Watch the Leonids live! New radio observation site online in UK.

The meteors are getting going tonight in the first of two peaks in
Leonid action this year. The second peak (which is also most favourable
for Europe) is on the night of 18/19th November.

You can watch the action (almost) live on my website at
http://www.tvcomm.pwp.blueyonder.co....o_Pages/Radio/ (sorry
for the long URL). You can also get to it through
http://www.tvcomm.co.uk.

At my location in Plymouth, south-west UK, I'm monitoring 48.250 MHz.
I'm seeing many strong reflections from TV stations in Sweden and
Portugal. Give it a try and tell me what you think (contact details on
web pages).
--
Andy Smith G7IZU

Hi,

Is the second "peak" not on the night of the 17th to 18th (at about 3 am on
the morning of the 18th?). Or am I wrong and it is the 18th to 19th like you
state?

It would be nice to know as we have planed a Leonid watch the 17th to 18th,
and I wouldn't want you to miss it by 24 hours :-)

Best wishes and clear, dark skies.

--

/Paul B, York, UK.
http://homepages.tesco.net/paul.buglass/astrohome.htm


"Andy" wrote in message
...
The meteors are getting going tonight in the first of two peaks in
Leonid action this year. The second peak (which is also most favourable
for Europe) is on the night of 18/19th November.

You can watch the action (almost) live on my website at
http://www.tvcomm.pwp.blueyonder.co....o_Pages/Radio/ (sorry
for the long URL). You can also get to it through
http://www.tvcomm.co.uk.

At my location in Plymouth, south-west UK, I'm monitoring 48.250 MHz.
I'm seeing many strong reflections from TV stations in Sweden and
Portugal. Give it a try and tell me what you think (contact details on
web pages).
--
Andy Smith G7IZU

In message , Paul B
writes
Hi,

Is the second "peak" not on the night of the 17th to 18th (at about 3 am on
the morning of the 18th?). Or am I wrong and it is the 18th to 19th like you
state?

It would be nice to know as we have planed a Leonid watch the 17th to 18th,
and I wouldn't want you to miss it by 24 hours :-)

Best wishes and clear, dark skies.

http://homepages.tesco.net/paul.buglass/astrohome.htm



According to http://www.space.com the second shower peaks at 7.28 GMT
on the 19th November. But apparently on the same night we pass through
"the Filament" which should give a good show for a longer period of
time.

"Andy" wrote in message
...
The meteors are getting going tonight in the first of two peaks in
Leonid action this year. The second peak (which is also most favourable
for Europe) is on the night of 18/19th November.

You can watch the action (almost) live on my website at
http://www.tvcomm.pwp.blueyonder.co....o_Pages/Radio/ (sorry
for the long URL). You can also get to it through
http://www.tvcomm.co.uk.

At my location in Plymouth, south-west UK, I'm monitoring 48.250 MHz.
I'm seeing many strong reflections from TV stations in Sweden and
Portugal. Give it a try and tell me what you think (contact details on
web pages).
--
Andy Smith G7IZU



--
Les G8ARF / G3VYZ

In message , Les Thompson
writes
In message , Paul B
t writes
Hi,

Is the second "peak" not on the night of the 17th to 18th (at about 3 am on
the morning of the 18th?). Or am I wrong and it is the 18th to 19th like you
state?

It would be nice to know as we have planed a Leonid watch the 17th to 18th,
and I wouldn't want you to miss it by 24 hours :-)

Best wishes and clear, dark skies.

http://homepages.tesco.net/paul.buglass/astrohome.htm



According to http://www.space.com the second shower peaks at 7.28 GMT
on the 19th November. But apparently on the same night we pass through
"the Filament" which should give a good show for a longer period of
time.


After a bit more searching I found the following site which gives the
peak time as 5:45 GMT on the 19th for UK viewers which is the time
I was expecting it to be, I often get confused with space.com's US
based timings. The predicted hourly rate is quite low.

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...bleleonids.htm

HTH
--
Les G8ARF / G3VYZ

Thanks for that Les. Much appreciated.

It's interesting that Astronomy Now give "a peak" as 03:00 GMT on the 18th,
nowhere near the 19th . . . . something strange. Maybe they have used the
average time "peak" between the two real peaks this year?

If I was a cynical person I would say it's a waste of time anyway as going
on the last 3 years results it will be wall to wall cloud on the 18th and
19th :-(

Best wishes and clear, dark skies.

--

/Paul B, York, UK.
http://homepages.tesco.net/paul.buglass/astrohome.htm


"Les Thompson" wrote in message
...
In message , Les Thompson
writes
In message , Paul B
t writes
Hi,

Is the second "peak" not on the night of the 17th to 18th (at about 3 am
on
the morning of the 18th?). Or am I wrong and it is the 18th to 19th like
you
state?

It would be nice to know as we have planed a Leonid watch the 17th to
18th,
and I wouldn't want you to miss it by 24 hours :-)

Best wishes and clear, dark skies.

http://homepages.tesco.net/paul.buglass/astrohome.htm



According to http://www.space.com the second shower peaks at 7.28 GMT
on the 19th November. But apparently on the same night we pass through
"the Filament" which should give a good show for a longer period of
time.


After a bit more searching I found the following site which gives the
peak time as 5:45 GMT on the 19th for UK viewers which is the time
I was expecting it to be, I often get confused with space.com's US
based timings. The predicted hourly rate is quite low.

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...bleleonids.htm

HTH
--
Les G8ARF / G3VYZ

you can get ointment now for it you know........


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