Off Topic But .. The Geminid Meteor Shower Tonight and Tomorrow
Yes, admittedly I am a geek. Not assuming that any of you are, BUT for those of you that may or may not find it interesting, the Geminid Meteor Shower will be peaking tonight and tomorrow night. Saw some last night .. nice fireballs those. This is not a massive shower, but generally has good size meteors that come out of this one and can really light things up.
Catch the shower early before the moon comes up and good luck, as some of you mid-westerners may miss out because of weather. Those of us on the east coast may too as a front moves in. Maximum activity for this shower can produce over 100 shower meteors per hour seen from rural locations.
For additional information have a look at amsmeteors.org for more Geminids information..
Have fun
31 Responses to “Off Topic But .. The Geminid Meteor Shower Tonight and Tomorrow”
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Posted at 11:04am on December 12th, 2006
First to comment??? Can’t wait.
Posted at 11:13am on December 12th, 2006
For the love of god stop going FIRST TO COMMENT LULZ
But uh yeah
There are too damn many streetlights/mountains/trees around me to see anything, I envy anyone that sees it =\
Posted at 11:19am on December 12th, 2006
cool can you see it from jerusalem?
Posted at 11:42am on December 12th, 2006
yay i live on the east coast
Posted at 11:55am on December 12th, 2006
how about the west coast??
Posted at 1:28pm on December 12th, 2006
I’ve seen one of these before, although I couldn’t see it very well, and it was way too late for me, also. It’s really hard to see with all these trees around me, so I imagine this one won’t be that different. I’m actually happy to see something off-topic here.
Posted at 1:41pm on December 12th, 2006
oh my!
Posted at 1:46pm on December 12th, 2006
sounds kool
Posted at 2:43pm on December 12th, 2006
yeah it’s gonna be great and all
but im pissed cause tomorrow is the peak and they wont show until 1-2 in the morning
that sucks
(btw i love astronomy)
Posted at 2:58pm on December 12th, 2006
Thanks Jason, too bad us beach bums cant see it that well
Posted at 3:40pm on December 12th, 2006
Crap, it’s cloudy over here in massachusetts.
Posted at 3:47pm on December 12th, 2006
memphis? would i have any luck in seeing it, i would love to see something that would remind me of someone i love, but yeah, if anything towards a close time would be nice but im just seein if im in the vicinity of memphis Tennessee if i could see it alright
Thanks Jason
Posted at 5:06pm on December 12th, 2006
heh, i knew about this meteor shower (i have a farmers almanac), i wont be able to see any meteor showers, i live near the puget sound in washington, weather is always wonderfully crappy here. oh well… interest in astronomy doesnt make you a geek… i hope, otherwise im a pretty big geek.
Posted at 5:18pm on December 12th, 2006
is it available to see it here in the Rio Grande, cause thats where im at, never seen a meteor shower before but im willing to see one.
Posted at 5:19pm on December 12th, 2006
the only thing that suks about the weather here in the rio grande is that it never snows
Posted at 5:57pm on December 12th, 2006
You’re such a nerd, Jason. XD
Posted at 6:46pm on December 12th, 2006
i have a good idea, instead of making the new songs really crappy, u should use a nightcore song. those are always good.
Posted at 7:19pm on December 12th, 2006
yeah…….18th to post woot
Posted at 9:18pm on December 12th, 2006
ummm okay…
Posted at 10:10pm on December 12th, 2006
YEA I SAW FOUR!!…………but thats it……
Posted at 6:37am on December 13th, 2006
sweet i live in the middle of no where down in fla
Posted at 7:10am on December 13th, 2006
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I OVER SLEPT AND I MISSED IT!!!
Posted at 11:53am on December 13th, 2006
Yes, I am white and nerdy, and I will be bummed for missing the shower…lol. Aw, who cares? There are other things to do anyway.
Posted at 2:28pm on December 13th, 2006
Too much light pollution in New Jersey, probably.
Seriously, one time the sky was lit something like #664455 at 1:00am in the morning over in Newark airport.
Posted at 4:03pm on December 13th, 2006
peak is the 14th folks
Posted at 4:26pm on December 13th, 2006
o damn yeah the light pollution in NJ sucks. my aunt said that the only way to really see any stars is when there is a blackout
Posted at 4:54pm on December 13th, 2006
awww…last night…too cloudy…and bright…>_> was clear and dark..this morning…at 7am >_> GOD I WANNA SEE IT SO BADLY..
Posted at 7:05pm on December 13th, 2006
Thanks for mentioning it, Jason! I happen to be an astronomy nerd, too. Huzzah for big skies in the middle of Nowhere, Kansas.
Posted at 9:30pm on December 13th, 2006
Thanks man but I couldn’t see any, Iw ish I can see them they must be very pretty!!
Posted at 11:58pm on December 14th, 2006
OMG, thanks for reminding me! My friends and I went to the beach and took out some blankets and stayed there for like 3 hours and saw like 400 or something, haha, it was so fucking awesome!
Posted at 10:13pm on December 18th, 2006
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