Thais urged to watch the sky for Leonid meteor shower

By The Nation

 

File photo: Leonids in Chiang Mai

 

Stargazing Thais can stay up late on November 17 to watch a spectacular show of the Leonid meteor shower.

 

Suparirk Karuehanon, chief of the academic service division of the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (Narit), said the celestial phenomenon could be seen after midnight of November 17 until early hours of November 18.

 

He said stargazers must look northeast to locate the Leonids.

 

But Suparirk said the bright light of the moon in the late evening could make it hard to see the meteor shower and so the stargazers may have to wait for the moon to set at 1.30 am.

 

He said the best time for watching the Leonid meteor shower this year could be after 2am and that about 10 to 15 meteors could be seen per hour.

 

The meteor shower is caused by the tail of the 55P/Tempel-Tuttle comet remaining in the earth’s orbit. Meteors could fall to earth at the speed of 71 kilometres per second.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30358454

 

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Interesting

 

He is a little premature 

 

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The Leonid meteor shower will reach its maximum rate of activity on 18 November 2018. Some shooting stars associated with the shower are expected to be visible each night from 15 November to 20 November. Annual meteor showers arise when the Earth passes through streams of debris left behind by comets and asteroids.

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The expected peak morning is Saturday, November 17 or Sunday, November 18.

 

And if you have an i device then Night Sky is a great free app that shows where to look. 

 

Great for the IIS as well.

https://itunes.apple.com/app/the-night-sky/id475772902?mt=8

 

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Great information, Thanks

Watch the sky for flying pigs and the lottery numbers.