# Meteor Shower on West coast **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 17, 2001, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-shower-on-west-coast/93986 "2001-11-17T20:26:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kgriffey79](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/2bfe46/32.png) [@kgriffey79](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kgriffey79)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-shower-on-west-coast/93986/1 "2001-11-17T20:26:28Z")
What time do i have to get up to watch it? 2AM on sunday morning? plz respond quickly I am leaving soon. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-shower-on-west-coast/93986/2 "2001-11-17T21:02:24Z")
2 am is when peak numbers are expected. ---
**Author:** ![peepthis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@peepthis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peepthis)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-shower-on-west-coast/93986/3 "2001-11-17T21:03:45Z")
[Yes](http://comets.amsmeteors.org/meteors/november_radiants.html). (PST is 8 hours behind UT, Universal Time) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-shower-on-west-coast/93986/4 "2001-11-18T06:59:40Z")
But you don’t _have_ to be up at that time, there should be some visible all night. That’s just when they’ll be at their best. More important than the time is the site you’re observing from… Are you far from city lights, with clear skies? If not, can you get to someplace that is? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@The\_Mick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mick)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-shower-on-west-coast/93986/5 "2001-11-18T10:08:52Z")
I been up on my roof periodically throughout the night, and I see nothing but stars and the occaisional plane. I thought thousands were predicted. Perhaps it’s tomorrow night, because I see no meteors here in Phoenix. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-shower-on-west-coast/93986/6 "2001-11-18T10:30:12Z")
We’ve had a great show in NE Ohio. I just came in (with two frozen children) and it’s still going. If you aren’t seeing many, concentrate on looking North. ---
**Author:** ![Robbespiere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/47e85d/32.png) [@Robbespiere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robbespiere)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-shower-on-west-coast/93986/7 "2001-11-18T10:42:57Z")
A few here on the West Coast, but nothing like predicted. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Bad\_Astronomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@The\_Bad\_Astronomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bad_Astronomer)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-shower-on-west-coast/93986/8 "2001-11-18T11:11:31Z")
In under an hour I saw about 40-50 Leonids, many as bright as Jupiter, and at least a half dozen as bright as Venus gets. Two were brighter yet. It was wonderful! But now the fog has come in for real, and that’s that. Watching them here in California is a lot better than in Maryland, where I used to live. It’s 30 degrees warmer here! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-shower-on-west-coast/93986/9 "2001-11-18T11:16:40Z")
Fog here in Northern Virginia… rats. I’ve seen the shower much better in previous years… - Rick ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-shower-on-west-coast/93986/10 "2001-11-18T11:28:17Z")
Went up to Skyline Blvd. in the Santa Cruz mountains. Saw a couple of whoppers but nothing close to 100 or 1,000 an hour. More like one or two per minute. Still, it was worthwhile. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-shower-on-west-coast/93986/11 "2001-11-18T12:14:59Z")
Pottstown, PA checking in. Was out from 4 to 6AM Eastern. Pretty good viewing. From my relatively dark location (the Circle o’ Progress ind. park) max. seemed to occur around 05:30, at maybe 100 meteors/hr. Several times 2 or 3 were visible at once. Well worth the effort, even if it wasn’t as many as expected. Also was out earlier, between 11PM and midnight. Saw at least four spectacular ‘grazer’ fireballs that soared across more than 2/3 of the visible sky. Kewl. ---
**Author:** ![funguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@funguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funguy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meteor-shower-on-west-coast/93986/12 "2001-11-18T20:18:07Z")
i saw approx 50 of them in fifteen minutes it was quite breathtaking and one lit the whole sky going from deep red to blue to an amazing white i was expecting a bigger show but was thrilled with what i got see you in 99 years