Don't Miss Tonight's Meteor Shower


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Tuesday morning may be the last chance until 2099 to see a truly spectacular meteor shower, scientists say. You'll have to be up and outside by 4:30 a.m. CST (around 5:30 a.m. EST or 10:30 UT) to see it though. In ordinary years, sky gazers watching a meteor shower might see about ten meteors per hour. This year, however, scientists expect a full-fledged meteor storm. Astronomers at the European Space Agency (ESA) are predicting that Europeans might see 3,000 per hour. Night owls in North America can expect to see a few hundred an hour, estimate. Visit NASA's web site for estimates of best viewing time by location, http://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/estimator.html

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/space/1666810

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