's peak -- on November 18th."

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  1. How visible will it be? by MiTEG · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I wonder how visible these will be from urban areas- light pollution is getting to be a huge problem because of urban sprawl. I know from most of the Silicon Valley I can make out very few stars in the night sky even on a clear night.

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  2. Wrong Link by ahogue · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The link in the story to the "America" map is wrong - it points to the map for November 19, 2002. Here's the November 18, 2001 map.