(meteorobs) Oh No!
Bill Godley
wwgj180 at yahoo.com
Fri Dec 15 00:39:12 EST 2006
I do need to get out to Mounds one of these days.
I actually got lucky and had clear skies in Findlay,
OH for a little while last night. Between 9:25 and
10:45 EST, I managed to see 24 GEMs and a few SPOs
while braving a cold wind off of Findlay Reservoir.
I have already been out tonight (14/15) under high
clouds here in Coweta and the GEMs are still putting
on a decent show.
Reports tomorrow.
BG
Coweta, OK
--- David Stine <david at exposquare.com> wrote:
> Skies were excellent in Tulsa this year. We did
> have some clouds move
> in after 2a.m., but from our observatory west of
> Tulsa we saw 308
> Geminids between 10p.m.CST and 2a.m. They were
> really picking up
> between 1-2a.m. We were seeing 2 and three at a
> time. Best shower I
> have seen since 2001 Leonid Storm from west Texas.
> Should have been
> with us Bill. Tulsa isn't always clouded out.
>
> David Stine
> Tulsa, OK.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org
> [mailto:meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org] On Behalf
> Of Wes Stone
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 9:24 PM
> To: Global Meteor Observing Forum
> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Oh No!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Godley" <wwgj180 at yahoo.com>
>
>
> >I lost the Leonids to clouds here in Tulsa. Now I
> > have to travel to NW Ohio during the Geminid peak.
> Is
> > there any place in the US more likley to be cloudy
> in
> > the winter?!
>
> Based on the last dozen years or so, I'd nominate
> Oregon :-), especially
> if
> you restrict it to a couple of nights around the
> Geminid peak. I don't
> think
> it used to be this bad; I remember lots of crisp,
> clear winter nights
> during
> my childhood. Really coming down in buckets tonight.
>
> The last time I saw the Geminids in their full glory
> was 1993. I've
> gotten
> in some marginal off-peak or moonlit viewing a few
> times since then. In
> 1998, I got unexpected clearing for the peak but was
> stuck in Portland.
> Still a pretty good shower even in city lights. In
> 1999, I was in
> Tucson, AZ
> but came down with the flu. I saw some nice Geminids
> out my window but
> had
> to stop because it hurt to keep my eyes open.
>
> --
> Wes Stone
> Chiloquin, OR
> http://skytour.homestead.com
>
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