http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2017-12-12/geminids-meteor-shower-and-phaethon-asteroid-in-december-sky/8256128

The annual shower can be seen from Australia between December 13–16, with up to one meteor visible every minute from some locations in the early morning of Thursday, December 14 as the shower peaks.

JudgeMental said:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2017-12-12/geminids-meteor-shower-and-phaethon-asteroid-in-december-sky/8256128

The annual shower can be seen from Australia between December 13–16, with up to one meteor visible every minute from some locations in the early morning of Thursday, December 14 as the shower peaks.

oh, and the asteroid they came in on.

And Andromeda.

(I wish the cloud would go away for a few nights.)

• I wish the cloud would go away for a few nights

That statement contains a great sadness…

Michael V said:

And Andromeda.

(I wish the clouds would go away for a few nights.)

Fifth shower in two and a half hours. No Andromeda, Geminids or 3200 Phaethon tonight.

Michael V said:

Michael V said:

And Andromeda.

(I wish the clouds would go away for a few nights.)

Fifth shower in two and a half hours. No Andromeda, Geminids or 3200 Phaethon tonight.

blue skies, nothing but blue skies. still, not tonight anyway.

JudgeMental said:

Michael V said:

Michael V said:

And Andromeda.

(I wish the clouds would go away for a few nights.)

Fifth shower in two and a half hours. No Andromeda, Geminids or 3200 Phaethon tonight.

blue skies, nothing but blue skies. still, not tonight anyway.

Almost dark here and almost overcast, too.

Michael V said:

JudgeMental said:

Michael V said:

Fifth shower in two and a half hours. No Andromeda, Geminids or 3200 Phaethon tonight.

blue skies, nothing but blue skies. still, not tonight anyway.

Almost dark here and almost overcast, too.

Someone, every year, suggests that we all stay up beyond our normal bedtime so that we can see the wonder of the Geminids. Every few years I actually get sucked in. I have yet to spot a single flash across the sky. Bloody useless as a meteor shower goes, just useless.

Michael V said:

JudgeMental said:

Michael V said:

Fifth shower in two and a half hours. No Andromeda, Geminids or 3200 Phaethon tonight.

blue skies, nothing but blue skies. still, not tonight anyway.

Almost dark here and almost overcast, too.

Stays light here for ages yet.

sibeen said:

Michael V said:

JudgeMental said:

blue skies, nothing but blue skies. still, not tonight anyway.

Almost dark here and almost overcast, too.

Someone, every year, suggests that we all stay up beyond our normal bedtime so that we can see the wonder of the Geminids. Every few years I actually get sucked in. I have yet to spot a single flash across the sky. Bloody useless as a meteor shower goes, just useless.

better if you get up early. around 2:30 or so. that’s AM BTW.

sibeen said:

Michael V said:

JudgeMental said:

blue skies, nothing but blue skies. still, not tonight anyway.

Almost dark here and almost overcast, too.

Someone, every year, suggests that we all stay up beyond our normal bedtime so that we can see the wonder of the Geminids. Every few years I actually get sucked in. I have yet to spot a single flash across the sky. Bloody useless as a meteor shower goes, just useless.

I’ve seen some great displays.

JudgeMental said:

sibeen said:

Michael V said:

Almost dark here and almost overcast, too.

Someone, every year, suggests that we all stay up beyond our normal bedtime so that we can see the wonder of the Geminids. Every few years I actually get sucked in. I have yet to spot a single flash across the sky. Bloody useless as a meteor shower goes, just useless.

better if you get up early. around 2:30 or so. that’s AM BTW.

No-one is going to do that. Don’t be silly.

sibeen said:

JudgeMental said:

sibeen said:

Someone, every year, suggests that we all stay up beyond our normal bedtime so that we can see the wonder of the Geminids. Every few years I actually get sucked in. I have yet to spot a single flash across the sky. Bloody useless as a meteor shower goes, just useless.

better if you get up early. around 2:30 or so. that’s AM BTW.

No-one is going to do that. Don’t be silly.

go on…

start the mower while you’re at it, the neighbours would love to be woken up to see the geminids

sibeen said:

JudgeMental said:

sibeen said:

Someone, every year, suggests that we all stay up beyond our normal bedtime so that we can see the wonder of the Geminids. Every few years I actually get sucked in. I have yet to spot a single flash across the sky. Bloody useless as a meteor shower goes, just useless.

better if you get up early. around 2:30 or so. that’s AM BTW.

No-one is going to do that. Don’t be silly.

I’m setting my alarm!

sibeen said:

Michael V said:

JudgeMental said:

blue skies, nothing but blue skies. still, not tonight anyway.

Almost dark here and almost overcast, too.

Someone, every year, suggests that we all stay up beyond our normal bedtime so that we can see the wonder of the Geminids. Every few years I actually get sucked in. I have yet to spot a single flash across the sky. Bloody useless as a meteor shower goes, just useless.

You’ve got to show some enthusiasm. Some 20 years ago I actually got out of bed at goodness knows what hour, drove out the road, stopped on the side of the road, waited my 20 minutes for full dark adaptation, shielding my eyes as the trucks went past, and got to see gosh, a few streaks of light.

