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Geminids Question

  • 13-12-2017 02:41PM
    #1
    Pintman Paddy Losty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,913 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    Most of the news reports I've seen have said tonight is the night to observe the geminids asteroids.

    Unfortunately I won't be able to get up tonight to see them. Will they still be visible tomorrow night/fri morning instead?


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  • #2
    Iancar29
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,068 ✭✭✭Iancar29


    Yes, typically hourly rates roughly half each night after the peak. So tomorrow will still be good to try see them if its clear. After midnight is best.


  • #3
    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,698 ✭✭✭tricky D


    Might have just seen an excellent one east to west over north Dublin. Full streak with some break up at the end. No sound heard.


  • #4
    robclay26
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    I seen one at Aprox 18:45 from Athboy, Co. Meath. Moved from north East to south west Aprox
    Wasn’t crazy fast moving either


  • #5
    OfTheMarsWongs
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    robclay26 wrote: »
    I seen one at Aprox 18:45 from Athboy, Co. Meath. Moved from north East to south west Aprox
    Wasn’t crazy fast moving either

    Happened to be going south on the M7 at about this time. Myself & the driver saw something in the sky travelling in the direction you described. Thought it was a helicopter at first but it was too fast to be man made.


  • #6
    Hector Savage
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    tricky D wrote: »
    Might have just seen an excellent one east to west over north Dublin. Full streak with some break up at the end. No sound heard.

    Do you hear them sometimes ?


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  • #7
    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,698 ✭✭✭tricky D


    Hector Savage wrote: »
    Do you hear them sometimes ?
    From Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteoroid
    Acoustic manifestationsSound generated by a meteor in the upper atmosphere, such as a sonic boom, typically arrives many seconds after the visual light from a meteor disappears. Occasionally, as with the Leonid meteor shower of 2001,"crackling", "swishing", or "hissing" sounds have been reported,[45] occurring at the same instant as a meteor flare. Similar sounds have also been reported during intense displays of Earth's auroras.[46][47][48][49]
    The one I saw was an excellent streak which broke up at the end which might have produced a sonic boom. I waited 5 mins (equivalent to 60 miles of sound travel) but heard nothing. Another reason to mention sound is to diiscern from fireworks.


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