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Leonids meteor shower.

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steezebomb
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Supposed to be happening tonight (New Zealand)
Anyone have any more info on this, like where to look or anything?
Never seen one before, are they cool to watch?
Thanks!
Nov 16 2009 12:47AM
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fsscott
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They're sick to watch, try to find a hottub to sit in cause that's just baller

and look mainly in the ski, it should just be appearing all above you, like a bunch of shooting stars

I'm jealous, have fun man
Nov 16 2009 12:48AM
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chickenwang
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anyone know what time/ if i'd be able to see it in utah?
Nov 16 2009 8:03PM
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GORlLLA
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It's obviously gunna be different b/c of time zones but here in pa it's supposed to be good at 1 am and be the best at 4 am... I believe you can just go on weather.com and find out when it's happening for your locations
Nov 16 2009 8:05PM
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inthewoods
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awesome, so that means ill be able to see it in chile too
Nov 16 2009 8:17PM
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Calb3rt
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hell yeah man! im pretty sure its between 1-4am. im going to be watching for sure.
Nov 16 2009 8:20PM
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GhostfaceKillah
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1am PST and 4am EST (correct me if I'm wrong)
Nov 16 2009 8:26PM
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C-DAWGSTYLEZ
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I really wanted to see this but its raining buckets in victoria, fuckin bummer.
Nov 16 2009 8:42PM
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.k.wells.
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on the west coast its supposed to be from round 1-sunrise..going to check it out, looked it up and since its a new moon should be good? we will see
Nov 16 2009 8:45PM
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GGreene
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if you know where the constellation Leo is then look at that. that is the direction they are coming from. in colorado it is pretty late, but it is still going to be sick no matter what
Nov 16 2009 8:49PM
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alev
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is it jsut early tomorrow morning? or also tomorow night too?
Nov 16 2009 11:05PM
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PagesHouse
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I heard 2am-5am for this area.
Nov 16 2009 11:07PM
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Commonwealth
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An article I read had a quote from a guy from NASA saying 4 am was prime because the meteors would be highest in the sky, allowing for optimal viewing pleasure.

I considered staying up until 1 or 2 and going down to North Beach, but I decided I like sleeping more.
Nov 16 2009 11:19PM
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Hannah.
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peak time is 3am-5am i heard
Nov 16 2009 11:29PM
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joly.sp
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sounds about right i heard approx 11pm pacific time.
Nov 16 2009 11:31PM
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shredables
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11-5 east coast, peak 3am. gonna be dope as hell. just me, and a nice blunt, under the shooting stars.. its so romantic
Nov 16 2009 11:38PM
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noooo it's cloudy in Portland!
Nov 17 2009 12:09AM
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gmack24
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im in new york, looks like I'll stay up til 3 to see this
Nov 17 2009 12:38AM
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fsscott
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what would the mountain standard time be on this?
Nov 17 2009 12:43AM
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Dr_Feelgood
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shits gonna be a waste of time. theres only gonna be like 1 every 2 minutes (30/hr) at peak.
Nov 17 2009 12:50AM
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kool.aid.man
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midnight 1 oclock
Nov 17 2009 12:57AM
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fsscott
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yeaaa fuck that, not even a lot of meteors and it's yearly, i'm goin to bed
Nov 17 2009 1:12AM
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japanada
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Too cloudy around here for me to see.
Nov 17 2009 1:15AM
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user098123
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Went outside for an hour before heading to bed and I saw 2.  One wasn't very impressive, the other was massive and the most impressive meteor I have ever seen.  It started as a huge burst of light that broke in to two pieces, looked multicolored but it was hard to tell cause it happened pretty fast.  Sat outside for another 30 mins and didn't see another so I am giving it up for tonight.  Glad I got to see at least one good one.
Nov 17 2009 1:25AM
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Nicholas.
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im gonna go outside at like 3, its really really clear out in VT.
Nov 17 2009 1:26AM
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Nicholas.
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i just got back inside. i watched from like 230 to 310, i saw probably 15-20 small-medium ones and 2 huge ones that streaked blue. im so fucking cold right now.
Nov 17 2009 3:14AM
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steezebomb
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Mis-calc on my part, it's gunna come over tonight. It's supposed to peak in nz at 500/hour. Lame thing is that is at about 9:30 when the sun is up. Apparently it will be 50 or so an hour in the early morning, will that still be cool to watch?
Nov 17 2009 3:17AM
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JaphyRyder
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I saw one really sick one, but other than that a bit disappointing
Nov 17 2009 4:26AM
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GhostfaceKillah
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we missioned to a golf course and sparked a blunt and watched for about an hour starting at 4:20am

i saw 4 for sure, and might have seen 3-4 more small, fast ones (or they could have been resultant of the blunt). the best ones were bright streaks across the sky followed by some after-burn resembling a narrow oval with 2 sharp points on either end that fades after a few seconds. one of them had a a reddish glow.
Nov 17 2009 5:47AM
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