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From: "SpaceWeather.com" <swlist at spaceweather.com>
To: "SpaceWeather.com" <swlist at spaceweather.com>
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 7:14 PM
Subject: Weekend auroras and early Leonids


> Space Weather News for Nov. 5, 2004
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>
> AURORA WATCH: A series of explosions from sunspot 696 on Nov. 3rd through
> 5th hurled some coronal mass ejections toward Earth, and they're due to
> arrive this weekend.  Sky watchers in, e.g., Canada, Alaska, and
> northern-tier US states should be alert for auroras.
>
> EARLY LEONIDS? The annual Leonid meteor shower normally peaks around the
> 19th of November.  This year, however, there might be an extra, early peak
> on Nov. 8th when Earth passes close to a 1000-year-old stream of dust from
> Comet Tempel-Tuttle. The precise location of this old stream is uncertain.
> Forecasters estimate, tentatively, a meteor rate of 50 to 100 per
> hour--much less than the great Leonid displays of recent years, but still
> pleasing.  Sky watchers in parts of Europe, Africa and Asia are
> best-positioned to see the Nov. 8th display--if it happens!
>
> Visit http://spaceweather.com for more information and updates.
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