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New Meteor Shower on Earth and the Moon
Spaceweather.com ^ | 5/21/14 | Dr. Tony Phillips

Posted on 05/21/2014 8:56:22 AM PDT by messierhunter

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I have been planning to monitor for lunar impacts myself on Saturday morning during the meteor shower's predicted peak. Providing the weather is clear, I'll be hosting a webcast observing the moon for lunar impacts starting around 4 am eastern time on Saturday morning. You can watch the webcast live on my channel:

http://www.youtube.com/messierhunter
1 posted on 05/21/2014 8:56:22 AM PDT by messierhunter
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To: messierhunter

I am planning to head out beyond the city lights to see what may happen.

Hope for clear skies.


2 posted on 05/21/2014 8:59:46 AM PDT by SpinnerWebb (IN-SAPORIBVS-SICVT-PVLLVM)
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To: messierhunter

I hope there will be images of those impacts


3 posted on 05/21/2014 9:01:51 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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4 posted on 05/21/2014 9:05:29 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: GeronL

If I catch any I’ll certainly grab frames from the video for still images.


5 posted on 05/21/2014 9:05:38 AM PDT by messierhunter
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To: SpinnerWebb

I am in an area of soviet Red Hampshire that is darn near pitch black at night...now if the weather cooperates...


6 posted on 05/21/2014 9:08:57 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: messierhunter

And we came up with this complicated and obtuse name how?

Camelblablatoids? Really?


7 posted on 05/21/2014 9:29:31 AM PDT by Adder (No, Mr. Franklin, we could NOT keep it.)
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To: messierhunter

Visible lunar impacts?

LOL, talk about downplaying an extraordinary and potentially catastrophically dangerous situation!

“Please move casually out the exits onto the plane wings, and bring your seat cushions to use as a personal floatation device that you might find useful after your egress...”


8 posted on 05/21/2014 9:34:18 AM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: SpinnerWebb

I’m in Northern Ohio. 1 in 10 chance of clear skies!


9 posted on 05/21/2014 9:35:30 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: SpinnerWebb
I am planning to head out beyond the city lights to see what may happen.

Not much luck of that here in Michigan.

Howver, I've pheasant hunted in the NW corner of Kansas, staying in a small farm house and I had never before seen such a pitch black night sky literally lit up with a zillion stars.....those nights were incredible

10 posted on 05/21/2014 9:39:28 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Under Reagan spring always arrived on time.....)
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To: messierhunter

Was lounging on the couch watching TV last night when I saw a very bright blue-green meteor streak across the sky through the window. Very cool sight.


11 posted on 05/21/2014 9:41:55 AM PDT by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
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To: Adder
It's the name of the constellation that will appear at the center of the shower.

Camelopardalis.

-PJ

12 posted on 05/21/2014 9:42:06 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Adder

“... name is derived from early Rome, where it was thought of as a composite creature, described as having characteristics of both a camel and a leopard. Nowadays we call such a creature a giraffe!”


13 posted on 05/21/2014 9:44:17 AM PDT by MHGinTN
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To: rjsimmon

I remember that movie. So bad it was good.


14 posted on 05/21/2014 9:45:17 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
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To: All

Anyone know the time the meteor shower will be visible with the naked eye in the eastern US??? (North Carolina)


15 posted on 05/21/2014 9:46:23 AM PDT by Boonie
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To: IYAS9YAS

Daddy would have got us Uzis...


16 posted on 05/21/2014 9:52:38 AM PDT by null and void (When was the last time you heard anyone say: "It's a free country"?)
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To: Islander7

How’d you get it to go through the window? :)


17 posted on 05/21/2014 9:57:44 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Operating out of weakness? Imagine if he was working from a position of strength!)
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To: messierhunter

GREAT! I’m going to be on the farm (35 miles from town) to view the festivities. Any chance that you will make a highlight reel available later?


18 posted on 05/21/2014 10:00:39 AM PDT by Stegall Tx (Whoops! Back to teaching for another year.)
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To: messierhunter

NW North Carolina Mountains . . . I’m on it ! !

Snoot ;o)


19 posted on 05/21/2014 10:13:54 AM PDT by snooter55 (People may doubt what you say, but they will always believe what you do)
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To: Talisker

It’s not dangerous, it’s a meteor shower. We get meteor showers all the time. Even meteor storms are not unprecedented. And yes, many lunar impacts have been observed before, including during meteor showers. This particular shower, if it goes off, is timed extremely well to be able to observe any potential lunar impacts. Since the moon has no atmosphere to speak of, small meteoroids that would burn up as fireballs in our atmosphere make small momentary flashes directly on the moon’s surface instead.


20 posted on 05/21/2014 10:18:04 AM PDT by messierhunter
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