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16. 11. 2009 - 11:39

Today's Webtip: Feeling lucky punk?

if you're the type to wish on falling stars, then tonight is your night.

If you can stay awake at least. Tonight is the night for the Leonid meteor showers, and that should meant anyone lucky enough to get a cloudless patch of sky and some darkness should be able to see a bit of a show.

If you are willing to get up between about 3 and 5 in the morning that is.

It won't be quite the storm that people in Asia will get treated to, but if you've never stumbled across a meteor this should at least be a chance to get one or two wishes in.

There are a couple of tools available online to help you find the prime viewing time for your area, but I haven't had a lot of luck getting one to work, and I am waiting for the site to update on another.

In the meantime you can check out a few bits of information about the Leonids:
de.wikipedia.org
science.nasa.gov

And then you can try to find out when they will be visible here leonid.arc.nasa.gov or here www.tabwin.com

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