(meteorobs) Geminids? What Geminids?
meteoreye at comcast.net
meteoreye at comcast.net
Sat Dec 13 16:47:53 EST 2008
Bruce, those are life threatening conditions. We'd rather have future reports from you than one from someone recovering a scrap of paper from your popsicle corpse. Be safe.
Wayne
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From: "Bruce McCurdy" <bmccurdy at telusplanet.net>
> I haven't even seen the big, high, bright, close Moon, let alone any Geminids.
> The good news is that it's finally clearing off after a few days of low cloud
> with frequent bouts of snow. The bad news is best summarized by Environment
> Canada:
>
> Today
> Day: Clearing near noon. Wind north 20 km/h becoming light this afternoon.
> Temperature steady near minus 25. Wind chill minus 37.
> Night: A few clouds. Low minus 29.
>
> Sunday
> Sunny. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 23. Wind chill minus 33.
>
> If it wasn't for that nasty wind, I might be tempted. Decembrrr winds bite in
> more ways than one! As it stands, perhaps I'll do a little backyard observing
> for an hour or until I see my first Gem or until I freeze up, whichever happens
> first. But unless an observing buddy materializes there's no way I'm driving my
> car over flash-frozen winter roads to some isolated spot in the faint hopes of
> seeing a handful of Moon-soaked Geminids. I may be crazy, but I'm not that
> crazy.
>
> I am, however, *this* crazy ... I plan on observing the Quadrantids peak from
> Yellowknife, NWT with my friend and occasional MeteorObs contributor Stephen
> Bedingfield. At latitude +62, Yellowknife is some 8 degrees north of Edmonton;
> on a thermometer, however, it's generally quite a few degrees south! Airline
> ticket is bought and paid for, so I'm just gambling on luck. In case of
> emergency, there's always the car window method.
>
> Bruce
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