Comments on: Leonids Meteor Shower Peak Today

By: Meteor

Meteor — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:50:47 +0000

Lisa,

Thanks for the comment. Hopefully some other people in Chicago saw it. You’d be surprised at how many of these events go unnoticed or unreported. People seem to be too busy in their day to day lives to care. Consider yourself lucky and special.

Keep your head up!

- Meteor Mark

By: Lisa Selph

Lisa Selph — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:47:13 +0000

I was walking north in the alley behind my house in Chicago this evening and saw this big, bright white ball streaking through the northern sky at about 17:05 CST. I have enjoyed “looking up” ever since Jr. High, but have NEVER seen anything this dramatic. I came home and tried to see if anyone else had put anything online about seeing this, but haven’t yet. Wow.

By: andrew jao

andrew jao — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:15:42 +0000

too bad it was cloudy and raining on and off the whole time but we did manage to see around ten to fifteen around 3 to 4 am

By: Meteor

Meteor — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:34:51 +0000

Shannon,

Generally this shower ends November 21st. It is possible it was from the Alpha Monocerotids or a sporadic fireball or meteor. Not all sightings are related to a meteor shower as the Earth is bombarded by millions of particles everyday.

There is a cool video on the home page of etablog.com right now of the African Fireball. I update the site every Thursday so it may be located somewhere else on the site.

- Meteor Mark

By: Shannon

Shannon — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:24:08 +0000

I saw a huge meteor around 8:30 ET over Sarasota, FL. Could this have been a remnant of this meteor shower? The size from my view was about 1/4 inch and it had a beautiful long green tail.

By: Meteor

Meteor — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:30:11 +0000

Greta,

Please review the blog that you just posted in. There is also another blog on the homepage for another meteor shower.

Keep your head up.

- Meteor Mark

By: Greta

Greta — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:20:19 +0000

Hi,
I live in London. Unfortunately I could not see anything so far.
Is there still something “left” from the Leonid shower to see tonight or the next days? 2 years ago I was luckier here in London.
Kind regards
Greta

By: Trev

Trev — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:18:46 +0000

Last night 19th Nov. 09, here in Australia I saw what I think you call a fireball and the plasma trail which lasted for 4 seconds and left a smoke trail which stayed visible for about 5 minutes. This was about 8.30pm Eastern Standard Time, heading in a north eastern direction from Kingaroy Queensland. Again tonight looking is same direction (where I sit having a ciggy) I saw a smaller one – no where as big, and only lasted 3 secs all up approx. Hope to see lots more, Trev

By: al

al — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:50:31 +0000

on the 15th i was on a airliner traveling north over the south american Amazon…
i looked out my window and saw a meteor in the distance… but what was cool was that i saw it parallel to me! not against the night sky.
i could actually see it descend into the atmosphere! once in a lifetime… beautiful.

By: Meteor

Meteor — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:47:19 +0000

Teddie,

The post states that the meteor shower is still active. Hope you catch some of the stragglers. If you found the site useful and want to thiank me, you can always buy me a cup of coffee. Keep your head up!

- Meteor Mark

By: Teddie

Teddie — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:02:39 +0000

I just want to ask if it is still possible to see the Leonid meteor shower tonight and on the next night?Is it still the same as usual? I get rid of myself for not seeing them the other night because of the tropical weather we were experienced in our area.

By: Meteor

Meteor — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:30:13 +0000

Joan,

Thanks for the comment. Join the mailing list and mark December 13 & 14 off on your calendar, a great meteor shower coming.

- Meteor Mark

By: Joan

Joan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:27:38 +0000

Tyson and Damon, thank you so much for writing about your experience. I am in southeast Nevada, Mesquite, living on a golf course which faces the mountains and absolutely total darkness out the back of our home, and around 11:15pm our time (12:15 your time) I was looking out our window and saw the entire sky (to my northeast) light up. It was incredible!

By: Meteor

Meteor — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:26:16 +0000

Molly,

The shower peaked in the morning of November 17th, it still remains active until November 21st, so you may see a few stragglers. If you saw my home page I have information on another shower peaking this weekend. The best time to view the remnants of the Leonids is in the morning hours before dawn. This is true of most meteor showers as they are better seen after midnight and before dawn. In the future while attempting to view meteor showers, you should not use a telescope or binoculars. Your best bet is to look toward the radiant constellation, in this case Leo, and try to see as much sky as you possibly can. Binoculars or telescopes will make you miss most of the action. It is also very difficult to photograph meteors without some type of camera that allows you to leave the shutter open and catch meteors as they stream by.

Thanks for the comment. I saw that you joined the mailing list, cool!

- Meteor Mark

By: molly

molly — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:19:23 +0000

i am disappointed i thought tonight was the night to look, had my scope, camera and nice hay bail ready for comfortable star gazing i guess day late visual short. was really looking foward to it.molly