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Kioshi
08-12-2009, 04:28 AM
Who's up or will be up early to catch this in California, anywhere else in the country/world?

Missed last years, and slept all day today, so I have nothing better to do.....plus astronomy is cool :smile:
TheRealEnth
08-12-2009, 05:27 AM
watching it from here... =)
stouffer
08-12-2009, 06:56 AM
Raining here :mad:
Darb
08-12-2009, 10:18 AM
Had cloud cover last night. :( Orionids in October and Geminids in December are the next showers. The Geminids are the most impressive anyway, if you don't mind a little cold. They happen just prior to a new moon this year, so the sky will be dark! Woot.
ultragd3
08-12-2009, 10:25 AM
i drove out to the country and watched it last night. pretty tight!!!!

gonna go out again tonight
CTScott
08-12-2009, 10:28 AM
I went out at midnight and then again at 4AM. The sky was pretty clear here at midnight and I was able to see quite a few.
kac
08-12-2009, 11:13 AM
went out in the country here last night... didn't see any though..
Kioshi
08-12-2009, 03:55 PM
I barely saw some for couple mins.... I might have to reach higher elevation to see some more tonight, stupid suburban/city lights......

Darb - do you have the approx schedule for the Orionids and Geminids for those months?
I wouldn't mind the cold, but if its better than what i saw this morning, then I'm game for it...
Darb
08-13-2009, 10:32 AM
Darb - do you have the approx schedule for the Orionids and Geminids for those months?
I wouldn't mind the cold, but if its better than what i saw this morning, then I'm game for it...

Yup! The Geminids are way better. More meteors and a clearer sky, less haze in the Wintertime.

Orionids: Oct 15th - 29th. Peak early morning on the 21st , 20 meteors/hour in Northern Hemisphere, 40/hr Southern. Moon phase: Near New
Geminids: Dec 6th - 18th. Peak night of 13/14th , 50-80/hour in Northern. 20/hr Southern. Moon phase: Near New

http://stardate.org/nightsky/meteors/
BailOut
08-13-2009, 11:06 AM
I wasn't up at 0400 to watch them but I was lucky enough to see just one while on my way to my car after a mountain bike ride and barbecue on Tuesday night.
Kioshi
08-16-2009, 01:55 AM
Yup! The Geminids are way better. More meteors and a clearer sky, less haze in the Wintertime.

Orionids: Oct 15th - 29th. Peak early morning on the 21st , 20 meteors/hour in Northern Hemisphere, 40/hr Southern. Moon phase: Near New
Geminids: Dec 6th - 18th. Peak night of 13/14th , 50-80/hour in Northern. 20/hr Southern. Moon phase: Near New

http://stardate.org/nightsky/meteors/

Thanks for the timings Darb, much appreciated. I'll bookmark this thread for future reference for myself and others interested on here :)
Yaris Hilton
08-16-2009, 06:58 AM
Most meteors in most showers are really faint, so you need to get out somewhere really dark, and hope for a night when the moon's not in the sky during the early morning hours. You see the most meteors between midnight and sunrise.