The Geminids' radiant is, as the name implies, in the direction of the constellation Gemini, just north of the northernmost of Gemini's two brightest stars, Castor and Pollux. In the early evening of Dec. 13, the radiant is low in the northeast. By 1 a.m. EST, after the date has changed to Dec. 14, the radiant is almost directly overhead. By 6.a.m. EST, when the shower is at its peak in the Eastern Time Zone, the radiant is low in the west.
1 posted on
12/08/2010 6:39:59 PM PST by
Islander7
To: Islander7
....saw some activity a few weeks ago with Leonid (2nd night)
2 posted on
12/08/2010 6:49:21 PM PST by
Doogle
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To: Islander7
It will undoubtedly be way to cold for me to wait outside for a meteor shower. I will wait until the Perseid meteor shower shows up in August next year.
3 posted on
12/08/2010 6:54:03 PM PST by
Red_Devil 232
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To: Islander7
4 posted on
12/08/2010 6:59:18 PM PST by
Fiddlstix
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To: Islander7
I never miss the Geminids.
To: Islander7
Went outside for 1/2 hour and saw zip.
Anybody have better luck?
9 posted on
12/13/2010 10:29:00 PM PST by
The Cajun
To: Islander7
I saw a meteor the wee hours of the 12th, going through Orion. An early Geminid?
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