Meteor Shower

[Guest Fingersoup]

Just a heads up.. If you get a chance before you crash for the night, go out and check out the sky. - We are having the most awesome meteor shower that I have ever seen. I'm reading that it should peak around 3am'ish.

[Links2k]

I saw them shooting west around 10:05 pm.

[Oh Shoot]

Must be too much light pollution here close to town, can't see 'em.

 

- OS

[glowdotGlock]

I'm in Arizona right now and have looking and only saw a couple which is usual to see here nightly. Gonna keep watching though.

[Steelharp]

Walked outside and saw a couple. Guess it might get going after I pass out...

[zapfbroad]

Went out with the missus & watched for bout 1.5hrs, good time, saw a bunch of em to the west & north

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[GlockSpock]

Just a heads up.. If you get a chance before you crash for the night, go out and check out the sky. - We are having the most awesome meteor shower that I have ever seen. I'm reading that it should peak around 3am'ish.

Yeah we should probably see this nightly for...oh I don't know the next week? And then...nothing...

 

:ugh:

[Guest Fingersoup]

Yeah we should probably see this nightly for...oh I don't know the next week? And then...nothing...

 

:ugh:

Yes, last night was the peak but we should get some more tonight if you missed it last night. DANG IT WAS COLD! but worth it.

[GlockSpock]

Yes, last night was the peak but we should get some more tonight if you missed it last night. DANG IT WAS COLD! but worth it.

My above comment was actually tongue in cheek to the Mayan calendar stuff. But is it supposed to go further along this week?

[RobertY]

For me the Geminids were a bust last night. Had a mist in the air which the street lights caused a lot of glare up to about the 35degree mark. I cannot believe the number of people that have installed street lights in thier yards since we moved here four years ago. One thing we did before buying the house was to come out here at night to see if it had dark sky conditions, it did because it only had a few street lights then. But now it is stupid with street lights. There are 12 close ones that I can count just to the North alone! Everybody and thier brother is putting one or more in thier yards. There is one remaining dark spot in my yard that I use for viewing, but the pool would have blocked the low horizon meteors from view. Grr.....

Edited December 14, 2012 by RobertY

[Guest Fingersoup]

My above comment was actually tongue in cheek to the Mayan calendar stuff. But is it supposed to go further along this week?

Yes, there will be more tonight but maybe not as spectacular of a show as last night. 

 

During the next week, rates increase until a peak of 50-80 meteors per hour is attained on the night of December 13/14. The last Geminids are seen on December 18, when an observer might see a rate of one every hour or so.

http://meteorshowersonline.com/geminids.html

[Oh Shoot]

 
For me the Geminids were a bust last night. Had a mist in the air which the street lights caused a lot of glare up to about the 35degree mark....

 
Yeah, I tried again about 2am, noticed the hazy mist also, even though sky was clear. Anyway, never saw even one.
 
- OS
 
Edited December 14, 2012 by Oh Shoot

[swim615]

I went out about 2am and saw 7 or 8 in about 5 minutes last night. Man it was cold but still cool.