Re: ATM Comet 1866 I

["Asaf S.-T." <asafs@ibm.net>]

Hugues_Laroche@aia.com (Hugues_Laroche@aia.com) wrote:

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>
>If you are talking about the comet related to the Leonids
>meteoroids showers, its name is Temple-Tuttle. It passed
>this winter and was quite faint (too faint for the naked eye).
>See http://www.astroinfo.ch/aida/sposetti/ for some CCD pictures.
>
>Yes, Nov 17th, 1998 is expected to see a peak of the Leonids
>activity. That is a concern for satellite operators, since the collision
>probablities may not remain negligible on a 50 sq meters piece
>of hardware during the max shower.
>
>Clear skies, and think about buying a comfortable chair if
>you wish to observe the Leonids (I do not know the english
>name of those low armchairs)

You're right. When I was observing the Geminid Shower,I sure had 
back-aches.

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Asaf Shtull-Trauring, Amateur Astronomer

http://www.maxnm.com/asaf/