Asteroid Shower (http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/03dec_asteroidshower.htm?list819105)

The Geminids are not ordinary meteors. While most meteor showers come from comets, Geminids come from an asteroid—a near-Earth object named 3200 Phaethon.

/seriousgirlmode off
Taking an asteroid shower is bad for your skin and hair!
/seriousgirlmode on

The show really heats up after midnight and by dawn on Friday, Dec. 14th, there could be dozens of bright meteors per hour streaking across the sky."

Let me figure this out.

Your 5 hours behind me :)

So-it gets dark here at 4pm [11am] Ontario.

After midnite is 5am here.

By the time its getting lite in Ontario-its lunchtime here hehe.

Do the papers say you won't be able to see it in Ireland?

Dont know C. Wasnt out to get a paper today.

Tho its overcast here and ya wouldnt see them anyway :(

Thanx, maybe I can see it from the Florida Panhandle.

at least I'll be awake for it this time.....on my own
last time we had a meteor shower a dumbass woke me at 5 in the morning to get up and see it:@@:


(and yes,I know it said Asteroid shower,not meteor shower)

Was it any dumbass we know :)

hahaha......no:p

Dang, went out at 3:00 am and had a solid fog. Zero visibility.

And your up again already.

What time you got-about 4:30am haha

In SWO here :@@:
Show cancelled due to snow storm :lolhit:

it was really cloudy out here this morning,so no show here either

it was really cloudy out here this morning,so no show here either

Yes an over cast hampered my viewing too.

OH Well

Came across this news item today.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/1215/gemind.html

Came across this news item today.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/1215/gemind.html
'Everyone in Ireland can see the Geminids and you don't need any telescopes or binoculars just normal eyesight.'

normal eyesight? if you're seeing double is it twice as good?:@@:

Came across this news item today.

Even better:
Mars and the International Space Station will be also be visible.

Same problem tho-cloud :(

Same problem tho-cloud :(
i don't have a problem with clouds...it's all the snow between me and the clouds:mad:

I'll check tonight and see if I can see it. I'll video some if I can.

I'll check tonight and see if I can see it. I'll video some if I can.

That would be fun

I get podcasts from NASA

I'll look for some pod casts of it and upload them to a server :banana:

I saw some meteors either last night or the night before. There were only a few of them though; nothing spectacular.

It was clear here and a star lit night but I couldn't see any meteors.

Same here-got up for a smoke about 4-clear sky-nothing :(

I get podcasts from NASA

I'll look for some pod casts of it and upload them to a server :banana:

Hop to it, little man.