Perseid?

jmckee · Post by **jmckee** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:58 am

On the Aug 12th APOD, the description says its a perseid, but isnt mid to late november the leonids? Im confused!

jmckee · Post by **jmckee** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:59 am

The video itself says november 18th

tony_p_cook · Post by **tony_p_cook** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 10:03 am

Looks like we have a rare error on APOD. The video itself reveals it was a Leonid fireball on 18th November 2001, yet the caption and write up claim its a Perseid

WHOOPS

!

Bad Buoys · Post by **Bad Buoys** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 11:26 am

You are right in that the caption speaks of getting out and observing the Perseid Shower.
But the animated gif they use to demonstrate a fireball is cited as being of the Leonid.

craterchains · Post by **craterchains** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 3:51 pm

The image and caption are correct in both presentation and designation. Bad BUOYS (got the name correct this time

) is an observant reader.

Nice copter gif.

tony_p_cook · Post by **tony_p_cook** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 9:42 am

No big deal but the caption and writeup has been updated and significantly corrected since the first two posters pointed out the error!

simuk · Post by **simuk** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 11:28 pm

Sat in the garden with my two 8 & 13 year old daughters last night and watched the sky wasnt long before we saw a meteor flash

every 5mins or so. And what a amazing site. They couldnt stop talking about it today.
That was a magical moment that we wont forget.

Thanks APOD