The best meteor shower of 2004 peaks on Dec. 13th

Wobbel · 12-13-2004, 02:45 AM

Source : PhysOrg
by Dr. Tony Phillips

Make hot cocoa. Bundle up. Tell your friends: the best meteor shower of 2004 is about to peak on a long cold December night.
It's the Geminids. The best time to look is Monday night, Dec. 13th. Sky watchers who stay outside for a few hours around midnight can expect to see dozens to hundreds of "shooting stars."
The source of the shower is asteroid 3200 Phaethon. There's a cloud of dust trailing the asteroid and Earth plows through it every year in mid-December. Bits of dust traveling 80,000 mph hit our atmosphere and turn into glowing meteors.

Where should you look? Anywhere. Geminids streak all over the sky. Trace some backwards: they all lead to a radiant point in the constellation Gemini. This year the radiant lies next to Saturn--a beautiful coincidence. Gemini and Saturn are high overhead at midnight, easy to find.

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technobeast · 12-13-2004, 09:06 AM

It's cloudy all over North Bulgaria. Gotta miss it

the hunter · 12-13-2004, 10:03 AM

Im going to miss it here also, as its going to be raining.

tiremonkey2000 · 12-13-2004, 11:58 PM

Going too miss it also west central florida cold front coming in very cloudy

well its 1:00 am and clouds are gone i will be sitting outside now i will let you know if i see anything

no sooner than i got back outside the clouds came back

but i did see a few between the clouds around 2:00am then i went too sleep

**DreamCaster** · 12-14-2004, 07:56 AM

Well, it cleared up here in NH and I got to see one shooting star around 5am today

I only wish I had time to watch for more, but I was off to work

12-13-2004, 02:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
Wobbel PCTT's Gatherer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: 2004 Posts: 2,861	The best meteor shower of 2004 peaks on Dec. 13th Source : PhysOrg by Dr. Tony Phillips Make hot cocoa. Bundle up. Tell your friends: the best meteor shower of 2004 is about to peak on a long cold December night. It's the Geminids. The best time to look is Monday night, Dec. 13th. Sky watchers who stay outside for a few hours around midnight can expect to see dozens to hundreds of "shooting stars." The source of the shower is asteroid 3200 Phaethon. There's a cloud of dust trailing the asteroid and Earth plows through it every year in mid-December. Bits of dust traveling 80,000 mph hit our atmosphere and turn into glowing meteors. Where should you look? Anywhere. Geminids streak all over the sky. Trace some backwards: they all lead to a radiant point in the constellation Gemini. This year the radiant lies next to Saturn--a beautiful coincidence. Gemini and Saturn are high overhead at midnight, easy to find. Read full story here

12-13-2004, 09:06 AM	#2 (permalink)
technobeast The Grim Reaper! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Bulgaria Posts: 2,387	It's cloudy all over North Bulgaria. Gotta miss it __________________ Liked this post and found it helpful? Click on the image under my avatar to add to my reputation

12-13-2004, 11:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
tiremonkey2000 Tire Master DJ Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: florida Posts: 131	Going too miss it also west central florida cold front coming in very cloudy well its 1:00 am and clouds are gone i will be sitting outside now i will let you know if i see anything no sooner than i got back outside the clouds came back but i did see a few between the clouds around 2:00am then i went too sleep __________________ Tiremonkey2000 Last edited by tiremonkey2000; 12-14-2004 at 07:46 PM.

12-14-2004, 07:56 AM	#5 (permalink)
DreamCaster Tune Raider Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: New England Posts: 1,353	Well, it cleared up here in NH and I got to see one shooting star around 5am today I only wish I had time to watch for more, but I was off to work __________________ Boston Red Sox - 2004 World Champions New England Patriots - '02, '04, '05 Superbowl Champions

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12-13-2004, 10:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
the hunter getting hitched Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: canada Posts: 2,655	Im going to miss it here also, as its going to be raining.