Geminids meteor shower today/tomorrow

[cspruit]

Hey all,

Tonight and tomorrow, the Geminids will be showering the skies above.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-13/geminids-asteroidal-meteor-shower-confirmed/5965486

In Melbourne 11pm is best, up north a bit earlier, eg. Brisbane 9pm (See article).

Might head up to the local park (which has a small hill with good visibility) at around 11.

An
(btw, First post, whee!)

[nebulosity.]

Welcome to Ice In Space!

Yeah I'm going to try and capture a few this shower hopefully. :)

Thanks for the info :thumbsup:

Cheers
Jo

[cjb]

I saw a few very nice ones last night. Quite slow moving and bright. They did not seem to be coming from the radiant so might just have been background not Geminids. Totaly clouded over now in Adelaide hills but I hope the sky's are clear for you😀

Chris

[cjb]

By the way, welcome to IIS 😀

Chris

[Nisch]

Hi All,

Novice question, but could anyone please tell me the co-ords and the time to look at in Sydney. Stayed up till 1:30am last night but only saw one meteore and that too no where close to gemini.

[seeker372011]

Was pretty disappointed myself, though I observed only from home so faint meteors would have gone unobserved

[Pinwheel]

A total disappointment :(. My wife & I had a perfect clear sky & position on our Verandah from 11 p.m to 1.00 saw 4. I went out again at 2.30am and the Moon had risen, washing out the night sky. May try again tonight but cloud is the forecast.

[Xtjohn]

I had a look at 4 am this morning. Saw 19 in about 1/2 an hour, two of which were in other parts of the sky and therefore probably not part of the main shower. I also saw the biggest brightest satellite I've ever seen as well as a nice satellite flare from another.
Well worth getting up early!

[cspruit]

Yeah disappointing for me too. In Melbourne the light pollution is pretty bad, could barely see Pollux at 11.30. I saw one meteor but it was overhead where visibility is half ok. Maybe tonight will be better, but clouds are rolling in...

[gaa_ian]

The Geminids Meteor shower is producing a good number of Bright Meteors out here in Western Qld. I saw 14 in a 1/2 period at 3 am this morning. Looking again tonight (Sunday 14th) from 11pm & hope to see more before the moon rises.

[simmo]

Last night was quite good here in WA. Went east an hour and a few crew and myself had shooting stars all night. One was a real beauty shooting from almost horizon to horizon before burning up. Wows from everyone and one of the highlights of the night. :thumbsup:

[mithrandir]

Gemini will be due north at about 03:00 DST. It rises in the NE at around 22:45 and sets in the NW at around 07:40.

Meteor showers are usually best between midnight and astronomical twilight which now is at about 4am.

Just because the radiant is in Gemini that does not mean that is the only place you'll see them. Any meteor that shows up as a streak pointing away from Gemini will almost certainly be a Geminid.

[Kugelblitz]

I saw about a dozen good meteors before clouds rolled in, also what might've been a fireball light up the Eastern horizon.

Nothing compared to the 2001 Leonids though...

[gaa_ian]

I could not manage to get up when I woke at 2 this morning (I have work at 6 !) but I did go out for a look just after 4 and saw one straight away. Then another bright one soon after, against the gathering dawn. Saw the space station too boot :-) I hope someone else out there got to see heaps last night as it looked quite active this morning.

[Nisch]

Thanks Andrew, unfortunately i missed it this year as clouds rolled in right on queue as the sun set. But hope everyone elae got a glipse of a few. Fingera crossed i get to photograph some the next time. 😊

[ZeroID]

Clouds and rain all weekend and forecast to continue till mid week at least ... :shrug:
I read elsewhere that the nothern hemisphere had an awesome show, one of the best in years.


bugga ..... :sadeyes:

[lazjen]

Mixed weather here, but I walked outside for a few minutes at 10 pm and saw 4 within 5 minutes, including 2 nice fiery ones. I gave up as clouds started coming over again.

