".... Pleiades meteorites - tonight is the night. ........"

What time?
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David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 23:03:51 +0100, "David Hill"
wrote:

".... Pleiades meteorites - tonight is the night. ........"

What time?

for three solid days and nights starting yesterday.
BTW it's not Pleiades. I got the name wrong.
--
Martin

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 08:49:10 +0200, martin wrote:

~On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 23:03:51 +0100, "David Hill"
wrote:
~
~".... Pleiades meteorites - tonight is the night. ........"
~
~What time?
~
~for three solid days and nights starting yesterday.
~BTW it's not Pleiades. I got the name wrong.
~--

yep It's the Perseids. Well-known for fireballs as well as bright
meteors. Trouble is the moon - it will drown out most of them this
year.


--
jane

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone,
you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain

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On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 07:39:32 +0000 (UTC),
wrote:

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 08:49:10 +0200, martin wrote:

~On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 23:03:51 +0100, "David Hill"
wrote:
~
~".... Pleiades meteorites - tonight is the night. ........"
~
~What time?
~
~for three solid days and nights starting yesterday.
~BTW it's not Pleiades. I got the name wrong.
~--

yep It's the Perseids. Well-known for fireballs as well as bright
meteors. Trouble is the moon - it will drown out most of them this
year.

People living in places not illuminated by street lights saw
meteorites last night.

www.heavens-above.com will tell you when the moon rises and much more.
The International Space Station is visible at the moment.
--
Martin

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 08:49:10 +0200, martin wrote:

~On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 23:03:51 +0100, "David Hill"
wrote:
~
~".... Pleiades meteorites - tonight is the night. ........"
~
~What time?
~
~for three solid days and nights starting yesterday.
~BTW it's not Pleiades. I got the name wrong.
~--

yep It's the Perseids. Well-known for fireballs as well as bright
meteors. Trouble is the moon - it will drown out most of them this
year.


--
jane

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone,
you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain

Please remove onmaps from replies, thanks!

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 07:39:32 +0000 (UTC),
wrote:

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 08:49:10 +0200, martin wrote:

~On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 23:03:51 +0100, "David Hill"
wrote:
~
~".... Pleiades meteorites - tonight is the night. ........"
~
~What time?
~
~for three solid days and nights starting yesterday.
~BTW it's not Pleiades. I got the name wrong.
~--

yep It's the Perseids. Well-known for fireballs as well as bright
meteors. Trouble is the moon - it will drown out most of them this
year.

People living in places not illuminated by street lights saw
meteorites last night.

www.heavens-above.com will tell you when the moon rises and much more.
The International Space Station is visible at the moment.
--
Martin

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 09:53:32 +0200, martin wrote:

~On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 07:39:32 +0000 (UTC),
wrote:
~
~On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 08:49:10 +0200, martin wrote:
~
~~On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 23:03:51 +0100, "David Hill"
wrote:
~~
~~".... Pleiades meteorites - tonight is the night. ........"
~~
~~What time?
~~
~~for three solid days and nights starting yesterday.
~~BTW it's not Pleiades. I got the name wrong.
~~--
~
~yep It's the Perseids. Well-known for fireballs as well as bright
~meteors. Trouble is the moon - it will drown out most of them this
~year.
~
~People living in places not illuminated by street lights saw
~meteorites last night.

They'd have been very lucky to see a meteorite!!! (But I know what you
mean

A meteoroid is a piece of rock (any size) floating about in orbit.
A meteor is the shooting star as a meteoroid enters the atmosphere.
A meteorite is what's left when some of the meteor survives to ground
and hits it. Usually seen in museums.

~
~www.heavens-above.com will tell you when the moon rises and much more.
It's a very useful site. So's Astronomy Now (and Spaceflight Now)
which detail all sorts of space info, both natural and human-related.

~The International Space Station is visible at the moment.
And yes it is the really fast moving bright thing! Doesn't take long
to cross the sky.

~--
~Martin

jane (Amateur astronomer for longer than she's been a gardener)

--
jane

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone,
you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain

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