Let's Go Star Gazing


	Let's Go Star Gazing

creekandcave

1-3-2008 11:32 AM

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creekandcave says:

It's going to be a beauty!

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1-3-2008 1:33 PM

adamc

Sign me up for the viewing party.

1-3-2008 2:20 PM

neochonetes

Great idea!

1-3-2008 5:37 PM

splendidus

I was looking for information regarding the exact timespan, especially when the event begins (at 1:40 a.m. EST, it will be 7:40 a.m. in the morning in Vienna, maybe to late to see something).
I found:
"Forecasters expect a brief but intense peak of 50+ meteors per hour
over Earth's northern hemisphere sometime between 0200 UTC and 0700 UTC
on Friday morning, Jan. 4th." (here)

Will it be visible to the naked eye?

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