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The Leonids TV Show
NASA TV kicks off live coverage of the 2002 Leonid meteor storm on Monday, Nov. 18th
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Nov. 16, 2002
The best place to watch the 2002 Leonid meteor storm is outside under the stars. But NASA TV isn't bad either.
On Monday, Nov. 18th at 11:00 p.m. CST (Tuesday, Nov. 19th at 05:00 UT), NASA TV will kick off the 2nd-annual Leonids TV Show. "There are going to be two meteor outbursts on Tuesday morning--one over Europe and a second over North America," says Mitzi Adams, a NASA astronomer who's organizing the show. "Our broadcast will cover both."
The 2nd-best way to watch the Leonids.
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A team of NASA astronomers will host the night-long show. They'll offer observing tips, answer phone calls from sky watchers, and tour the skies with a video camera located at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Alabama.
"Observers around the world will be calling us with reports," says Adams. NASA spotters will be deployed at half-a-dozen sites ranging from Europe to the American desert southwest. "Many of our reports will come from them ... but not all," she says. Anyone can phone the show with meteor counts, anecdotes or questions. A toll-free number for members of the public will be posted on the web site SpaceWeather.com during the 5-hour broadcast.
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Dan
The Leonids TV Show . . .