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Oct 19, 2009, 07:54 PM
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2009 Orionid meteor shower peaks on Wednesday,
Caused by debris from Halley's Comet, the 2009 Orionid meteor shower peaks on Wednesday, Oct. 21st, and forecasters say it could be an unusually good show.
FULL STORY at
NASA -The 2009 Orionid Meteor Shower
Check out our RSS feed at Science @ NASA!
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Expert
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Oct 20, 2009, 08:16 AM
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Thanks for the "heads up" (literally)!
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Oct 20, 2009, 08:42 AM
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Your welcome.
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Oct 20, 2009, 09:53 AM
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Thank you Steve! :) I'll try looking for it tomorrow evening, or the following two evenings :)
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Oct 20, 2009, 09:58 AM
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Your welcome unky.
It's usually cloudy for me here, but looks promising for the morning. :)
The Leonids next month are always cloudy for me, Well 98% of the time :(
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Uber Member
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Oct 20, 2009, 10:04 AM
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I'm not so sure that it'll be visible from here though. But since I saw that Australia should be seeing it, plus we can see the Orion constellation from here, we might be able to see it :)
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Oct 20, 2009, 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Unknown008
I'm not so sure that it'll be visible from here though. But since I saw that Australia should be seeing it, plus we can see the Orion constellation from here, we might be able to see it :)
I use this to prognosticate Clear Skies for my area:
Clear Sky Chart Homepage
I'm sure you know 'bout this:
World Weather Information Service - Mauritius
Looks cloudy, with showers:
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Oct 20, 2009, 06:19 PM
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Cool! Thanks so much for posting this. I did not know. I'll be out there tomorrow morning with my hot chocolate.
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Oct 21, 2009, 03:23 AM
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Your welcome, I'll be posting regularly on upcoming astronomical events.
As with all things of a cosmological nature some events will have more or less lead time than others.
K
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Uber Member
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Oct 21, 2009, 11:03 AM
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Yep... I rarely watch the weather forecast :(
Rain is pouring down right now... :(
Tomorrow I guess...
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Oct 21, 2009, 11:51 AM
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I got up early, but maybe not early enough. Not sure. I only saw one really bright meteor (coming straight at me, very cool) and a couple of dim maybes. There are a lot of tall trees here, I was not sure which way to look and the sky was already starting to brighten a little in the east at 6 am. I could still see Orion very clearly in the still dark part of the sky (to the west).
The bright one I saw was in the east at about 5:30 am.
It clouded up too. But if it's clear tonight, which it is supposed to be, should I get up earlier and which way do I look? Toward Orion?
Thanks!
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Oct 21, 2009, 12:51 PM
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Hello asking. The best way to watch for meters is to lay out on the ground (or on a recliner) and look straight up. Keep scanning the skies - when a meteor happens you'll catch it in your peripheral vision easily enough. The best time to watch is typically around midnight, or maybe a little after, but it's impossible to predict. The shower is called "Orionids" because it will appear to an observer on the ground that most of the meteors will be streaking away from the area of the Orion constellation in the sky. But you won't actually see them in Orion - so just look up.
Clear Skies!
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Oct 21, 2009, 01:03 PM
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Thanks!
Straight up is nearly all (BIG) redwood trees. :(
I may have to drive somewhere to get a clear view of open sky overhead.
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Oct 21, 2009, 03:41 PM
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My apologies fellows,
... Here's a sky map for viewers in the Northern Hemisphere... And for the Lands Down Under.
There will have to be some minor adjustments as the Constellation pattern will have shifted a little to the West.
Personally I had poor viewing, as an inversion layer formed this morning causing a thick fog bank. :(
Remaining Showers for this year
Leonids night of November 17/18, morning... New Moon
Geminids night of December 13/14,. Near new Moon
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Ultra Member
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Oct 21, 2009, 04:34 PM
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Thanks! Well, it's now clear to me that all the action was taking place behind a large group of trees. Nothing I can do except go somewhere else.
