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Old 11-17-2009 at 09:17 AM   #16
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I thought it was 3:30-5:30am?

It does say that, but that's misinformation. S:

The best time to view anything celestial is midway between dusk and dawk...3:30-5:30 am is clearly not at this point.

It's typically around 2 am (except in the summer when it gets dark like 10 pm and the sun rises like 5 am) but this time you have to consider that daylight savings just happened, and the days are getting really short.


That being said, I started watching around 11:00, starting catching quite a bit of action around 11:45 ish.
Old 11-17-2009 at 10:01 AM   #17
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I think I took that last shot I posted at around midnight on Sunday. That was a 10-15 minute exposure. I didn't notice most of the meteors my camera seems to have picked up. I thought I caught one and when I came back to my computer to review the photos, I was surprised at how many there were in the photo.
Old 11-17-2009 at 10:27 AM   #18
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some friends and I went out to the Dundas Conservation Area on Governor's Road and camped out there from 12:30-2:15 and saw a whole bunch!
Old 11-17-2009 at 12:24 PM   #19
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I went with some friends to behind the stadium, and we WISH THEY TURNED THE FLOODLIGHTS OFF! I saw maybe 5 but there were so many people missed because the lights were blinding! :( Anyone know any other places on campus that are better, for next year?
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Old 11-17-2009 at 01:03 PM   #20
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we were down by faculty hollow
it was so nice
we were on the benches behind edward
and we saw this really massive one
it was beautiful ... i was gaping for like 5 minutes haha!
Old 11-17-2009 at 01:16 PM   #21
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is there any more tonight?
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Old 11-17-2009 at 01:20 PM   #22
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didn't see any :(
Old 11-17-2009 at 01:33 PM   #23
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get as far away from the city (lights) as you can. I'm in the country but even the cars that go by interfere with being able to see them clearly. You should still be able to see them tonight. Last night was the 'peak' night so there was supposed to be more than there would be tonight.

The leonids don't come around every year. The Persieds do, and they come around sometime in august.



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