Meteor Showers

[Monterrey]

Originally Posted by Ferd

tail of a meteor? you mean the tail of a comet?

meteors are just rocks in space.

Uh, excuse me!


It was still quite a show!


Some of them looked like explosions, some streaked across the sky with tails!


My kids loved it. Makes quite a show!



M.

[rgcraig]

Ferd is wrong - - it's called a meteor shower......

[Monterrey]

Carumba, tamales Y enchiladas!!!!


I know it was muy bien!





M.

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

Ferd is wrong - - it's called a meteor shower......

He's right. The meteor shower is debris from a comet trail. See first post.

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by Timmy

He's right. The meteor shower is debris from a comet trail. See first post.

true, but it's not called a comet shower...........lol!

[SeekingOne]

http://stardate.org/nightsky/meteors/ is a good informative site!

[commonsense]

Even for us night owls that's late.

In the break room many co-workers discussed seeing it last night.

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by commonsense

Even for us night owls that's late.

In the break room many co-workers discussed seeing it last night.

The peak today, early afternoon (notice the "PM"?), but probably none of them were visible due to sunlight. After sunset, they should be easier to see. Much later, and the moon will be high enough and bright enough to interfere some.

I just tried, but too cloudy here. Saw one, maybe, in the gaps in the cloud cover.