Hi Russell,

I heard that the Leonids would only be visible in Asia this year, but next
year in parts of Europe. I heard this on a public radio news segment, so I
don't know how much creedance to give it. I'd love to go outside to see if
they were right but its cloudy here. Anybody got a PIC project for sweeping
clouds away?! A rocket, perhaps.<G>

Sean

At 01:26 PM 11/17/98 +1300, you wrote:
>About now the annual Leonid meteor shower arrives - once every 33
>years we have closest approach to what used to be a comet and the
>results can be extremely spectacular - possibly 10,000 meteors per
>hour. Each year we pass through its orbit but only once every 33 do
>we get closest approach top the main body.
>
>Put down your PICS, soldering irons etc and step outside.
>Tell your friends. Show your children (if you have any) - a one in a
>12,000 * event like this one is liable to be worth waking them up
>for.
>
>Look in Leo - no doubt there will be lots of advice on the web on
>where this will be in "your" night-time (here its in the North-East
>after 3 am(groan)).
>
>No doubt someone will suggest a PIC based Y2K compliant clock to time
>the days until the next equivalent event.
>
>regards
>
>
>
>    Russell McMahon
>
>
>* - 365.25 * 33 years  = 12,053 days.
>
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