Perseids Meteor Shower - Toyota Yaris Forums

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

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Originally Posted by Kioshi

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/

Kioshi · 08-16-2009, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Darb

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.

08-12-2009, 03:55 PM	#1
Kioshi Heart Up! Vitz Drives: トヨタ Vitz Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Fremont, CA Posts: 2,582	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...

08-16-2009, 06:58 AM	#4
Yaris Hilton Half a Bubble Off Plumb Drives: 2009 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bristol, Tennessee, USA Posts: 1,593	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.