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El Geminids

Postby Lyric » Wed Dec 13, 2017 11:11 am

The Geminids shower will peak tonight, and I know a few like lying under the stars watching. If tonight is anything like last then it will be a really good night for it. Clear, very little moonlight. There were a few around last night when I was following the dogs round the campo.

The table gives the position of the radient, that's where they appear to be coming from.

Geminids meteor shower for Málaga (Night between 13 December and 14 December)
Time Azimuth/Direction Altitude
Wed 20:00 53° Northeast 6.9°
Wed 21:00 61° East-northeast 17.0°
Wed 22:00 68° East-northeast 27.8°
Wed 23:00 74° East-northeast 39.1°
Thu 00:00 81° East 50.9°
Thu 01:00 88° East 62.8°
Thu 02:00 99° East 74.8°
Thu 03:00 145° Southeast 85.6°
Thu 04:00 253° West-southwest 79.5°
Thu 05:00 269° West 67.7°
Thu 06:00 277° West 55.7°
Thu 07:00 283° West-northwest 43.8°

Hope this helps.
I carefully formatted that and it is corrupted when posted, sorry.

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Re: El Geminids

Postby olive » Wed Dec 13, 2017 12:01 pm

Thanks for taking the trouble to post that. :thumbup:

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Re: El Geminids

Postby TorreDelAguila » Wed Dec 13, 2017 12:05 pm

Thanks too.
Not a lot of formatting available on these php forums!
Good info.
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Re: El Geminids

Postby Wicksey » Wed Dec 13, 2017 8:03 pm

Thanks Lyric, I will venture outside for a look but it's not quite the same as lying in the pool waiting for the Perseids in August!

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Re: El Geminids

Postby olive » Wed Dec 13, 2017 11:58 pm

Result. Looked in the direction from your chart. Quite a few coming from east to West approx. Fast and not very bright so I guess small lumps. What was also interesting were other seemingly random but similar ones.

I would love to find a meteorite one day.

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Re: El Geminids

Postby TorreDelAguila » Thu Dec 14, 2017 7:55 am

Result here too! Taking dogs out for their early morning walk (0715), saw almost a dozen - including a best-ever, with a triple tail, that appeared to explode as it streaked. Amazing!
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Re: El Geminids

Postby Lyric » Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:15 am

Grand, one is pleased that some result was achieved.
I'll try and get the same information for the Quadrantids about Jan 4th from memory.

It is just knowing where to look isn't it.

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Re: El Geminids

Postby olive » Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:21 am

Quadrantids? Are you just making these names up! Sounds like something off the Star Wars film...

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Re: El Geminids

Postby Lyric » Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:07 am

Not at all, there are three major showers through the year and many more minor ones, but the three offer the best chance of visual observation. The Geminids, just passed, the Quadrantids around January 4th, and the Persids around 12th August.

Just had a little read and it would seem that the Quads may be a waste of time in 2018 as they will almost co-inside with one of those moon perigee events. Big bright full moon = can't see meteors.

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Re: El Geminids

Postby Wicksey » Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:17 am

I saw one as I popped outside last night, just falling from the sky towards the horizon towards the east, so that's better than nothing! It felt bitterly cold to me last night so I didn't hang around to look for any more unfortunately.


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