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Heads Up Chicken Little, The Sky is Doing Something Tonight...
The Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight, Dec 13, 2017.  The moon sets early (2:34pm) so the sky should be dark for most of us until after midnight (3:46amEST, 14 Dec 2017).  It is to cold in the DC area, but maybe some of you in more southerly latitudes can catch a falling star.
Currently: 2008 36' Tiffin Open Road
Previously: 2007 Mid Bath
Re: Heads Up Chicken Little, The Sky is Doing Something Tonight...
Reply #1 –
Don't remind me.  DW told me we are getting up at 2am!
Greg & Victoria
2017 Mid-Bath  “Nocona” towing a manual 2015 Forester
Previously a 1985 TK
SKP #61264
Re: Heads Up Chicken Little, The Sky is Doing Something Tonight...
Reply #3 –
Thx for the info, Kent...I missed the Orionids in October & Leonids in November due to clouds & hadn't heard anything on the news about this one.   It was sunny most of today but had clouded up when I came out of church a little while ago;  been so blasted windy today--despite the upper 50s temps, it felt like 40s--maybe the clouds will blow out by 2-ish.  I do love the majesty & mystery of these sorts of events.

Lynne
Lynne
LDy Lulubelle, Green '05 31' TB
Lilly, the 4-Legged Alarm
Re: Heads Up Chicken Little, The Sky is Doing Something Tonight...
Reply #4 –
Well, I went out last night and stood in the cold, about 30 degrees, light wind but it cut into one, under crystal clear skies, for about half an hour, doing a bunch of 30 second exposures.  In all that time, I saw one meteor, and it was between exposures.  Pretty frustrating...

Ken F in NM
'08 MB
Re: Heads Up Chicken Little, The Sky is Doing Something Tonight...
Reply #5 –
I wandered out, too; almost as cold, and with the 'light pollution' of south SJ, didn't see a thing in the sky except a couple redeye flights on approach to SJ airport and a police helicopter.  Maybe tonight ....  :(
2003 TK has a new home
Re: Heads Up Chicken Little, The Sky is Doing Something Tonight...
Reply #6 –
Quote from: Kenneth Fears  - 
Well, I went out last night and stood in the cold, about 30 degrees, light wind but it cut into one, under crystal clear skies, for about half an hour, doing a bunch of 30 second exposures.  In all that time, I saw one meteor, and it was between exposures.  Pretty frustrating...

Ken F in NM

DW went out just before 2am to check it out but we had some cloud covering so couldn't see much. Thankfully, she let me sleep.  :)
Greg & Victoria
2017 Mid-Bath  “Nocona” towing a manual 2015 Forester
Previously a 1985 TK
SKP #61264
Re: Heads Up Chicken Little, The Sky is Doing Something Tonight...
Reply #7 –
Cloudy in north Missouri & forecast indicated no sun 'til Friday, which was all the motivation I needed to stay under the covers...& Thursday was a dreary day in the 30s, indeed.   Friday has dawned with sunshine headed into the high 40s, with Saturday predicted into the high 50s, so Lilly & I will have a farm night in the LD to be ready for Saturday.

Lynne
Lynne
LDy Lulubelle, Green '05 31' TB
Lilly, the 4-Legged Alarm
Re: Heads Up Chicken Little, The Sky is Doing Something Tonight...
Reply #8 –
I slept through the event.  I caught a bad cold after reading the how to stay well thread, haven't had a cold like this in 15 years or so it seems.  I blame the thread.
Currently: 2008 36' Tiffin Open Road
Previously: 2007 Mid Bath
Re: Heads Up Chicken Little, The Sky is Doing Something Tonight...
Reply #9 –
And so it goes...My daughter and I have started watching our favorite Christmas movies recently and as luck would have it I forgot all about the meteor shower as Tim Allen brought home the Holidays.

https://youtu.be/bPFjulLsIY0

Oh well...Ho, Ho, Hope to catch the shower next time. In my dreams, right? 🎅🏻

Kent
2015 27' RB "MissB.Haven"
Re: Heads Up Chicken Little, The Sky is Doing Something Tonight...
Reply #10 –
Well, here in the sunny south, Georgia, that is, I went out on the night of the 13th around 8PM and saw 11 meteors and one piece of space junk burn up within about an hour. Then, last night, I went out with the grandkids and watched the Hubble Space Telescope and then the ISS go over, followed by seeing 3 more Geminids fall. All were 2nd magnitude or brighter. 2nd magnitude is the brightness of the 3 stars in Orion's belt (more or less). Most were much brighter. Sorry about those who didn't get to see any. You still might see a few tonight, but that chances are growing very slim of that happening.
Ken
Former 2009 MB owner
Re: Heads Up Chicken Little, The Sky is Doing Something Tonight...
Reply #11 –
John--

Sorry to hear of your misery   :P , hope you're better soon to enjoy time with family & friends & your LD.

Ken & Joyce--

Thx for sharing about memory-making with grandkids...what a wonderful thing for all.   ;D

Lynne
Lynne
LDy Lulubelle, Green '05 31' TB
Lilly, the 4-Legged Alarm
Re: Heads Up Chicken Little, The Sky is Doing Something Tonight...
Reply #12 –
thanks for the well wishes.  It is just a cold, not the flue or any thing bad.  I think it is funny though that I had just read the thread and thought how lucky I was that I have not had the cold or flue for years.   Then I get a bad cold.  At least Im home and retired so I am not spreading it around.
Currently: 2008 36' Tiffin Open Road
Previously: 2007 Mid Bath
Re: Heads Up Chicken Little, The Sky is Doing Something Tonight...
Reply #13 –
Sorry for your misery, John.

We were lucky to see the Space X resupply module go up today from Cape Kennedy.  We were actually in a parking lot in Melbourne Beach (30=/- miles south) and watched it until it disappeared.  Still very cool!

TinaP
2006 MB "Wild Thing"
Taking the Florida Sun
2006 MB
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Reply #14 –
While we pretty much missed it, a local photographer got this shot of the meteor shower.

Photo credit: Toshimi Kristof- Dec. 14, 2017- Bear Valley Springs, CA
Greg & Victoria
2017 Mid-Bath  “Nocona” towing a manual 2015 Forester
Previously a 1985 TK
SKP #61264
 
Re: Heads Up Chicken Little, The Sky is Doing Something Tonight...
Reply #15 –
Quote from: Tina Pratt  - 
Sorry for your misery, John.

We were lucky to see the Space X resupply module go up today from Cape Kennedy.  We were actually in a parking lot in Melbourne Beach (30=/- miles south) and watched it until it disappeared.  Still very cool!

TinaP
2006 MB "Wild Thing"
Taking the Florida Sun


Hope you stayed for the landing, too.  That's a pretty remarkable system.

Chip
2000 Front Lounge