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Old 14-12-2013, 08:26 AM
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This mornings Geminids peak was spectacular
from 3:30am to 4:50am we saw 101 Geminids.
Along with 2 other members of Gove Astronomers at a dark site on the beach with a good clear N - NW horizon.
When the Geminids came they were, as is often the case with meteor shower in batchs, with their often being 3 or 4 meteors in a 10 second or so timeframe.
There were 2 bright fireballs, with one so bright behind us that it lit the ground momentarily .... WOW !
The number seen, dispite the scattered sea cu's drifting over worked out at a rate of 75/ hr.
This is easily the best meteor shower of the year & luckily the early start to the wet in November has faded away for now.
What did you see ?
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