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11-17-2006, 08:24 PM
Received this bulletin from spaceweather.com today. #Might be a good opportunity to work some meteor scatter this weekend, for those hams who like to do that. Could perhaps even be possible to work a little E-layer skip on 6 and/or 2 meters. #
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Space Weather News for Nov. 17, 2006
http://spaceweather.com
Every year in mid-November, Earth glides through a veritable minefield of comet dust clouds. The source of the debris is Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. This weekend Earth will graze one of those clouds, producing a mild outburst of Leonid meteors.
If forecasters are correct, the outburst will peak around 0445 UT on Sunday, Nov. 19th (11:45 p.m. EST on Saturday, Nov. 18th). The timing favors observers in western Europe, Brazil and the Atlantic coast of North America, who could see as many as 100 meteors per hour. #Dark skies are strongly recommended.
Please visit http://spaceweather.com for sky maps and more information--including links to a meteor radar where you can listen to the Leonids.
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Space Weather News for Nov. 17, 2006
http://spaceweather.com
Every year in mid-November, Earth glides through a veritable minefield of comet dust clouds. The source of the debris is Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. This weekend Earth will graze one of those clouds, producing a mild outburst of Leonid meteors.
If forecasters are correct, the outburst will peak around 0445 UT on Sunday, Nov. 19th (11:45 p.m. EST on Saturday, Nov. 18th). The timing favors observers in western Europe, Brazil and the Atlantic coast of North America, who could see as many as 100 meteors per hour. #Dark skies are strongly recommended.
Please visit http://spaceweather.com for sky maps and more information--including links to a meteor radar where you can listen to the Leonids.