[AZ-Observing] Re: Geminid meteor shower
- From: Andrew Cooper <acooper@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 21:58:16 -0700
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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