[AZ-Observing] Re: Geminid meteor shower

I was the only person still observing by 3 a.m. at Vekol and I saw the quite 
a few meteors at that time.  Quite a show.   The dew never affected my 
astrograph, and I kept shooting all night until 5:00 a.m.  I regretted not 
being able to make it all the way to Sentinel because of not receiving some 
car parts overnight on Saturday like I was supposed to.  But it all worked 
out well, as I finally had a chance to meet Astrophotographer Richard Jacobs 
and found him to be  a very knowledgeable and likeable person.



Jon Christensen


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Cooper" <acooper@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 9:58 PM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Geminid meteor shower


>
> Saturday night at Sentinel we were getting rates well in excess of  "a
> few per hour".  Around 3am when I finally gave up defogging Violet's
> secondary and eyepiece every observation I put the gear away and Dean
> and I just watched the shower for a while.  We were averaging much
> better than one a minute with a couple good flurries above two a minute
> sustained for good periods, you would have thought we were watching the
> peak a day later.  Quite a few good sporadics or members of the other
> five showers going on at the time.
>
> What does this mean for tomorrow morning?
>
> Andrew
>
>
> Jeff Hopkins wrote:
>
>>Space Weather News for December 11, 2004
>>http://spaceweather.com
>>
>>GEMINID METEORS: The 2004 Geminid meteor shower is underway.  Midnight sky
>>watchers this weekend can expect to see bright meteors shooting out of the
>>constellation Geminid--at least a few per hour. Rates will increase
>>many-fold on Dec. 13th when the shower peaks.
>>
>>Because this meteor shower has such a broad peak, a good display is
>>possible twice: on Monday morning, Dec. 13th, during the dark hours before
>>sunrise and again on Monday evening, Dec. 13th, especially during the
>>hours around midnight.
>>
>
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