astrobaja
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Camelopardalids meteor shower this sat 24th
NEW METEOR SHOWER ON EARTH AND THE MOON: Anticipation is building as Earth approaches a cloud of debris from Comet 209P/LINEAR. This weekend,
meteoroids hitting Earth's atmosphere could produce a never-before-seen shower called the "May Camelopardalids" peaking with as many as 200 meteors
per hour. The best time to look is on Saturday, May 24th, between 0600 UT and 0800 UT (2 a.m. and 4 a.m. EDT).
Earth won't be the only body passing through the debris zone. The Moon will be, too. Meteoroids hitting the lunar surface could produce explosions
visible through backyard telescopes on Earth. The inset in this picture of an actual lunar meteor shows the region of the crescent Moon on May 24th
that could be pelted by May Camelopardalids:
According to NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, the best time for amateur astronomers to scan the Moon for lunar meteors is after 0800 UT (4 a.m.
EDT) on May 24th.
There is much uncertainty about the strength of this shower, both on Earth and on the Moon. In recent history, our planet has never passed directly
through a debris stream from Comet 209P/LINEAR, so no one knows exactly how much comet dust lies ahead. A magnificent meteor shower could erupt, with
streaks of light in terrestrial skies and sparkling explosions on the Moon--or it could be a complete dud.
\"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.There is another theory which states that this has already happened\"
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by astrobaja
NEW METEOR SHOWER ON EARTH AND THE MOON: Anticipation is building as Earth approaches a cloud of debris from Comet 209P/LINEAR. This weekend,
meteoroids hitting Earth's atmosphere could produce a never-before-seen shower called the "May Camelopardalids" peaking with as many as 200 meteors
per hour. The best time to look is on Saturday, May 24th, between 0600 UT and 0800 UT (2 a.m. and 4 a.m. EDT).
Earth won't be the only body passing through the debris zone. The Moon will be, too. Meteoroids hitting the lunar surface could produce explosions
visible through backyard telescopes on Earth. The inset in this picture of an actual lunar meteor shows the region of the crescent Moon on May 24th
that could be pelted by May Camelopardalids:
According to NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, the best time for amateur astronomers to scan the Moon for lunar meteors is after 0800 UT (4 a.m.
EDT) on May 24th.
There is much uncertainty about the strength of this shower, both on Earth and on the Moon. In recent history, our planet has never passed directly
through a debris stream from Comet 209P/LINEAR, so no one knows exactly how much comet dust lies ahead. A magnificent meteor shower could erupt, with
streaks of light in terrestrial skies and sparkling explosions on the Moon--or it could be a complete dud. |
perhaps the cenozoic will end this weekend, eh?
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StuckSucks
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Great to know. My wife and I are camping this weekend in the Alabama Hills near Lone Pine - we should experience very little light pollution.
If necessary, I'm prepared to duck, really really fast.
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bajabuddha
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I will be firmly embedded in my camping chair w/pillow, whiskey in hand, gazing skyward and chanting my omnipresent Mantra: "Oh PLEASE let one hit
Glen Canyon Dam... Oh PLEASE let one hit Glen Canyon Dam" ...
(My apologies to those down-stream, unless rigged and ready to row like hell)
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StuckSucks
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| Quote: | | Originally posted by bajabuddha"Oh PLEASE let one hit Glen Canyon Dam. |
Cool - surfing the Colorado River.
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bajabuddha
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| Quote: | Originally posted by StuckSucks
| Quote: | | Originally posted by bajabuddha"Oh PLEASE let one hit Glen Canyon Dam. |
Cool - surfing the Colorado River. |
It really IS cool; I've known a few crazed rats to boogie-board Westwater Canyon (about 40 miles west of Grand Jct. CO) and THAT'S JUST NUTZ. But
Domini Falls? Now that would be sumpin'!
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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David K
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Should we go to our underground bunkers? 
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redhilltown
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Should we go to our underground bunkers? |
Like in that Twilight Zone episode?? 
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Bob H
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This would be starting at 11pm Friday night on the West Coast, right?
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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astrobaja
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right Bob, of course its only a best guess
\"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.There is another theory which states that this has already happened\"
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bajabuddha
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... and when you nod-off and fall forward out of the lawnchair and awaken, you'll see there's a ring around Uranus!!
  
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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astrobaja
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well the Camelopardalids were pretty much a bust!!! Saw more satellites than actual meteors!
\"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
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Went out on the patio at 2:30 am and laid around nekkid under a zillion stars. That was fun, but saw not one meteor.
No b-tchin\' in the Baja.
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