Excellent show here in coastal SoCal from 2:45-3:15AM PST.  Rare clear skies
for this time of year, multiple meteors per minute visible even with the full
moon, several bigger meteor trails persisting for 2-3 seconds.

- Mark B.

Connie Sellitto wrote:
> Wow!  The view around 5:15 am in Central New Jersey was spectacular - worth
> getting up early to see it.  Even with a slight cloud cover, I saw 3 in the
> first 30 seconds!
> I even woke up my 9-yr old son who enjoyed it in 35 degree weather for
> about 3 minutes - saw 8 - 10 meteors and went back to bed.
> Best show I've ever seen!
>
>
>>Sender: HP-3000 Systems Discussion <[log in to unmask]>
>>From: Gary Nolan <[log in to unmask]>
>>Subject:      Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Tonight's Leonids -- and those 100 years from
>>             now.
>>
>>According to the news we here in Atlantic Canada are going to have a good
>>view tonight after 11:00 pm. But... with the hight winds(they are about 60
>>kph) and cloud cover I don't think we will see a thing here in Cape Breton.
>>Well I guess I'll just have wait for the next showing in a hundred years
>>time.
>>
>>Gary Nolan
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Wirt Atmar" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 1:55 PM
>>Subject: [HP3000-L] OT: Tonight's Leonids -- and those 100 years from now.
>>
>>
>>
>>>The AP wrote the following today:
>>>
>>>======================================
>>>
>>>The annual meteor shower usually delivers only a few visible meteors. But
>>>hundreds per hour might be visible as they burn up in the atmosphere this
>>>time, scientists say.
>>>
>>>``Even with the full moon, this year's Leonids will probably be better
>>
>>than
>>
>>>any other for the next hundred years,'' Don Yeomans, an astronomer at
>>
>>NASA's
>>
>>>Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, said in a statement. ``If you're
>>
>>ever
>>
>>>going to see them, this might be the year to try.''
>>>
>>>The shower is predicted to have two peaks, each a couple of hours long,
>>>during which the most meteors can be seen, according to the lab.
>>>
>>>The first peak is expected over Europe and Africa on Monday night, when
>>>observers in North America might see a few meteors skimming the top of the
>>>atmosphere, starting around 11:30 p.m. EST Monday.
>>>
>>>The shower's second peak, most prominent in North American skies, is
>>
>>expected
>>
>>>at around 5:30 a.m. EST Tuesday. Even though the moonlight will wash out
>>
>>the
>>
>>>dimmest meteors, viewers in good locations will be able to see a few
>>
>>meteors
>>
>>>or more every minute.
>>>
>>>Astronomers predict that the next occurrence of a Leonid storm even close
>>
>>to
>>
>>>this magnitude will be in 2099.
>>>
>>>=======================================
>>>
>>>A more detailed story is available at:
>>>
>>>   http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/meteors/article_719_1.asp
>>>
>>>Wirt Atmar
>>>
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>
>
> Connie Sellitto
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