BF2S Forums Best Meteor Shower of 2010 Arrives December 13-14

-Sh1fty- wrote:

I went to several sites and found multiple times to go outside and check it out. I'm not going to stay up all damn night if I can't find two sites that agree with each other.

well you could have checked the OP




The best time to view is around 1AM locally, when the radiant at its highest point.

because the meteors' radiant – where they appear to originate – is nearly circumpolar, so they will stay in view above the horizon all night.

krazed wrote:

-Sh1fty- wrote:

I went to several sites and found multiple times to go outside and check it out. I'm not going to stay up all damn night if I can't find two sites that agree with each other.

well you could have checked the OP




The best time to view is around 1AM locally, when the radiant at its highest point.

because the meteors' radiant – where they appear to originate – is nearly circumpolar, so they will stay in view above the horizon all night.

I read 1AM locally. What didn't seem logical to me is that there would be a constant shower so long that everybody could see it 1AM locally. ugeddit?

So I checked out some sites and others said 5AM CST...sooo what the fk now?

-Sh1fty- wrote:

krazed wrote:

-Sh1fty- wrote:

I went to several sites and found multiple times to go outside and check it out. I'm not going to stay up all damn night if I can't find two sites that agree with each other.

well you could have checked the OP




The best time to view is around 1AM locally, when the radiant at its highest point.

because the meteors' radiant – where they appear to originate – is nearly circumpolar, so they will stay in view above the horizon all night.

I read 1AM locally. What didn't seem logical to me is that there would be a constant shower so long that everybody could see it 1AM locally. ugeddit?

So I checked out some sites and others said 5AM CST...sooo what the fk now?

1am puts Gemini directly overhead in northern hemisphere.
http://www.stellarium.org/ for great success.

What other sites did you check? It's darkest before dawn so that may have been why they suggested that .. but by that time the radiant would have shifted west. 1-3am was the best time to watch.


NASA had a solution for those who had clouds.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-msfc

ahh! perfect link Kmar that will be very helpful.
i was getting ALmost sharp shots of the stars early evening yesterday with 30 second exposures. they start streaking fast. mebbe 20-25 more ideal?
last night the clouds rolled in again so i was unable to see jack. With that brought much needed snow so am not complaining too much.
I hope someone else got some pics to post :hint: 

FFLink wrote:

Drove me and the girlfriend right up to a really high point at Dartmoor last night to watch them.

It fucking rained and wasn't clear in the slightest

My friend told me today that he saw a load back where we live.

fail

burnzz wrote:

-Sh1fty- wrote:

So I checked out some sites and others said 5AM CST...sooo what the fk now?

ok, CST (central standard) is -6 GMT. you*re pacific time (-8 GMT) so your website is saying 3am.

if mommy lets you stay up that late, and weather permitting, have fun!

Different websites had different hours, I'm not going to stay up all night facing North East hoping I'll catch a few stars.

Therefore, I missed it, better luck next year.

You're correct.

Kimmmmmmmmmmmm wrote:

ahh! perfect link Kmar that will be very helpful.
i was getting ALmost sharp shots of the stars early evening yesterday with 30 second exposures. they start streaking fast. mebbe 20-25 more ideal?
last night the clouds rolled in again so i was unable to see jack. With that brought much needed snow so am not complaining too much.
I hope someone else got some pics to post :hint: 

I took^ a few years ago. Not very sharp. I had clouds moving in and out.

It's amazing I saw it all since it looked like this ..

....just prior to the eclipse, taken the same evening.

Very hard to catch a meteor unless you do a really long exposure.

I'm still waiting for the websites he was talking about. I'd like the opportunity to berate them