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Date: 14 Dec 2006 00:34:42
From: W. H. Greer
Subject: Geminid Meteor Obs.
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I just came in for a break after having counted 100+ Geminids.
Actually, the count was 102 Geminids (excluded were 6 to 12 sporadics)
from 6:12 U.T. until 7:08 U.T. on December 14th 2006 U.T. from a dark
(better than magnitude 6.0) rural sky. A persistent, amorphous,
auroral glow brightened a fairly large area of my sky. Nevertheless,
the winter Milky Way was traceable pretty much from horizon, through
the zenith, to the opposite horizon.
A large percentage of the Geminids were quite bright -- in the
neighborhood of 1st to 2nd magnitude. My 99th Geminid was a short,
bright meteor that "buzzed" past Pollux leaving a briefly visible,
short vapor trail. The Geminids are relatively slow moving, bright
meteors.
--
Bill
Celestial Journeys
http://cejour.blogspot.com
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Date: 14 Dec 2006 07:54:43
From: dr owl
Subject: Re: Geminid Meteor Obs.
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Observed in Beavercreek, Ohio, from 9PM EST to 2:30AM. A great shower.
100+/hr after 11 PM. This is my favorite shower of the year but it is
usually cloudy here. Not last night. Slow, bright (a few -1 or better).
Smoky trails. Glorious.
owl
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Date: 14 Dec 2006 07:43:43
From: Bill Hudson
Subject: Re: Geminid Meteor Obs.
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W. H. Greer wrote:
> Update: 26 more Geminids observed from 9:05 until 9:21 U.T. (My
> break was longer than expected;-) The moon was up, but not overly
> bothersome. Clouds were more of a problem. The clouds were thicker
> in some areas and thinner in others, but seemed to be present
> everywhere.
>
> Over all, this was a good night for bright, slow moving meteors!
> --
> Bill
> Celestial Journeys
> http://cejour.blogspot.com
Complete cloud-out here, unfortunately.
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Bill Hudson - http://astrogeek.wordpress.com
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Date: 14 Dec 2006 02:37:27
From: W. H. Greer
Subject: Re: Geminid Meteor Obs.
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Update: 26 more Geminids observed from 9:05 until 9:21 U.T. (My
break was longer than expected;-) The moon was up, but not overly
bothersome. Clouds were more of a problem. The clouds were thicker
in some areas and thinner in others, but seemed to be present
everywhere.
Over all, this was a good night for bright, slow moving meteors!
--
Bill
Celestial Journeys
http://cejour.blogspot.com
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Date: 14 Dec 2006 16:33:57
From: Chris L Peterson
Subject: Re: Geminid Meteor Obs.
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On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:34:42 -0700, W. H. Greer <sendnomail@tome.net >
wrote:
>I just came in for a break after having counted 100+ Geminids...
We had a thin cloud layer over much of Colorado last night, such that
only a few bright stars were visible. Over the last two nights my allsky
camera caught 92 meteors, most of which were Geminids. Because of the
weather conditions, most of those caught had negative magnitudes. I've
posted a composite image of all the meteors at
http://www.cloudbait.com/science/geminid2006.html . For reference, the
star trail running between azimuth 210 and 240 is Sirius, at magnitude
-1.4.
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
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Date: 14 Dec 2006 11:24:41
From: Pierre
Subject: Re: Geminid Meteor Obs.
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W. H. Greer wrote:
> Update: 26 more Geminids observed from 9:05 until 9:21 U.T. (My
> break was longer than expected;-) The moon was up, but not overly
> bothersome. Clouds were more of a problem. The clouds were thicker
> in some areas and thinner in others, but seemed to be present
> everywhere.
>
> Over all, this was a good night for bright, slow moving meteors!
> --
> Bill
> Celestial Journeys
> http://cejour.blogspot.com
Thanks for sharing, Bill. The UK is caught up in moist Southwesterlies
at the moment and no observing was possible. Another good opportunity
lost to image those epheremeral meteor streaks!
Pierre MK-UK
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