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reply posted on 23-10-2008 @ 06:53 PM by highfreq
reply to post by BlackProjects

Really? I saw 2 shooting stars the other morning as well. I was driving south, and they streamed across the sky from the west. One right after the other in nearly the same location.

And DG I love your sig



reply posted on 23-10-2008 @ 09:11 PM by Jbird
Tale end of the Orionids, I suspect.

www.theskyscrapers.org...

Orionids
October 21-22

Frequency: 16-30 per hour
56.8% illumination
This shower produces a peak rate of 20 yellow and green meteors per hour, which are fast moving at 41.6 miles per second and are known to produce fireballs.

November
Leonids
November 17-18

Frequency: 31-45 per hour
80.9% illumination
The Leonids are best known for their 33-year peaks, during which 100s of meteors per hour can be observed. The last of these peaks occured in 2001.

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