Meteor Shower Los Angeles

Meteor Shower Los Angeles : This is the Griffith Observatory Sky Report for the week ending Wednesday, November 18. Here is what is happening in the sky of Southern California:
The annual Leonid Meteor Shower reaches its traditional peak between midnight at 5:00 am on Tuesday, November 17, as seen from the west coast. Leonid approximately one every two or three minutes is expected. The country is likely to be greater flows of particles during the following afternoon, which could in Asia with even better show, and the shower to be pursued then again between midnight and 5 hours on Wednesday morning, 18. Remember that urban light pollution will reduce the actual numbers of meteors, which can be seen.
Jupiter in Capricornus Sea Goat, is high in the south at dusk. Giant planets as appearings brilliant yellow star and sets around 11:00 pm Jupiter is now equipped with the planet through Griffith Observatory’s telescopes.
Rust-orange planet Mars in Cancer the Crab, rises in the east-northeast at 10:20 pm is 74 degrees high in the southeast at dawn starts at about 5 am Her position high in the sky, it’s a good telescopic goal from now until about March next year.
Saturn’s rings appear golden-colored star in Virgo Maiden. It rises in the east at 3:15 am and 33 degrees high at the beginning of dawn. Rings through a telescope will narrow, sloping up to 4 degrees from edge-on.
The moon is visible only in the early morning hours in the waning crescent phase. This is last seen the morning of the 14th Saturnday. To this date, at 5:20 pm, it’s only 10 degrees high in the east-southeast, and is only 4 degrees of Virgo is a bright star Spica. The moon is new on Monday 16th November and returned to the visibility of the evening sky on the following Wednesday.
If the weather in Florida makes a break, the shuttle Atlantis has a chance to launch its STS 129 mission to the International Space Station this week. Opening can be seen live on NASA TV, available through the Internet on the website of NASA, NASA – Home. If it goes according to plan, the launch will take place on Monday, November 16 at 11:28, PST.
Free public viewing during the day in the sun and moon, planets and other celestial objects in the night, is available via the Griffith Observatory telescopes until 9:45 pm every night-weather permitting-except Mondays, when the observatory is closed. Other public star party, held members of the Los Angeles Astronomical Society and the Los Angeles Sidewalk Astronomers, will be held on the lawn of the Observatory on Saturday, November 21. Observatory For information, visit our website Official Site: Griffith Observatory Los Angeles, CA or call (213) 473-0800
Meteor Shower Los Angeles