Re: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Geminid meteor shower
Now that is the way to view meteors in Dec. Soak in a hot tube all night and look up! Very good idea indeed. Debbie
From: Joe Borgione <jborgion@yahoo.com> Date: 2004/12/13 Mon AM 10:37:52 MST To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Geminid meteor shower
I was up at about 5:00 am this morning (12-13) taking a soak in my hot tub, and saw quite a number of them as well, probably a half dozen or so in 15-20 minutes, in suburban-light polluted skies. All were real attention getters. Also saw what I think was the ISS passing by from south to north along the eastern sky, but haven't looked at a tracking program for a while to confirm it; large, very bright satellite-like object.
Joe Borgione
astrodeb@charter.net wrote: Tonight is the peak for the Geminid meteor shower. From what I saw Saturday night, it should be a good one. I saw anywhere from 30-40 Saturday night. The meteors were just shooting across the sky while we were imaging with my DSLR camera. One meteor looked like a roman candle as it headed south and lingered like a firework. And this was before midnight. I'm hoping for an even better show tonight.
Debbie
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It works out pretty good! Joe Bauman just posted a question about peaks, and I just read a spaceweather.com post that says this morning before dawn and tonight around midnite (12/13). Guess I'll do a late night soak! Joe Borgione astrodeb@charter.net wrote: Now that is the way to view meteors in Dec. Soak in a hot tube all night and look up! Very good idea indeed. Debbie
From: Joe Borgione Date: 2004/12/13 Mon AM 10:37:52 MST To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Geminid meteor shower
I was up at about 5:00 am this morning (12-13) taking a soak in my hot tub, and saw quite a number of them as well, probably a half dozen or so in 15-20 minutes, in suburban-light polluted skies. All were real attention getters. Also saw what I think was the ISS passing by from south to north along the eastern sky, but haven't looked at a tracking program for a while to confirm it; large, very bright satellite-like object.
Joe Borgione
astrodeb@charter.net wrote: Tonight is the peak for the Geminid meteor shower. From what I saw Saturday night, it should be a good one. I saw anywhere from 30-40 Saturday night. The meteors were just shooting across the sky while we were imaging with my DSLR camera. One meteor looked like a roman candle as it headed south and lingered like a firework. And this was before midnight. I'm hoping for an even better show tonight.
Debbie
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