Meteor storm this Saturday (maybe)

[pokerfan]

The Draconid Meteor Shower – A Storm is Coming!
http://www.universetoday.com/89430/the-draconid-meteor-shower-a-storm-is-coming

The Draconids are coming! Will this meteor shower produce a storm of observable meteors, or just a minor squall? The Draconid Meteor Show should begin on October 8, 2011 starting at dusk (roughly 19:00 BST) and continue through the evening. Peak activity of this normally minor and quiet shower is estimated to be at 21:00 BST (20:00 UT). There seems to be a wide range of predictions for this year’s shower, but some astronomers believe there could be up to 1,000 meteors per hour, making this a meteor storm!

[enuegii]

1. So it starts about 18:00 UTC and peaks about 20:00 UTC...

that's 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM, respectively, CDT: guess I'll miss it.

[glinda]

2. cool

[jberryhill]

3. Fox News Will Have To Ask Bill Nye If This Disproves Global Warming /nt

[pokerfan]

4. Hopefully on Billo's show

[progressoid]

5. "It's not going to be that dramatic,"

The annual Draconid meteor shower will hit its peak Saturday (Oct. 8), but skywatchers may not get much of a light show.

While the normally tame Draconid meteor shower will be exceptionally active this year, the fireworks should be drowned out by sunlight in North America and a bright moon in Europe and Asia, experts say. So stargazers under dark skies may still want to look up on Saturday, but they shouldn't let their hopes get too high.

"It's not going to be that dramatic," said Bill Cooke of the Meteoroid Environment Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. "People in North America aren't going to see anything."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44762660/ns/technology_and_science-space/#.ToqXGdTVJrE




DAMN.