# What, no Leonid thread? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 19, 2002, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-leonid-thread/137491 "2002-11-19T08:45:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-leonid-thread/137491/1 "2002-11-19T08:45:19Z")
So has anyone seen them? Anyone plan on seeing them? I looked for them around 11pm (EST) but to no avail. I think the moon was too bright. There’s supposed to be a second round of them coming at around 5:20am and I think I’ll be able to see them a little better. Post your reviews here if you get a chance to see them. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-leonid-thread/137491/2 "2002-11-19T10:15:39Z")
I saw some around midnight, then I took a nap. Right now is supposed to be peak, but the clouds are here. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-leonid-thread/137491/3 "2002-11-19T10:24:58Z")
I dragged myself out of bed at 5 to see if I could see them. What’s it doing outside? Raining. Bah. Instead, I’ll just drink lots of coffee, then go down to campus early. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-leonid-thread/137491/4 "2002-11-19T10:26:25Z")
I went outside 20 minutes ago; between the streetlights and the trees, I didn’t see a damn thing. In future, I won’t even bother. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-leonid-thread/137491/5 "2002-11-19T10:38:52Z")
I just came inside to warm up. I’m seeing about a rate of ~4-500/hr. Some spectacular fireballs. Very cool. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-leonid-thread/137491/6 "2002-11-19T11:08:20Z")
And yet again, New Zealand scores a virtual “no hope in heck”, unless we’re keen to get up at th’ crack of birdsquawk to see a few dwindling flares. T’is a conspiracy, I tells ya! 🙂 Eh. Some day, _some_ day … ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-leonid-thread/137491/7 "2002-11-19T11:11:44Z")
North of Boston, I’d guess I was seeing 100-200/hour before it got too light to see. Fairly disappointing after last year’s show, but between the setting moon and the rising sun, there really was too much light for good observing. Didn’t see much activity from the 11:00 “storm” either, but what I did see was pretty spectacular – lots of earth grazers. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-leonid-thread/137491/8 "2002-11-19T11:11:54Z")
I saw one this morning when I let the dog out and I was amazed to have seen that. What with the full moon and all the street lights around here, I could barely see stars. Venus was pretty impressive, tho. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-leonid-thread/137491/9 "2002-11-19T11:16:39Z")
Just came in. I was out for about 45 mins (from about 5:05-5:50am US EST.) Saw easily 150-200 meteors, with maybe 5-10% of them in the “spectacular” category. They were absolutely beautiful. Some nice colors and just an overall visually pleasing experience. Definately well worth laying out in the cold for. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-leonid-thread/137491/10 "2002-11-19T11:17:28Z")
I was told that the best time for watching around here was 2:30 in the morning… But with the moon and any streetlights bouncing around in a low-level haze around the horizon, I only saw a couple. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-leonid-thread/137491/11 "2002-11-19T11:21:16Z")
Generally 1 to 3 per minute here in central North Carolina from 5:30 to 6:00 AM – this from a fairly poor spot where I could only see the eastern half of the sky. Also saw three satellites. The moon didn’t seem to cause too much of a problem, and it lighted up the trails of the brighter meteors. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-leonid-thread/137491/12 "2002-11-19T11:48:18Z")
I walked outside and saw a handful … just enough to justify being out in the cold. ---
**Author:** ![airdisc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@airdisc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/airdisc)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-leonid-thread/137491/13 "2002-11-19T11:54:10Z")
I envy you bastards. I went out and didn’t see a thing. Though I did see a nice ring around the moon. I went out to see it around 11 last night, but went in because it got too cold. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-leonid-thread/137491/14 "2002-11-19T14:16:53Z")
Dammit! I’m stuck in Seoul! :mad: No Leonids for me… ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-leonid-thread/137491/15 "2002-11-19T14:33:28Z")
**Pepper Mill** went out last night and saw one, then came it because it was getting “Cold and Spooky”. At her request, I got her up at 4:45 this morninf (when I get up to go to work) and she didn’t see any. I saw about 4-5 while scraping the car. On the whole, I was disappointed. I saw more when I watched the Perseids. The Perseids have a better rep than the Leonids, in any case. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-leonid-thread/137491/16 "2002-11-19T14:42:38Z")
We went out at 11:30 to see them. There were clouds, but breaks in them. The weird thing is, they were slow. They moved as slow as an airplane would’ve! No, they weren’t planes, it was the leonids! But they moved really slow! How? ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-leonid-thread/137491/17 "2002-11-19T15:23:02Z")
We were clouded in all night, so I didn’t see anything. For those of you who missed the meteor shower, as a consolation you may get to see a [lunar eclipse](http://www.space.com/spacewatch/lunar_eclipse_021118.html) tonight. ---
**Author:** ![beegirl13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@beegirl13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beegirl13)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-leonid-thread/137491/18 "2002-11-19T18:14:28Z")
I saw the great show last year, and planned to get a repeat and even broadcasted it to everyone I knew as a second chance if they missed it last year. But alas, there was a thick cloud cover that you could barely see the moon through, and it lasted all night. Now I’m glad I got to see it last year, since it’ll never be this good again in my lifetime. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-leonid-thread/137491/19 "2002-11-19T18:22:23Z")
Suburban OKC. 3:30 a.m to 5:30 a.m. Completely clear and still sky! Yummy… Saw one every two minutes. Sometimes four at a time. One 10 minute stretch with none, then several close groupings. Very nice. I wonder how many I could’ve seen with a dark sky site. Considering the moon was very bright, that’s quite a showing! I prefer the winter for sky gazing. Still, clear skies. Plus the cold keps me alert. I’m a winter lover anyways. Can’t wait to go skiing. ---
**Author:** ![peepthis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@peepthis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peepthis)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-leonid-thread/137491/20 "2002-11-19T18:24:03Z")
To answer your thread title, **Cisco** : Yes, there’s already been [an existing Leonids thread for a few days now](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=144648). But it’s been in Cafe Society, for some inexplicable reason. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-leonid-thread/137491.md?page=2)