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  1. Phil A

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    December

    Geminids

    December 13-14

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    [​IMG]The most reliable meteor shower of the year, the Geminids are characterized by their multi-colored display--65% being white, 26% yellow, and the remaining 9% blue, red and green.
    Parent Comet: 3200 Phaethon

    If I Put this here now, can you guys remind me nearer the time :gnthb:
     
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    Moon will be First Quarter - so set by, what? 9PM?

    What time are the Geminids? Don't tell me I've got tog et up at 4am or somesuch? but if I will have to send me your number so I can phone you to remind you to get up also!
     
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    Good morning Ziggy thanks for the heads up my friend:)

     
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    :gnthb: Again thanks for the head up Zig......... Who is going to phone who about it at the time then....???? :thmb::hehe: I have it as a reminder in my calnder, but I expect I will need a nudge too..!!!!!!!!! :lollol:
     
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    I'll set my alarm :D
     
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    :gnthb::D:gnthb:
     
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    Kandy Will be glad to see the sun again soon.....

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    Mr Kandy and I was just coming back from one of our evening walks last week when we had a starry sky when I spotted as I call them a shooting star,but by the time I had shouted to Mr Kandy it had gone so he missed it.:DI can only assume it was one of the Geminids that you are talking about:)

    I managed to find out some more info on Wiki...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geminids
     
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    Cheers for that link Kandy.

    Looks like we have conflicting info then. Ist site saying 13th-14th and Wicki saying 4th-7th.

    I' going out for a cigarette & to see if any drop on me.:hol:
     
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    :dh: Forgot, we are surrounded by an etherial mist, only thing I could make out was Jupiter.:(

    Interesting that these meteors are our only shower of asteroidal debris instead of cometary. Good find Kandy:thumb:
     
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    :thmb: Nice one Ziggy my friend.... A bit distant at present but will watch & if you put the reminders up my friend I will look..... Thank you so much..... :luv: Just having a bit of a struggle at present...! Life.... Huh:dh::)
     
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    Hi Marley,

    Hope everything is ok ?

    Been looking out most nights, If you are standing facing the north star, gemini is at
    2 O'Clock very high in the sky.

    Seen 1 so far :dh: nowhere near it, due south & very low.
     
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    Tonights the night &, sods law, its very very foggy here. Off to Dorset tommorow, might be clearer by the sea.
     
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    Hi Ziggy same as that here just like Candyfloss:dh::)

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    Shame its a pea-souper here :(
     
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