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Leonid Meteor Shower Observation Tips

Posted by Hemos on from the watch-the-skys dept.

mao che minh writes "For those of us around the world planning on stepping out and witnessing the Leonid meteor showers next week (November 19th), NASA is running an article that will help you maximize your meteor shower viewing enjoyment, straight from the experts' mouths."

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  1. Re:Light Pollution by simong_oz · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that the same image as this (click image for full-res) which doesn't purport to show the 'wasted' light but is being used to study urbanisation?

    not trolling - just had that awesome image on my desktop for ages and recognised it straight away!

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