[gregbradley]

I watched it for 2 1/2 hours after about 11pm. I saw very few at first and then the odd small one. Then I saw a quite bright one and a meteor that went very slowly and was reasonably bright.

All in all they came in patches, nothing for 5-10minutes then 3 close together. Like waves at the beach.

The best one was a very bright fireball around 1am. That was worth it as it was the brightest meteor my wife and myself have ever seen.

I didn't have to travel - just look out from my rear deck. Very comfortable except for the odd mossie! A nice temperature too.

Overall I saw about 30-35 meteors over 2.5 hours.

Greg.

[swannies1983]

Viewed between 12.30 and 2am and counted about 12 Geminids and 4 sporadics. This was from suburban Adelaide.

[Benildean]

Viewed between 3:15 am and 4:35 am today (Monday) in clear skies from the Canberra suburb of Curtin.

Counted 8 Geminids and 1 sporadic.

[JetDragon]

Had a look between midnight and 12.30am - didn't see any:confused2:

[Solitarian]

I very mixed bag for me east of Adelaide, a bit of everything , geminids and sporadics, both large and small, very infrequent but worthwhile.

Spent a few hours outside flopped in the bean bag while the ED80 did it's own thing with C/2014 Q2.

Even caught one of the larger ones in one of the 30 sec subs.

[Pinwheel]

My Wife & I looked again Sunday night. It was better but still nothing to brag about, then without warning one beauty apeared from the horizon, was bright and just cruised across the sky & over our head. It seemed lower but I know that's just an optical illusion, It was FANTASTIC. After a few little one went over it turned windy so we went to bed.

[Octane]

Is it worth checking out tonight? Last night was clouded out for us.

H

[mithrandir]

Probably H. The Geminids have a fairly long peak - the 4th to 17th this year - so I wouldn't wait much longer.

[AussieSky]

Look at the last 9 pics here. Last night and the night before.
http://www.gco.org.au/meteorwatch/index3.html

GStar EX, 6mm lens, UFOCapture Software, aimed at SCP, so not ideal...

[netwolf]

Saw 5 Sunday night between 1130 and 0030, three were Geminids and 2 not Geminids. First one was very bright but not Geminids as it was near the horizon Going straight down in the East. Two of the Geminids were in the Orion constellation near Betelgeuse right over head but seem to radiate from Castor.
Tonight just spotted two between 0000 and 0015. Bright streak under Procyon and one just a spot flare between Procyon and Alhena.

Bit cooler tonight nice cool breeze keeping mozzies at bay.

It was good to catch a few b4 bed, clear my head of all the news today. Been hearing of it all day and whole family glued to the news all evening. I pray that all will be over soon and peacefully, and no one especially the hostages is hurt.

[Steffen]

I saw no Geminids tonight, but a fireball north of Procyon, moving north (hence probably unrelated to the shower), about 22:47h AEDST.

Cheers
Steffen.

[Octane]

Thanks, Andrew. I was too tired last night. Might set up the camera tonight.

Greg, image 5 -- wonderful!

H

[gaa_ian]

With a bit of a break in the weather out here in Western Qld, i did an impromptu Astronomy night up till about 9:15pm and saw just 1 geminid rising up from the radiant just behind the trees. Saw lots of sporadic's though !

[ykchia]

Hi folks:

Here is a stack of the Gems detected via video from Singapore. A total of 64 Gems were seen from 10 pm till the next day 6am. I have attached two composite pictures here.


Cheers!

ChiaYK

FB Yeongkwong Chia

[Octane]

That's great, Chia!

H

[Suzy]

From Brisbane between 12 - 4 am, I got 34 including two really bright fireballs with 15 degree long tails.
At one stage I got 6 in 10 mins.
Sporadic: 2
Satellites: 6

It was a great night :D. I got out the popcorn & played space tunes the whole night off my playlist (quietly).

As Greg was saying, they were coming in waves. You could almost predict the lulls.