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Re: (meteorobs) Is the Geminids worth it?
Lew: RE: your advice to Kevin........
"without messing with your education"????? Give the boy a break! Watching a
meteor shower all the way through IS an education. I advised him to write a
paper to give his teachers and take the day after off from school. There are
many ways of getting an education....school sometimes has to be down on the
list!! I would hate for him to have to sit in those wooden chairs after a
night's viewing session. He might fall asleep and hurt himself, you know?
Let's hope for clear skies. Enjoy Kevin, and dress warm.
Lew Gramer wrote:
> >But can i expect good observations from this shower, or should I
> >wait until a better one comes along?
>
> That depends on what you consider a "good shower", Kevin! I can say that
> if you *DO* decide to skip the Geminids and wait, the next shower which
> even has a CHANCE of significantly outperforming the Geminids over North
> America would be the (by SOME) predicted Leonid outburst of Nov 2001! And
> if not then, I think you have to wait till later in the 21st Century. :)
>
> SO GET OUT FOR THE GEMINIDS IF YOU WANT TO SEE METEORS!
>
> The Geminids (along with the Perseids in August) are the crowning jewel
> of the annual meteor shower calendar... Get out and see them if you can,
> so long as you can do so WITHOUT messing with your education, of course!
>
> (I highly advise an afternoon nap, as well as getting to bed right after
> dinner on the nights you will be staying up midnight to dawn!)
>
> Clear skies,
> Lew Gramer
>
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