... or hike uphill through the brush in the dark (not).
So sorry you have fog.
I have put the others on my calendar. :)
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Oct 21, 2009, 05:25 PM
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Your welcome.
Not sure, your location, but have you thought of Game Lands? here in Pa. There's usually one or two on a Mt. top. I have three within 5miles. 1000' elevation.
Have a friend with Farmland?
Fog is something I live with, property is 1/3 wetlands.
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Oct 21, 2009, 07:12 PM
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150-foot-tall redwood trees is something I live with.
It could be worse. They could be 300 feet...
There are places around here, like the university, but I wasn't keen on driving around in the middle of the night. No buddy to go with tonight.
Wetlands are nice. Lots of birds?
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Oct 21, 2009, 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by asking
150-foot-tall redwood trees is something I live with.
It could be worse. They could be 300 feet...
There are places around here, like the university, but I wasn't keen on driving around in the middle of the night. No buddy to go with tonight.
Wetlands are nice. Lots of birds?
Damn! If we lived closer I'd let you my climbing spikes. Ever in one of those canopy hammocks the Botanist's use? They're neat.
Yea at best you'd have to make arraignments with security
Well Let's see:
- Deer
- Eastern Bluebirds
- Cooper's hawks
- Red tail Hawks
- Downey Woodpeckers
- Horned owls
- Bald Eagle
- Wood Ducks
- Nuthatches
- Red-winged Blackbirds
- Housefinch's
- American Goldfinch's
- Black-Capped Chicadee's
- Bluejays
- Brown-headed Cowbirds
- Canadian Geese
- Carolina Wrens
- Catbirds
- Chipping Sparrows
- Tufted Titmouse
- Mourning Dove's
- Robins
- Junko's
- Northern Flicker
- Oriole's
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Northern Cardinal
That just the one's I can see, I can hear others, but can't see'em.
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Oct 21, 2009, 08:52 PM
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Show off! :)
I climbed a big fir tree once for the us forest service. The idea was to harvest cones (seeds) for their big tree plantation. Scary up there.
So you have an amazing amount of bird life. I like ducks and goldfinches. I've never seen a catbird.
Off the top of my head, I have:
Red shouldered hawks
Cooper's hawks
Red tail Hawks
Acorn Woodpeckers
Great horned owls
Nuthatches
Ravens
Crows
Rufous sided towee
Brown Towhee
Black-Capped Chickadee's (They roost in my eaves, and one of them come's in the house on really cold nights and roosts in my office or bedroom)
Stellar jays
Scrub jays
Great blue heron
titmouse
Wrentit (which, okay, I admit I only hear)
Winter Wrens
Fox Sparrows
Western wood pewees
Mourning Doves
Band tailed pigeons (sometimes)
Robins
Juncos
Red-shafted Flicker (or whatever they are currently called)
Vultures of course
there are all kinds of little yellow warblers and once I saw thrasher, but that was a long time ago.
And if we are including mammals (you said deer), then:
Deer
coyotes
bobcats
bush rabbits
raccoons
western grey squirrels
eastern grey squirrels (black morph)
wood rats
deer mice (rather large)
voles
shrews
chipmunks
I'm not counting the opossums and skunks, which I mostly see dead on the road, or the herps--a separate list. And I've probably omitted a lot of nice animals.
And I won't bore you with the invertebrates, although 4-5 inch long banana slugs are chief among them.
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Oct 21, 2009, 09:36 PM
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It's good to see that you also have an abundance of wildlife
I can't believe I left the Ravens off my list!
DW, and me have had Heckle, and Jeckle around for over 25years, then they became the three stooges, and now with a fourth addition to the group, we're not sure what to call them?
Well... It's been nice chatting with you, but it's getting late here in the East 12:36am edt, and I need my beauty sleep :rolleyes:
I check back in my morning
K
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