Meteor shower tonight, who's watching?

[MicroBob]

no. about 1 per minute roughly.

more in the country, less in the city.

[BrookTrout]

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Outside of major cities, expect 30-45 a minute at peaks, countryside 55-60.

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This has gotta be wrong, more like a few a minute, right?

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Should read hour instead of minute, but without a bright moon tonight, expect good viewing.

[MicroBob]

I don't immediately see the part where it says that many per minute.
but I found other parts of the article:

"Don't obsess too much over how many meteors you see. The "meteor-per-minute" estimate is just an average for peak conditions. Sometimes one streak follows another after only 15 seconds. But sometimes several minutes pass between sightings."

"Astronomers have calculated that Earth will pass through the thickest part of the stream this year around 2 a.m. ET Monday. Theoretically, you could see a meteor or two every minute if you're watching under optimal viewing conditions at that time."

[MicroBob]

Will Metetron be watching tonight's show?

[thedustbustr]

http://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/estimator.html

[Autocratic]

Supposed to be cloudy here when it's peaking [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]. I usually light up a joint or something with some friends and stay up to watch.

[StaticShock]

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Will Metetron be watching tonight's show?

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<crickets chirping>

Har har har Bob!

[Klompy]

I just logged on on and read this thread, went outside and now within 5 min I've scene about a dozen. Open sky/no lights/wireless where I'm at right now ftw.

[miajag]

I'm at home in the city tonight, so not much chance of seeing anything due to light pollution, but Friday night as I was leaving my friend's place out in the boonies at like 3am we saw a bunch.

[SmileyEH]

Finally a use for my retarded sleep schedule. Went out fora bout a half hour just now. Not bad, saw some big ones but rate was ~1 per 5min or so of the sky I could see. Peaking in 5 hours or so, give it another go soon.