Russell McMahon <apptech@PARADISE.NET.NZ> wrote:
> At 03:02 PM 5/4/03 +1200, you wrote:
> > > The annual shower of meta Aquirid meteors from Halley's comet are due
> > > to peak this Tuesday morning (May 6th) just before dawn. Southern
> > > hemisphere watchers should see 30 to 60 per hour. About 5 times as
> > > many as those in northern hemisphere
> >
> > Why does this stuff always have to happen at night?  What's with that?
>
> It also happens in the daytime, but you need a lonnnnnnng pipe with a
> black painted interior pointed at the sky to see them. (Or at least, I
> assume that MIGHT work). (But you'd see only a small part of any trail
> that you did see).
>
> I've seen a Leonid meteorite with the sun just up and the sky blue, but
> that was exceptional.

Meteors are easier to see at night.
Meteorites are easier to see during the day. :-)

You can sometimes see stars by looking up through a tall chimney on a
non-hazy day.

-- Dave Tweed

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