Orionid Meteor shower

[texbaylea]

The Orionid Meteor shower is Wednesday morning. Look southeast before dawn. Info here:

NASA -The 2009 Orionid Meteor Shower

The forecast for us is clouds and rain so I will sleep in.

Vernon

 

[Tig]

We also have rain in the forecast. Too bad.

 

[smfcpacfp]

Thanks for the info, hopefully the weather will cooperate!

 

[WBWI]

I'll be out walking my dog about 5:15 am. Its a toss up between stargazing and skunk patrol. Too bad they are calling for clouds/rain. I guess I watch for skunks tomorrow.

 

[RichZ]

I'll be milking my goats before dawn. I'll try to remember to stick my head out of the milkhouse periodically, though it's supposed to be cloudy with possible showers.

 

[texasjohn]

100% cloud cover predicted... y'all take a look for me!

 

[texbaylea]

This web site has more info plus some links to photographs. Marshall Space Flight Center has a dual camera setup that can determine height, speed and direction. Imagine 140,000 mph.

SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids

Clouds and rain here as predicted

Vernon

 

[Western]

This web site has more info plus some links to photographs. Marshall Space Flight Center has a dual camera setup that can determine height, speed and direction. Imagine 140,000 mph.

SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids

Clouds and rain here as predicted

Vernon

140,000 mph! almost as fast as my tractor!

Yes it was raining this morning here anyway, I have been lucky to see a few while living in Colorado, totally mind blowing

 

[mjfox6]

Saw 12 meteors and a satellite between 5:15 and 5:45 central time.

 

[DennisArrow]

Here in NW Ga went up on top of the mountain and laid back on a blanket from 4:30 til around 5........Basically they were from Orion going east and then directly overhead......Perhaps one every 30 seconds to a minute.......little bitty streaks that went perhaps 2 or 3 inches in my field of vision over a second or less........

Gonna get cloudy tonight.......Dennis