I checked on NASA's website http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/; apparently the ISS
was not visible from NC on that night.
I had the opportunity to see both the ISS and the Space Shuttle a few months
ago. This was around 8:00 P.M. CST. IIRC, the ISS appeared first,
seemingly from nowhere as it emerged from the Earth's shadow. It moved
across the sky in a minute or so, then disappeared into shadow. The shuttle
appeared a few minutes later.
We saw the Leonids from an in-town location. Too-bright lights and a layer
of mist obscured the faint ones, but we did manage to see a couple of
fireballs, including one at about 4:45 CST that seemed to head almost due
north near the horizon. It was so bright that it appeared to illuminate the
leaves of trees.
M.R.F.
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Shumate <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: Keep Watching the Skies
> Saw it here in Durham, NC, USA. Between 5 and 6 a.m. my wife and I saw
well
> over 100, maybe as many as 200. Many times we saw two or three in the sky
> at once, and once or twice saw 4 or 5 simultaneously. Some were so bright
> we saw them from the car while we were driving out of the city--i.e., saw
> them even with our bright lights on. Truly spectacular.
>
> I'm also wondering if I saw the space station passing by Venus at roughly
> 5:15 a.m. EST--does anyone happen to know if that could be right?
>
> Sorry you had showers in Sydney.
>
> Michael Shumate
> Duke University
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>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Science Fiction and Fantasy Listserv [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> > Behalf Of Haworth, Barry
> > Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 10:30 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Keep Watching the Skies
> >
> >
> > Did anybody see this? I woke up at four this morning, but the
> > Sydney skies
> > were dominated by a completely different type of shower.
> >
> > Barry Haworth.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dennis Fischer [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Friday, 16 November 2001 9:01 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Keep Watching the Skies
> >
> > Weekend Leonids meteor shower probably best 'in our
> > lifetimes,' astronomers say
> >
> > By JOSEPH B. VERRENGIA
> >
> > Brew some coffee. Unpack the lawn chairs.
> > Astronomers predict this year's Leonids meteor
> > display, expected to appear before dawn Sunday, will
> > be a dazzler worth missing a little sleep.
> > "It's now or never," said Robert Naeye of the
> > Astronomy Society of the Pacific. "Astronomers don't
> > think we'll see another storm like this one until the
> > year 2099. We will probably never see a better meteor
> > shower in our lifetimes."
> >
> >
> >
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