(meteorobs) Geminids Oh No! Oh yes!

[Mark Davis]

Thanks for the report Alister! Actually, my 2 hours was the night of 
December 11th....it took 24 hours for the email to be posted on meteorobs 
(we are being bombarded once again by spammers). Since the above 2 hour 
window that I had, we've had nothing but drizzling rain so nothing else to 
report from here.

Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alister" <aling at telus.net>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 5:00 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) Geminids Oh No! Oh yes!


Sorry to hear that Mark.

Bruce McCurdy and I watched from central Alberta Tuesday night 12-13 for
about 4 hours ending at 11 am. Very nice to have temps of -6 C instead of
the potential -25 at this time of year. We throughly enjoyed it. I don't
have numbers, but a rough tally would be 100-120 in the 4 hours, including
sporadics. Easily 2:1 Gems to non-Gems. Saw a couple of athelions and
Hydrids. I may have attributed too many to the hydrids but they seemed
appropriate speed and direction.

Lots near the radiant, many mag 2-3, plenty of mag 1, fewer of mag zero, a
handful of -1 to -2, and a beauty of -8, brighter than the brighter Iridium
flares, with a lovely aquamarine/glacial lake green after a blue intro.
Camera was pointed the other way - I'm hoping it will show the trees lit up.

We're going to try again tonight, but the weather is a bit more iffy.

Alister.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <meteors at comcast.net>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Oh No!


>I observed for about 2 hours this morning with little seen - 6 Geminids and
>6 sporadics.
>
> Mark Davis
>
> -------------- 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?!
>>
>> I hope to see some meteors tonight (I have to get up
>> at 4 am anyhow to catch the plane) or Thu/Fri after
>> the peak.  Which brings me to my second question - has
>> anybody other than Paul and Michael tried to catch
>> some Geminds the last night or two?  The board seems
>> kind of quiet.
>>
>> Just curious.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bill Godley
>> Coweta, OK
>>
>>
>>
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