Jack Horkheimerwas the executive director of the Miami Space Transit Planetarium. He was best known for his astronomy show Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer, which started airing on PBS on November 4, 1976... (wikipedia)
People are interested in numbers. Would I stay up all night waiting for it? Ten years ago, I would have had a party. Now, I will probably be deep in the arms of sleep.
There are three minor meteor showers going on, one known for slow moving but very bright fireballs.
You don't need a big object. Something the size of a golf ball, a baseball, or even a basketball could look as big as a jeep or flaming bus.
When you have a small object traveling at an incredibly high velocity, slamming into the earth's atmosphere, the friction makes the speeding object heat up so much that it can internally fracture and turn into what we call a fireball,
The Night Sky is not just another planisphere. I think The Night Sky is the finest and easiest to use star finding aid in existence.
Keep Looking Up was my life's admonition I can do little else in my present position.