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Originally Posted by erick
Meteor shower? What meteor shower?? I saw nothin' 
Forecast - mostly clear for half the night, wind 8km/hr, 14 deg C.
I set up at my dark sky spot, did a bit of looking around waiting for the radiant to rise. Light cloud passing by most of the time. Had my last (I think) look at Andromeda for the year. Wind chill - Ouch! - and 20x80s bouncing around in the breeze. Couple of meteors spotted from the corner of my eye.
Then a visit from the local law enforcement officers. Happy as long as I wasn't lighting fires! Nothing like a police searchlight to destroy one's night vision!
Settled back as the radiant rose. And watched, and watched - for 30 min, no meteors - then the cloud rolled in and that was that!
Not all a waste, however. Saturn rose under the cloud line and I saw it through my 20x80s for the first time. If I didn't know what the rings looked like, I'd be as confused as Galileo! But I could make out the abnormal shape and imagine what I was seeing. I look forward to seeing Saturn again under better conditions.
Better luck next meteor shower.  |
LOL Erick, wow! a run-in with the law whilst hiding in the dark bushes observing a mysterious non-existant meteor shower with a pair of extremely large Binoculars in hand, how did that go down?
cool
you got a great story out of it at least
I dont know if this is any consolation mate
but seeing nothing is as scientifically important as seeing something!
I did read one other similar report from the US, with similar title thread to yours - something like 'Geminids, Ha! - they shut down fast didnt they!! - we need more showers like the recent Orionids, went for three or four days! some great pics/avi of it from Avandonk in here.
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Originally Posted by jjjnettie
I had the scope out to show hubby a few DSO's, but after spotting about 8 meteors in fairly quick succession, we just spread out the tarp instead and enjoyed the show.
Knew it had to be a shower but didn't know which one.
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well there's two contrasting experiences! sounds like it was a great night JJJ!!
cheers