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Old 14-11-2009, 07:12 PM
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Hi Shane,

No mystery here, if you can see the constellation of Leo you have a chance of seeing the LMS.
Get a star wheel and dial it up for Nov 16th to 19th. Leo will be low in the North East by about 3AM. Leo is inverted from our perspective, you need to look for the head of Leo as the radiant for the LMS is within the head of Leo. Look for a large inverted question mark or sickle, this marks the head of Leo. We may see some meteors on the 16th and 17th but the peak should be on the 18th. The problem with that is the time the peak will likely occur may be to late for us and may be in daylight. That said anything can happen and if you don't make the effort to have a look you will see nothing.

I have attached a most excellent plot that was in a bulletin by Sky & Telescope that shows the Earths path relative to the debris trails laid down by Comet Temple Tuttle over the centuries that we may pass through.

Regards
Trevor
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