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Leonids 2003

Posted by michael on from the late-night-fun dept.

Ruger writes "This year's display isn't expected to be a spectacular as last year's, but weather permitting, people in North America should have a pretty good view of the shower. This CNN article provides some information on tonights shower. This is actually the second shower of 2003 and this NASA article gives more details about the shower as well as best viewing times around the world."

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  1. Links for Time Zone by satanami69 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Eastern Time Zone
    Western Time Zone
    Mountain Time Zone
    Pacific Time Zone
    Central Time Zone

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    I really hate Dan Patrick.
    1. Re:Links for Time Zone by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      Not that this will work for everyone, but Jupiter is right next to Leo. If you can't find Jupiter, you can't find anything. Of course they radiate from Leo, so if you see one right in Leo, duck.

  2. Going to be cold here (Colorado) by linuxkrn · · Score: 3, Informative

    I sure hope it will be worth it to be up at 03:30. Going to try to grab some shots with my digital camera.

    Here are a few tips for anyone else going to try:
    Be sure and use a camera that you can control the shutter speed. You will need 20-30 seconds (or more) and a tripod. Aperture of 2.8 or better.

    Other helpful things are to use your shot timer if you don't have a remote/shutter trigger cable. Any movement will blur the image.

    If you have a wide-angle lens use it. Not only will you cover more sky but it will allow more light to enter the lens.

  3. Don't get your hopes up... by OneOver137 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Moon is nearly third quarter and will rise during the best viewing times washing out all but the brightest ones. Additionally, this year's shower should be regular, i.e. about 60 meteors per hour from a dark location. YMMV.