Cazzerb65 Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Has anyone been watching the meteor showers lately? Apparently they will happening up to 19th Dec, at their best on 14th. Caz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpingJack Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 What sort of time do they home in on earth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booch Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Has anyone been watching the meteor showers lately? Apparently they will happening up to 19th Dec, at their best on 14th. Caz Thanks for the "heads up!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivester Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 This meteor shower is the "Geminids" and is visable as soon as its dark, On the peak (13th/14th) there will be upto 100 per hour although a lot of them will be washed out by the moon and Sheffield's light pollution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heeleygirl Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Has anyone been watching the meteor showers lately? Apparently they will happening up to 19th Dec, at their best on 14th. Caz Which part of the sky do we need to look ? N-S-E-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpingJack Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Can I just ask for a few details please. What time? How long is the show on for? Where in the sky? Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zweena Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Can i just say: this has made my day. I'm such a geeky scientist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantaspook Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 In answer to all the above questions you want to be looking SSW and approximately 68 degrees up from the horizon. You can find the area by identifying Sirius, it’s the brightest star in the sky, (it will be 18 degrees above the horizon on the 13th of December) then looking straight up above it approx 50 degrees. Sirius is easy to identify because of (A) its brightness and (B) to the right of Sirius is the constellation of Orion, there are three bright stars in a line that point to Sirius. The constellation of Gemini is just above and to the left of Orion - that is the point that the meteors will appear to radiate from. Active dates for the shower are 7th to 16th of December; the meridian passage is 2am on the 13th of December when the expected hourly rate is expected to peak at 100 per hour. I'm a geeky scientist too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raganoonande Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Ooh I'm really excited, I hope I can see some of this. Its funny, because me and my sister were driving through Parson Cross the other evening about 6.00pm, and my sister saw a really bright shooting star. It could have been the beginnings of the shower perhaps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devolute Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Are they really meteors? Oh no, not again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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