# 2009 Leonid Meteor Shower **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 16, 2009, 11:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-leonid-meteor-shower/76180 "2009-11-16T11:41:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ShiftDead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shiftdead/32/7508_2.png) [@ShiftDead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShiftDead)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 11:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-leonid-meteor-shower/76180/1 "2009-11-16T11:41:29Z")
> **[The 2009 Leonid Meteor Shower - Redorbit](http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1783822/the_2009_leonid_meteor_shower/)** > > This year's Leonid meteor shower peaks on Tuesday, Nov 17th. I have seen this once before when I was a freshman in High School, it’s pretty cool if you can stay awake for it… ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-leonid-meteor-shower/76180/2 "2009-11-16T11:55:44Z")
IB4 Joe asks if they can reschedule it for around 1pm so he can be drunk the night before. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![burnt\_toast](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/burnt_toast/32/7518_2.png) [@burnt\_toast](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/burnt_toast)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-leonid-meteor-shower/76180/3 "2009-11-16T11:59:56Z")
cool, thanks for the heads up ---
**Author:** ![sickboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ea924/32.png) [@sickboy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sickboy)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-leonid-meteor-shower/76180/4 "2009-11-16T13:01:32Z")
I saw the Perseid shower back in August and it was pretty good this year, I guess the Leonids are going to be better though. They’re talking 500/hour possibly this year. ---
**Author:** ![LAFENGAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lafengas/32/7573_2.png) [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-leonid-meteor-shower/76180/5 "2009-11-16T13:03:43Z")
I remember watching the last intense shower (circa 1998) in the southerteir from my dads pickup truck. He had a dumpbox in the back…so I just raised it to the correct angle and laid in a sleeping bag for close to 5hrs. > [@JayS](#): > > IB4 Joe asks if they can reschedule it for around 1pm so he can be drunk the night before. 😉 haha… ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-leonid-meteor-shower/76180/6 "2009-11-16T13:07:53Z")
Damn it, apparently outer space is run by morning people too. ---
**Author:** ![LAFENGAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lafengas/32/7573_2.png) [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 1:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-leonid-meteor-shower/76180/7 "2009-11-16T13:09:04Z")
^ double haha… ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-leonid-meteor-shower/76180/8 "2009-11-16T14:00:56Z")
We won’t see this. Look up the times for each area of the country, the best viewing time for us falls around 4:00pm. I’ve watched the Perseid Meteor shower every year since I was 8-9, it never fails to amaze me. I recommend anyone who is interested to watch that next August. ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 2:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-leonid-meteor-shower/76180/9 "2009-11-16T14:31:43Z")
we will totally miss it once its dark out? ---
**Author:** ![burnt\_toast](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/burnt_toast/32/7518_2.png) [@burnt\_toast](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/burnt_toast)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-leonid-meteor-shower/76180/10 "2009-11-16T14:37:10Z")
> [@Motocrossx23](#): > > We won’t see this. > > Look up the times for each area of the country, the best viewing time for us falls around 4:00pm. > > I’ve watched the Perseid Meteor shower every year since I was 8-9, it never fails to amaze me. I recommend anyone who is interested to watch that next August. from [space.com](http://space.com)… [FONT=arial]Those in the eastern U.S. and Canada are especially favored because Leo will be high in the southeast sky between 3:30 and 5:30 a.m. EST, just before Earth is expected to exit the meteor cloud. For the West Coast, this translates to 12:30 to 2:30 a.m. PST, when Leo is much lower down in the eastern sky. NASA says pretty much the same thing… maybe you misread 4am as 4pm? [/FONT] ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-leonid-meteor-shower/76180/11 "2009-11-16T14:49:28Z")
so this is TONIGHT at 3am? ---
**Author:** ![JEG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeg/32/7246_2.png) [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-leonid-meteor-shower/76180/12 "2009-11-16T15:01:19Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > Damn it, apparently outer space is run by morning people too. no…just not by alcoholics… ---
**Author:** ![burnt\_toast](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/burnt_toast/32/7518_2.png) [@burnt\_toast](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/burnt_toast)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 3:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-leonid-meteor-shower/76180/13 "2009-11-16T15:02:32Z")
well it is TECHNICALLY tomorrow in the early morning… but i’d call it tonight for simplistic reasoning. So just stay up tonight and at 3am you can see it. ---
**Author:** ![ShiftDead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shiftdead/32/7508_2.png) [@ShiftDead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShiftDead)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-leonid-meteor-shower/76180/14 "2009-11-16T18:24:56Z")
Got the camera ready for a LONG exposure =D ---
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-leonid-meteor-shower/76180/15 "2009-11-16T19:16:52Z")
This is a week-long event. It will just peak tonight. Too bad I have class early tomorrow morning… ---
**Author:** ![bigwoode](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bigwoode/32/5175_2.png) [@bigwoode](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bigwoode)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 10:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-leonid-meteor-shower/76180/16 "2009-11-16T22:06:06Z")
hot tub is heating up, we’re going to enjoy this comfortably :tup: ---
**Author:** ![JEG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeg/32/7246_2.png) [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 10:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-leonid-meteor-shower/76180/17 "2009-11-16T22:12:08Z")
> [@bigwoode](#): > > hot tub is heating up, we’re going to enjoy this comfortably :tup: lucky bastard lol. I was just outside for like 5 mins and was like fuck this. too cold lol ---
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 10:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-leonid-meteor-shower/76180/18 "2009-11-16T22:25:17Z")
its so cloudy here, i can’t see shit ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 10:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-leonid-meteor-shower/76180/19 "2009-11-16T22:43:25Z")
Ah yes, 4 AM not 4 PM, my mistake. ---
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 11:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-leonid-meteor-shower/76180/20 "2009-11-16T23:02:08Z")
I just stood out there for 30 minutes and didn’t see anything. And I was standing in a field with no trees, so i had a full 360 degree sky view from behind my apartment with no lights. I’m sadly disappointed I didn’t even see one little iota of a shooting star. Now I’ve gotta go to bed and miss it all. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2009-leonid-meteor-shower/76180.md?page=2)