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Beyond the Mysterious Beyond => The Fridge => Topic started by: rhombus on May 23, 2014, 12:58:33 PM

Title: New meteor shower
Post by: rhombus on May 23, 2014, 12:58:33 PM

A cosmic debris field from Comet 209P/LINEAR will intersect the Earth for the first time this year, resulting in a meteor shower that may be rather significant.  The new shower, called the Camelopardalids, will be on full display from 2 am to 4 am Eastern Time on May 24 (7 am to 9 am GMT) where as many as 200 to 1000 meteors per hour could be visible.  

A news report on this can be found here: http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/22/us/meteor-sh....html?hpt=hp_t2 (http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/22/us/meteor-shower/index.html?hpt=hp_t2)

NASA's press release on the topic can be found here:  http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/fea...ml#.U399wE5J2Uk (http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/watchtheskies/may-camelopardalids.html#.U399wE5J2Uk)

A viewing guide can be found here:  http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/fi...teor-Shower.pdf (http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/Brand-New-Meteor-Shower.pdf)

Title: New meteor shower
Post by: Kor on May 23, 2014, 03:09:36 PM

Thanks for the links, though converting gmt to my time is gibberish.

Title: New meteor shower
Post by: Justin1993 on May 23, 2014, 08:31:23 PM

Clouds are starting to move in. Looks like no meteor shower for me.  :( Maybe I'll be able to catch some between the cloud cover, if the shower is as active as they are predicting.

Title: New meteor shower
Post by: rhombus on May 23, 2014, 09:03:47 PM

^ I am sorry to hear that, Justin.  I was in a similar situation during the last full lunar eclipse.  The clouds moved in immediately prior to the moon falling into the Earth's shadow.  Hopefully you will be able to catch a few glimpses of the meteor shower between the cloud cover.  :yes

Title: New meteor shower
Post by: Kor on May 23, 2014, 11:51:31 PM

Looks like total cloud cover here.  At least I did see a meteor shower once, when I was  teenager.

Title: New meteor shower
Post by: Serris on May 24, 2014, 12:43:13 AM

It's raining where I am.

Title: New meteor shower
Post by: Ducky123 on May 24, 2014, 11:26:36 AM

Was anybody lucky enough to catch a meteor on photo? They couldn't be seen here in Europe.

Title: New meteor shower
Post by: The Chronicler on May 24, 2014, 07:06:34 PM

Even though I was up late enough to see it, I didn't even bother to check outside. If I could hear rain outside, then chances were that it was too cloudy to see anything.

Title: New meteor shower
Post by: Chiletrek on May 24, 2014, 07:23:19 PM

Hello:
 With me been that busy of even going saturdays to the high-school to help students and stuff, I was unable to try to see anything :( .

 Maybe next year, hehehe.

Title: New meteor shower
Post by: rhombus on May 25, 2014, 02:06:52 AM

I was only able to see 3 meteors after about 30 minutes of watching.  Apparently many others (http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/rare-meteor-shower-falls-short-of-expectations-1.1836489) also found the meteor shower to be a disappointment.