Liz LeDeoux
Brownie Troop 1546
Suffolk County GSC, NY
USA
Ledbeth@aol.com
I just attended a
wonderful program given by our County Parks Department and thought you might
be interested in the following info about the "Night Skies".
I was also able to get enough copies of star charts for my entire troop from
the SKY Publishing Company - call 1-800-253-0245 ( in US & Canada only) or
visit http://www.skypub.com and ask for the Getting Started in Astromony
reprint.
Here are the best meteor showers through the end of 1998:
August 12-13, 1998. The Perseid shower is often the best performer of the
year, and it's certainly the best-known.
October 20-23, 1998. This year the Orionids are free of moonlight.
November 17-18, 1998. The sky is dark and moonless on both of these mornings,
when there's a chance of a great Leonid meteor storm.
December 13-14, 1998. The Geminids should be at their best from about 10
p.m. local time on the evening of December 13th until the thick waning
crescent Moon rises around 3 a.m.
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