the moon will "NOT be bad enough to throw a wet blanket" for the Geminids ----- Original Message ----- From: "MexicoDoug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bob King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 7:55 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Lousy Leonids, good Geminids!
> Hi Chris, Bob and Listees; Geminid fans, > > Yup, thanks for mentioning the Geminids - you're both right that there is > one nice possible shower on December 14 with the Geminids before next > August's 2007 Perseids when the Perseid peak falls during a New Moon and > just before dawn at optimal observing times. > > Sorry for overlooking the potential Geminid jubilee, I was thinking it was > washed out by a full moon (that was last year's, not the upcoming > one)...but > that can't happen if the shortly later Quadrantids are the ones washed out > by the Full moon.... "duhhh....., in someone's famous word".... > > If anyone wants to watch the Geminids as kindly suggested by Chris and > Bob, > the peak will be 4:45 CST (10:45 UTC) on the morning of Thursday, Dec. 14, > while the fortunate among us will be getting ready for the annual > Christmas > party and preparing to hunt meteorites with Santa... > > The Moon will be reasonably bright during the Geminids (33% disk > illumination) and high but bad enough to throw too wet a blanket on the > party, as both of you kindly mentioned! > > Chris, I know the Quadrantids aren't the most dependable nor easiest to > catch even under good conditions (not like the old gray mare / old > reliable > Perseids) but they gave me the best show of my life - that's why they're > my > favorite. I had counts of 300 per hour under midnight dark and perfectly > clear skies for a few hours - actually well over 1000 per hour during > several spurts when I was stranded in the desert. That was the only time > I > truly felt to be in meteor "shower"; What an indescribably beautiful > fantasyland that was with the radiant at the zenith, perfectly timed to > the > hour, with the cactus spines pinching me awake all night and meteors > falling > vertically down to all horizons, most frequently in pairs and trios... and > the galaxy glow casting silvery light upon the frightening geological > paradise enough to see cold rattle-snake eyes staring back under every > amorphous dark blob close to the ground around:-) > > Best wishes, Doug > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bob King > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 3:25 PM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Lousy Leonids, good Geminids! > > > Mexico Doug and friends, > The Leonids may not have been great and the Quadrantids drowned by the > moon > but don't forget the Geminids next month. They usually make for an > excellent > shower and peak the night of Dec. 13/14 when the moon won't seriously > interfere. Wishing you clear skies! > Bob > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
