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Old 14-12-2012, 03:42 AM
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Woohooooo! Had a great night with the Geminid's meteor shower!

Between 10pm-2am nabbed 32, plus 2 rogue meteors, plus 5 of the other meteor shower to the east (would have been more I'm sure if I kept looking as the Geminids kept us pretty busy), so total count with 3 of them is: 39 for the night. This has been the best meteor shower I've seen so far, wow! Saw two incredibly bright ones too with long tails that I'll never forget (you could see the head and the tail!). The heads on those was as bright as Sirius if I'm not mistaken. And a third one (tho not as bright) even left a smoke trail and then fizzled out *eyepop*. When we started to pack up at 2am, the clouds came in so how's that for perfect timing! LOL. The last hour between 1 and 2 was dismal, only giving 2 with a wait of 40 mins before the next. But between 12.30 & 1am, nabbed 10 alone, so that must've have been the peak time for me. It's now 2.30am, time for some sleep! zzzzzz...
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