Planning ahead, as all farmers like to do...(pause for gales of laughter to die down)...I see that the gig for 8/10/2011 (aka The Pianist's Significant Birthday Gig) will be blessed with a unique celestial event.
Quote from the excellent Spaceweather website ( http://www.spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=08&month=10&year=2010 )
"Every year around Oct. 8th, Earth passes through a minefield of dusty debris from Comet Giacobini-Zinner, source of the annual Draconid meteor shower. This year, forecasters expect Earth to narrowly miss several of the debris streams, resulting in no appreciable display for 2010. Next year, however, could be different. On Oct. 8, 2011, Earth will have a near head-on collision with a tendril of dust, setting off a strong outburst of as many as 750 meteors per hour. People in Europe, Africa and the Middle East will have a front-row seat for what could be the strongest shower since the Leonid storms a decade ago. Mark your calendar..."
Shooting stars and twelve bar blues. Who could ask for more?
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Has anybody seen Charlie recently? Oh THERE you are Charlie, we thought you'd wandered off somewhere, to Planet Tedious or somewhere like that (yawn...)
ReplyDeleteI assume you won't want direction on how to find Comet Hartley (no, not J R Hartley...)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/102632669.html