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- Fireball over western US turns night to day 11.18.09 by Stars Over Washington on Nov 18, 2009
Space Weather News for Nov 18, 2009FIREBALLS AND METEORS: As forecasters predicted, the Leonid meteor shower peaked during the late hours of Nov 17, favoring sky watchers in Asia with an outburst of 100+ meteors per hour. Just as the outburst was dyi...
- Free show -- Leonid meteor shower by Ad Libitum on Nov 17, 2009
One of the most spectacular meteor showers of the entire yearThe Leonid meteor shower is underway and is predicted to last from November 13 to 20. The best time to view it was this morning after 1:30 AM. But if you were unaware of the heavenly specta...
- Meteor shower to peak overnight by Sciencedude on Nov 16, 2009
The annual Leonid meteor shower will peak overnight, and astronomers say that people who are ideally located (the desert) should be able to see 20-30 meteors per hour between 1:30 a.m. and 4 a.m. Tuesday. But even amateur skygazers in urban/surburban...
- View the Leonids Nov 17, 2009 by Stars Over Washington on Nov 16, 2009
Space Weather News for Nov 16, 2009LEONID METEOR SHOWER: The Leonid meteor shower peaks on Tuesday, Nov 17, with a new Moon providing ideally-dark viewing conditions. Forecasters expect a relatively mild display (20 to 30 meteors per hour) over North...
- Staring into the heart of the Milky Way by Blog, By Shannon on Nov 11, 2009
I can’t help but post another space photo today because this one is so amazing. It’s the heart of our own galaxy, the Milky Way, as taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. This is where we live, people! To commemorate the 400th anniversary...
- Guide to Surviving 2012 Doomsday by CHASTER on Nov 10, 2009
There will be a day no one will ever forget. A day that has never been seen before that day is on December 21, 2012. We will all have our questions that day. But I think it will take quite a bit of time to actually know what is going on. No one knows...
- The birth of stars by Blog, By Shannon on Nov 10, 2009
What could be more awe-inspiring, or more guaranteed to make your pitiful problems look small, than witnessing the births of stars in the spiral galaxy M83? This photo was taken with the new camera installed on the Hubble telescope last May. Click o...
