Posted on 11/20/2019 12:37:55 PM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
Of course it has to be cloudy in Indiana when this happens.
I was working in one of the buildings seen in the final crosswalk scene at the time (Not on Christmas though)
Of course. I am in the same boat, literally. Just north of Indy, here.
I’m about 50 miles south of Indianapolis.
Brown county is gorgeous in the fall. This year fall was something like 3 days ;-)
Yep. cloudy here too!
(Same story from Earth/Sky:)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3795527/posts?page=19
(Sunken Civ has alread linked back to here! Thanks S.C.!)
(link to European viewing site.)
Should peak in about an hour.
Saw some earlier.
Y’all....See the preceeding post by LTGM with link to Youtube of the “highlights” of the shower!
(Thanks LTGM! The sound was very realistic! :)
Good deal! See above with link to the YouTube. (some activity!)
Picture from Earthsky at end of the thread!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3795527/posts?page=19
It was a letdown of monumental proportions. I was expecting a light show. It was as impressive as the Shampeachment. A dud.
So was I. But the one time you DON’T watch is the time that turns into once in a century event. I Will watch the next time one of these come up. (Unless is cloudy!)
In addition, it was limited to about 1 hour, an easily doable time frame. Normally you have to be out for 3 or 4 hours after midnight hoping to see something.
Next time!
Updated info: Better Youtube video of the Meteor shower and bonus bonus
Article from https://spaceweather.com/
“STARLINK SATELLITES PHOTOBOMB A METEOR SHOWER: Yes, there was an outburst of alpha Monocerotid meteors on Nov. 22nd. As predicted by forecasters Esko Lyytinen and Peter Jenniskens, Earth grazed a filament of comet dust, prompting a flurry of meteors from Monoceros the Unicorn. In La Palma on the Canary islands, a Global Meteor Network camera captured the display—and something more. Starlink photobombed the meteor shower:”
“Dozens of Starlink satellites flew through the camera’s field of view, putting on a display that rivaled the meteor shower itself. The score: alpha Monocerotids 90, Starlink 50. And the Starlink satellites were much brighter.”
“It was a real eye-opener,” remarked Bill Cooke, the lead of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office, when he saw the video. “This kind of thing could force us to change how we write software to auto-detect meteors.”
“Starlink is a venture by SpaceX. The idea is to launch 12,000 or more satellites into Earth orbit, surrounding our planet and providing global internet coverage even to people in remote areas. The first batch of 60 Starlink satellites launched in May 2019 surprised astronomers and prompted the International Astronomical Union to issue a statement of concern. Filling the sky with artificial stars might not be good for astronomy, they suggested.”
“Meanwhile, congratulations to Lyytinen and Jenniskens for successfully predicting the alpha Monocerotids. They nailed the timing of the encounter. Earth passed by the filament of dust around 0500 UT, within 10 minutes of the forecast. The intensity of the outburst was less than they expected by a factor of ~5. “If confirmed, that could mean we crossed the dust trail further away from the parent comet, meaning it is moving away from us,” notes Jenniskens.”
The link is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHs7ljhQWPA&feature=youtu.be
(Video credit: Denis Vida, University of Western Ontario)
In addition to the flurry, the video also captures airplanes flying by, the horizontal bright dots. Starlink starts about 2:10.
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