(meteorobs) Geminids in Decline?
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Sun Dec 16 11:55:48 EST 2007
Sounds like a great observation Steven, even with all the mishaps! ;)
Mark Davis, South Carolina, USA
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Steven Kolins wrote:
> I'll chime in here in a different way.
>
> We got ourselves ready and out about 9:30 to watch for about an hr and
> saw about a dozen meteors. Mostly we did this cause we were ready and
> took advantage of the last of the unusual warm spell we've had in the
> SE USA and promises of a great show. I had an inflatable mattress that
> leaked and my partner was totally unused to being outside in the dark
> and never My digital camera had dead batteries so that didn't work
> out either. Clouds also began to roll in and it was chilly though I
> had brought two blankets and we wore coats and I had two hot water -
> thankfully they didn't leak.
>
> Sounds like I did just about everything wrong. I didn't take careful
> notes, my camera was dead, we came out way too early, didn't look very
> long and the mattress leaked so I was laying on hard ground in the
> cold before we were done. And as soon as my partner got to the
> mattress it was all "I don't think this is a good idea."
>
> And after the first meteor my four year old daughter was drinking the
> Kool-Aide.
>
> "WOW!!! DAD!! DAD!! What was THAT!" jabbing at the sky....
>
> That was my daughter's first meteor. From then on she was all into it
> - she caught meteors I missed and even pointed out all the planes. She
> didn't want to come in even as my back started to get real sore and
> she began to shiver and cuddle up against me for warmth.
>
> Mostly we saw earth grazers - some crossing upto 90° of the sky. Most
> were as bright as Mars and several much brighter. Several presented a
> kind of flaming appearance as they zipped kind of slowly across the
> sky. One left a trail that lasted a second as it sputtered across the
> sky. All were kind of yellow which stood one when the one meteor not
> from the Gemini radiant streaked more dimly straight north (Gemini was
> still in the east) which was white-blue in comparison.
>
> I did also keep an eye on Comet Holmes which seemed to have a slight
> tail to it.... My daughter caught a greenish tinge to it.... Her first
> comet too!
> = - - - - - - - =
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