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red · 11-17-2002, 10:38 PM

There is a once in a lifetime meteor storm happening late Monday night early Tuesday morning! I'm not talking a few shooting stars here and there. I'm talking up to 300-400 in 15 minutes! Check here to see what to storm will be like in your part of the world.
I'm taking a 1/2 day off on Tuesady just so I can sleep in.

amanda · 11-17-2002, 10:49 PM

OOoooooH Thanks red. I'll be out there....

red · 11-18-2002, 12:00 AM

Oh Amanda, I checked storm predictions for Tokyo and they look really bad. I don't think you will be able to see anything. So sorry.

Frieda · 11-18-2002, 10:21 AM

just go out and try. i live close to amsterdam, lots of lights there, and close to lots and lots of greenhouses. the sky is usually bright orange here at night. still, i could see something of the last meteor storm.. not much, but hey!

it's worth trying anyway.

amanda · 11-18-2002, 10:51 AM

It was clear all day today, then night comes- whamo! Clouds. Heaps of 'em. Filthy buggers. Thanks anyway, red.

Panda · 11-18-2002, 01:37 PM

yah, its bloody cloudy in ireland aswell.
dag nab it!

prolly stay up though.
bit of a night owl anyway

Deviate · 11-18-2002, 02:23 PM

yeah, we caught this a couple of years ago. took the telescope out into the country and everything. we ended up ditching the telescope, it was more interesting to the naked eye.

(then again, i have learned most things are more interested when naked is involved

-st.

red · 11-18-2002, 02:27 PM

Yeah, you don't need a telescope or binoculars, just warms coats and blankets and coffee!

Deviate · 11-18-2002, 02:28 PM

screw.

looks like no sleep again for me tonight.

-st.

saskuoch · 11-19-2002, 01:10 AM

My roommate and I talked about trying to see it in spite of the lights in Hong Kong. But then we realized it was raining

red · 11-19-2002, 06:28 AM

oh god. I can't believe I'm up. ow. Better go to the observatory. This better be good dammit cause it hurts to be up this early!

red · 11-19-2002, 02:55 PM

It would've been even more impressive if the clouds wern't there.

By the time we got the observatory it is was 4:30am, the storm was just peaking. It was really weird to see all these people (50 or so) on the ground bundled up. It looked like a strange astronomer slumber party. I counted 25 meteors in 30 minutes! That's pretty fast and they were bright too, brighter than Jupiter. (I can see Jupiter from downtown Houston—lots of people mistakenly think it's a star.)
The show petered out around 5:30am, but we stayed to see the International Space Station sail by.
It was worth it to get up, but I wish I'd gotten up earlier. Oh well. The next big meteor strom like this is in 2099. Let's see…to see that one I'd be…dead. Oh well.

gaak. It still hurts to be up.

11-17-2002, 10:38 PM	#1
red elite rabble Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 4,147	Oooo Ahhh There is a once in a lifetime meteor storm happening late Monday night early Tuesday morning! I'm not talking a few shooting stars here and there. I'm talking up to 300-400 in 15 minutes! Check here to see what to storm will be like in your part of the world. I'm taking a 1/2 day off on Tuesady just so I can sleep in. __________________ Just because you keep talking doesn't mean you are communicating

11-18-2002, 12:00 AM	#3
red elite rabble Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 4,147	Oh Amanda, I checked storm predictions for Tokyo and they look really bad. I don't think you will be able to see anything. So sorry. __________________ Just because you keep talking doesn't mean you are communicating

11-18-2002, 10:21 AM	#4
Frieda in limbo Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 19,503	just go out and try. i live close to amsterdam, lots of lights there, and close to lots and lots of greenhouses. the sky is usually bright orange here at night. still, i could see something of the last meteor storm.. not much, but hey! it's worth trying anyway. __________________ zoek waar je wil, maar het zit in jezelf oh yeah

11-18-2002, 01:37 PM	#6
Panda tv for president! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ireland Posts: 192	yah, its bloody cloudy in ireland aswell. dag nab it! prolly stay up though. bit of a night owl anyway __________________ random bullsh!t

11-18-2002, 02:27 PM	#8
red elite rabble Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 4,147	Yeah, you don't need a telescope or binoculars, just warms coats and blankets and coffee! __________________ Just because you keep talking doesn't mean you are communicating

11-17-2002, 10:49 PM	#2
amanda old s'cool Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 2,426	OOoooooH Thanks red. I'll be out there....

11-18-2002, 10:51 AM	#5
amanda old s'cool Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 2,426	It was clear all day today, then night comes- whamo! Clouds. Heaps of 'em. Filthy buggers. Thanks anyway, red.

11-18-2002, 02:23 PM	#7
Deviate Butt-F***ing the World Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: the other side of normal Posts: 5,863	yeah, we caught this a couple of years ago. took the telescope out into the country and everything. we ended up ditching the telescope, it was more interesting to the naked eye. (then again, i have learned most things are more interested when naked is involved -st.

11-18-2002, 02:28 PM	#9
Deviate Butt-F***ing the World Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: the other side of normal Posts: 5,863	screw. looks like no sleep again for me tonight. -st.

11-19-2002, 01:10 AM	#10
saskuoch Somebody stole my cheese Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: currently, Hong Kong Posts: 155	My roommate and I talked about trying to see it in spite of the lights in Hong Kong. But then we realized it was raining __________________ We are, of course, now living in what George W. Bush has called the "era of personal responsibility": if a child chooses to have parents who can't afford health care, that child will have to accept the consequences.

11-19-2002, 06:28 AM	#11
red elite rabble Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 4,147	oh god. I can't believe I'm up. ow. Better go to the observatory. This better be good dammit cause it hurts to be up this early! __________________ Just because you keep talking doesn't mean you are communicating

11-19-2002, 02:55 PM	#12
red elite rabble Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 4,147	Impressive It would've been even more impressive if the clouds wern't there. By the time we got the observatory it is was 4:30am, the storm was just peaking. It was really weird to see all these people (50 or so) on the ground bundled up. It looked like a strange astronomer slumber party. I counted 25 meteors in 30 minutes! That's pretty fast and they were bright too, brighter than Jupiter. (I can see Jupiter from downtown Houston—lots of people mistakenly think it's a star.) The show petered out around 5:30am, but we stayed to see the International Space Station sail by. It was worth it to get up, but I wish I'd gotten up earlier. Oh well. The next big meteor strom like this is in 2099. Let's see…to see that one I'd be…dead. Oh well. gaak. It still hurts to be up. __________________ Just because you keep talking doesn't mean you are communicating

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