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Ursids Meteor shower 22nd/23rd December

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  • 22-12-2011 2:33pm
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    muckish
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    Ursids meteor shower should peak tonight into the wee hours of the tomorrow morning. Radiating from the little dipper in the northern skies. Can reach rates of 10 per hour but are generally feint. If the skies clear viewing conditions should be good as there's a waning crescent moon @ 6% of full. New moon on the 24th.
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    Iancar29
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    haha 10 meteors per hour!?!... Surely that cannot be defined as a meteor shower then?
    :rolleyes:


    Anyways... im sure ill look up at some stage if the sky is clear!

    Saw about 10 over 2 days for the Geminids


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    TheMilkyPirate
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    Iancar29 wrote: »
    haha 10 meteors per hour!?!... Surely that cannot be defined as a meteor shower then?
    :rolleyes:


    Anyways... im sure ill look up at some stage if the sky is clear!

    Saw about 10 over 2 days for the Geminids

    Why? Would you see 10 meteors an hour on a normal night?


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    Iancar29
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    baraca wrote: »
    Why? Would you see 10 meteors an hour on a normal night?


    true true ,id see one or 2 though.

    Wish we where in the southern hemisphere though to see this! :(

    Comet LoveJoy's tail ... or should i say TAILS!

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    muckish
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    Iancar29 wrote: »
    true true ,id see one or 2 though.

    Wish we where in the southern hemisphere though to see this! :(

    Comet LoveJoy's tail ... or should i say TAILS!

    Colin-Legg1_strip.jpg

    Might be visible in the Northern hemisphere in late January.


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    Iancar29
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    muckish wrote: »
    Might be visible in the Northern hemisphere in late January.

    Really?... like , just in time for when i go to Sweden perhaps? :D

    ANy linkage? :)


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    muckish
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    Iancar29 wrote: »
    Really?... like , just in time for when i go to Sweden perhaps? :D

    ANy linkage? :)

    Better chance of seeing it the further south in the northern hemisphere I'm afraid. So might suit the Cork contingent better!

    Anyway looking forward to your video compilation of auroras from your Sweden trip Ian! Hopefully the sun will wake up properly for you.


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    Min
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    I saw a small fireball yesterday at 19:34 in the south east.


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    Tomk1
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    Iancar29 wrote: »
    haha 10 meteors per hour!?!... Surely that cannot be defined as a meteor shower then?
    :rolleyes:
    I think the average is 3-4 an hour, but random, so I suppose 10 more/hr from the same point in the sky, would be a meteor shower.

    Any luck seeing them?


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