... A surprise flurry of meteors or "shooting stars" caught the eye of several casual observers in Western Europe on the night of 9тАУ10 September. ...
... Bob is currently chairman of the ESO Astronomy Faculty, the largest group of professional astronomers in Europe (and Chile), and is active in the close liaison between the ESO and ESA science programmes. ...
... The Earth will encounter the 1333 trail producing a maximum around November 20th, 01:00 UT (favouring Europe and the near/Middle East) but the peak ZHR is estimated at only 20 or so. ...
... It is better to talk about the local time in, say, Helsinki, than about East European time, since not all countries in Eastern Europe follow the same rules. ...
... April Drier and Sunnier . Updated 2006 May 2nd . Public Lecture: Space Science in Europe . Updated 2006 April 24th . Solitaire Ring in the Sky . ...
... So regions well over to the west of Europe and the west of Africa are favoured, although the outburst can also be seen from some east parts of North and South America. ...