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echo: aust_avtech
to: Roy Mcneill
from: Gaelyne Gasson
date: 1996-10-15 01:59:24
subject: Falling Star Gazing

G'day Roy,

Sunday October 06 1996 21:04, Roy Mcneill wrote to Gaelyne Gasson:

 GG>> I've been requested to ask those in the know (which you may
 GG>> be) if the Leonid (in Dec), Persides (in Aug) are visible
 GG>> from Oz.  If I mucked
 RM>
 RM> I'm no meteor buff, but here's a guess or two: Leo is pretty close

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 RM> Both constellations reach their highest point at about 5am in the
 RM> months you mention (we get more meteors in the morning, that's the
 RM> front end of the earth as it goes round the sun.) This may explain
 RM> why I'm not a meteor buff...

Ta!

Cheers,
Gaelyne

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