Leonid Meteor Rain | New Delhi

New Delhi - Thousands or maybe millions of people in Asia on the same night staying together. Yes .. Wednesday (18/11) early days ago, a lot of people waiting to see the Leonid Meteor rain. But the weather did not seem friendly in some areas so that not a few were disappointed because they can not see the meteor shower.

One group of amateur astronomers consisting of 30 people in India saw a meteor shower in the sky, when they see it on Siriska, about 150 kilometers south of New Delhi. "There was no moon in the sky, so good for observation," says Yogeshwar Kanu Aggarwal, a member of Space Science Popularization Association of Communications and Educators "We could see flashes of light for almost ten seconds."

While in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, the weather was not friendly because the sky was overcast. In contrast, in Thailand more than about 1,000 residents staying together in the parking lot at the corners of the city of Bangkok to get a broad and unobstructed. "The sky was clear we could see a meteor shower at 04.00 o'clock in the morning," said Suranand Supawannakij, director of the Center for Science Education in Rangsit, about 40 kilometers north of Bangkok. "Meteor falling from all directions. Just amazing. "

Source : http://www.tempointeraktif.com/hg/sains/2009/11/19/brk,20091119-209226,id.html