Leonid Meteors Shower Chews Ridge

On the morning of November 18, 2001 the Central Coast was treated to an outstanding meteor shower as the Earth passed through a clump of Leonid Meteoroids. Observers on the penninsula counted over 2000 per hour while the darker skies of Chews Ridge permitted several times that to be observed.

Time Exposure of the Oliver Observing Station by MIRA caretaker Ivan Eberle captures a Leonid Meteor streaking above the 36 inch telescope. (at right of photo)