[meteorite-list] Lousy Leonids 2006 ==> next dependablemeteorshower timing

[Gerald Flaherty]

Thanks Chris. Please keep us on target for the Geminids!
Jerry Flaherty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Peterson" <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Lousy Leonids 2006 ==> next 
dependablemeteorshower timing


> Don't overlook the Geminids, December 14. Not a lot of interference from
> the Moon this year. IMO the Geminids are the number one shower to be
> seen- it produces the highest rate of any shower (much better than the
> Perseids), and by far the most fireballs (which tend to be fairly long
> and colorful, because of the low speed particles, just 35 km/s).
>
> The Quadrantids can be quite good, but they aren't as dependable as the
> Geminids for fireball production.
>
> Chris
>
> *****************************************
> Chris L Peterson
> Cloudbait Observatory
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>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "MexicoDoug" <MexicoDoug at aim.com>
> To: "Gerald Flaherty" <grf2 at verizon.net>; "Robert Woolard"
> <meteoritefinder at yahoo.com>; <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 11:58 AM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Lousy Leonids 2006 ==> next dependable
> meteorshower timing
>
>
>> Dear List,
>>
>> Had clear, fairly dark skies all night, observed 23:00 - 01:00 EST
>> Saturday
>> night/Sunday Morning covered the peak of the Leonids, which have
>> always been
>> a tough call no one can figure out...
>>
>> After seeing one reasonable fireball at 23:30, I spent the rest of the
>> time
>> bs-ing with other astronomers hoping a chance glance might catch my
>> eye.
>> Those experts that spent the time wired on having a successful evening
>> boasted a total of 3-4 each in the 1.5 hour period, all reasonably
>> bright,
>> but really nothing to write home about.
>>
>> My favorite shower, the sometimes electrifying Quadrantids on January
>> 3/4
>> 2007 will be a lunar disaster to write off, and it looks like casual
>> meteor
>> observers looking for a bang for the buck will have to wait until
>> perfect
>> astronomical conditions line up by observing during the New Moon at
>> the the
>> 4:00 AM CDT (09:00 UTC) 13 August 2007 shower peak of the historically
>> dependable PERSEIDS, though the parent body is receding more and
>> supposedly
>> finally taking more of its dustpile with it.
>>
>> So mark your calenders for the Perseids, before work on Monday 13 Aug
>> 2007
>> if you only want to pick one shower next year where you probably won't
>> be
>> disappointed.  The Perseus radiant is high in the sky, and it will
>> also be a
>> perfect opportunity to see with naked eyes or binoculars the Great
>> Galaxy in
>> Andromeda, named for the constellacion of the hot African princess
>> Perseus
>> himself unshackled from the jaws of a seamonster and then savoured for
>> his
>> toils producing among others, a son who was the father of the
>> Persians.  The
>> Andromeda Galaxy is essentially the furthest we can see with the naked
>> eye,
>> and only object we can se outside our own Mikly Way Galaxy in the
>> Northern
>> Hemisphere since the slightly further Triangulum galaxy requires
>> shameless
>> prodigal vision.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Doug
>
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