Lab #5: Solar system in Scale

Solar system and Planets in Scale:

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also on Nov 16 , Friday you can observe the Leonid Meteor Shower Webcast  at NASA!

This sky map for the Leonid meteor shower of 2012 shows the location of the radiant (center) before dawn on Saturday, Nov. 17 - the peak viewing time. CREDIT: StarDate.org View full size image

                                                            


The annual Leonid meteor shower will peak overnight tonight (Nov. 16) and early Saturday (Nov. 17), and you can watch the celestial fireworks show live via a NASA webcast.
Scientists at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., will provide a live views of the Leonid meteor shower from an all-sky camera beginning late Friday afternoon and running through early Saturday morning.
The webcast will be embedded below when it begins by 7 p.m. EST (0000 Nov. 17 GMT):

If you can't see the screen above, you can also directly access the Marshall Leonids Ustream feed at this link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-msfc 

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/watchtheskies/leonids_2012.html