Leonids should be at their maximum 19th November

[Adrian Condon]

Just a quick reminder that if the weather is clear the Leonids should be at their most intense as the Earth will pass through a stream of debris from comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. The result: a shower of Leonid meteors.

"We expect an outburst of more than 100 Leonids per hour," says Bill Cooke, the head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office in Huntsville, AL. This pales in comparison to the Leonid storms of 2001 and 2002, when sky watchers saw thousands of meteors.

Even so, a hundred per hour would make the Leonids one of the best showers of 2006.

Good Hunting.

Adrian

[Naz]

According to AN, there was supposed to be another peak last night at about 11.00pm. The evening started well here, with some of the clearest skies I have seen. Had the scope out, tracking down some fuzzies. Got the camera on a tripod ready to capture some tracks. What a fool, I should have known better! Then about 9 it started to go hazy, by 10.30 there was total cloud cover. :x

naz

[daz]

Back luck Naz - always the way!

[FLO]

I was observing til 03.30 but saw only a handful of meteors :|

Wonderful sky though

[The Warthog]

As usual during the Leonids, the sky was completely overcast last night. I have never seen any Leonids.

[Paul Riley]

If the conditions are good i'll be keeping a watchful eye out for the Leonids this month.Chances are though the blumming weather will play its 'trump' card and bring in the clouds.Do we look to the east,towards Leo would it be?

Would a pair of 15 x 70 binos capture the event well enough to utter the words "wow?"

[saturn5]

If the conditions are good i'll be keeping a watchful eye out for the Leonids this month.Chances are though the blumming weather will play its 'trump' card and bring in the clouds.Do we look to the east,towards Leo would it be?

Would a pair of 15 x 70 binos capture the event well enough to utter the words "wow?"

Naked eye is best,you see more of the sky,lie back on a sun lounger.The meteors could be seen in any direction.

[LukeSkywatcher]

We have had a storm each night for the last 2 nights. I think there is another predicted for tonight. If not...............i'll be out having a gander.

[Hypernova]

The BBC predicts a slot of clear sky at around 3 tomorrow morning, in between cloud and fog. Not hedging my bets on it though, I am thinking of setting my alarm for then to see if it pans out. If not it'll be back to bed for me.

[Nexus 6]

Forcast looks bleak here in Nth Lincs for the next couple of days. Hope the forcast is wrong!

Alan

[LukeSkywatcher]

It's pretty much clear here tonight. There are a couple of little silly clouds that are sitting still and really no much of a pain in the backside.

Pretty perfect conditions for watching meteors.

However.................i have been outside for a couple of hours and ALL i have seen is a couple of sporadic meteors.

They were both VERY faint and VERY fast.

I really think the moon is messing things up for the Leonid's.

I have a few family members arriving from the UK at 8am, so i dont think i will get any sleep. I'll be checking the skies every now and then and before i know it my family will be here.

Make hay while the sun shines.

I can go 2 full days without sleep anyway.

I digress........

In summary: Pretty poor Leonid meteor shower thus far.

[Nexus 6]

Moon or not i'd settle for clear skies!

Hope you catch a few Paul.

Alan