Geminid Meteor Shower

Joined: 05 Dec 2003 Posts: 1360 Location: Scotland

Anyone else been watching the Geminid Meteor Shower. Tonight and tomorrow night are the best chance. Better still, anyone managing any photos. It's cloudy here with sleet and snow showers but in the occasional gaps in the clouds we've spotted 7 including one beautiful, long, slow, deep red one. Hope some of you are enjoying clear skies.

Here's a link for info on where and when to watch:

http://www.space.com/spacewatch/geminid_meteors_031212.html

Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 4:35 am

Hi Alan, like yourself we have overcast skies and additionally quite high light polution so they have to be quite bright for us to se them. I have seen some good ones from this shower in previous years though. I used to monitor them a lot when I was a radio Ham but thats another story.

Joined: 05 Dec 2003 Posts: 1360 Location: Scotland

Managed a few more about midnight during a breaf break in the clouds.

snowman wrote:

I used to monitor them a lot when I was a radio Ham but thats another story.

Yes I read somewhere that radio waves will bounce of the ionised meteor tails. That's awsome!

Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 11:57 am

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Yes I read somewhere that radio waves will bounce of the ionised meteor tails. That's awsome!

It certainly is, takes patience but boy when you make contact its brilliant. That and the aurora whre 2 of my faverite modes of communication.

Joined: 29 Sep 2003 Posts: 616 Location: Central CA

My brother was on his way to my house from Northern Ca. He saw about 7 red ones. I didn't know about it ;-( but i'll be looking tonight with a 75mm - 300mm and a tripod.

Joined: 05 Dec 2003 Posts: 1360 Location: Scotland

rosajg wrote:

....but i'll be looking tonight with a 75mm - 300mm and a tripod.

Good luck. I really hope you catch a few. It's still cloudy and snowy here so I'm depending on you :)