:)

Oh, and for Halley’s comet in 1986, I got up at 2.00am or something and saw nothing. Did that a couple of nights in a row. Then got up at 5.30am for an early shift for Mr buffy (we were travelling to work together at that time, if he had a 7.00am start, I got to go with him at 6.00am). Walked out the back door – and there the bloody thing was!

Oh, and we managed Hale-Bop too, in 1997. We drove up Mt Rouse with our German friends and sat around in the dark looking at the comet. Hoping there were no snakes around. There were a couple of kangaroos up there with us. They didn’t seem to mind us being there.

buffy said:

Oh, and for Halley’s comet in 1986, I got up at 2.00am or something and saw nothing. Did that a couple of nights in a row. Then got up at 5.30am for an early shift for Mr buffy (we were travelling to work together at that time, if he had a 7.00am start, I got to go with him at 6.00am). Walked out the back door – and there the bloody thing was!

The fuzzy blob?

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

Oh, and for Halley’s comet in 1986, I got up at 2.00am or something and saw nothing. Did that a couple of nights in a row. Then got up at 5.30am for an early shift for Mr buffy (we were travelling to work together at that time, if he had a 7.00am start, I got to go with him at 6.00am). Walked out the back door – and there the bloody thing was!

The fuzzy blob?

No, a quite definite comet appearance.

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

Oh, and for Halley’s comet in 1986, I got up at 2.00am or something and saw nothing. Did that a couple of nights in a row. Then got up at 5.30am for an early shift for Mr buffy (we were travelling to work together at that time, if he had a 7.00am start, I got to go with him at 6.00am). Walked out the back door – and there the bloody thing was!

The fuzzy blob?

No, a quite definite comet appearance.

It was probably a aeroplane contrail.

buffy said:

Oh, and we managed Hale-Bop too, in 1997. We drove up Mt Rouse with our German friends and sat around in the dark looking at the comet. Hoping there were no snakes around. There were a couple of kangaroos up there with us. They didn’t seem to mind us being there.

Hale-Bopp was a better view of a comet.

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

The fuzzy blob?

No, a quite definite comet appearance.

It was probably a aeroplane contrail.

I did the same thing. Confused an early morning jet contrail for Halley’s Comet. There was no way it was ever visible to the naked eye at 7 AM.

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

The fuzzy blob?

No, a quite definite comet appearance.

It was probably a aeroplane contrail.

No.

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

No, a quite definite comet appearance.

It was probably a aeroplane contrail.

No.

It was a fuzzy blob even with magnification.

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

No, a quite definite comet appearance.

It was probably a aeroplane contrail.

I did the same thing. Confused an early morning jet contrail for Halley’s Comet. There was no way it was ever visible to the naked eye at 7 AM.

I think you will find I said 5.30am. Mr buffy had to be at work by 7.00am and we lived 60km from work.

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

It was probably a aeroplane contrail.

I did the same thing. Confused an early morning jet contrail for Halley’s Comet. There was no way it was ever visible to the naked eye at 7 AM.

I think you will find I said 5.30am. Mr buffy had to be at work by 7.00am and we lived 60km from work.

and what time of year?

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

It was probably a aeroplane contrail.

No.

It was a fuzzy blob even with magnification.

Not here it wasn’t. It wasn’t terribly flash, but it was quite definitely Halleys.

Looks like it was February. It was dark. Night dark.

buffy said:

Looks like it was February. It was dark. Night dark.

Yep. February was when I saw it at dawn but I later worked out that it was more likely a jet as all the other time I spent looking at it it was just a fuzzy blob so you must have been really one of the very lucky ones.

I wandered outside at about 3.30 in the a.m.

Saw some geminids and it was spectacularly spectacular!

Ian said:

I wandered outside at about 3.30 in the a.m.

Saw some geminids and it was spectacular.

better

I woke too late. 4am. a bit too light.

I didn’t get up for the Geminids. But I did see Andromeda from our yard last night. Finally.

:)

Ian said:

I wandered outside at about 3.30 in the a.m.

Saw a few bright steaking things.. may or may not be gemnids.. they were all moving in different directions (?).. and it was QI.

betterer

Ian said:

Ian said:

I wandered outside at about 3.30 in the a.m.

Saw a few bright steaking things.. may or may not be gemnids.. they were all moving in different directions (?).. and it was QI.

betterer

Mmmmmmm steak

Michael V said:

I didn’t get up for the Geminids. But I did see Andromeda from our yard last night. Finally.

:)

Cool. Guess you have to know where to look?

Stumpy_seahorse said:

Ian said:

Ian said:

I wandered outside at about 3.30 in the a.m.

Saw a few bright steaking things.. may or may not be gemnids.. they were all moving in different directions (?).. and it was QI.

betterer

Mmmmmmm steak

:)

Rock, ice, steak, garbage, whatever.

Ian said:

Michael V said:

I didn’t get up for the Geminids. But I did see Andromeda from our yard last night. Finally.

:)

Cool. Guess you have to know where to look?

Yes.

http://www.spacestories.com/virtualsky/virtualskysouth.html

Adjust date, time (local time) and location (it will search).

Michael V said:

Ian said:

Michael V said:

I didn’t get up for the Geminids. But I did see Andromeda from our yard last night. Finally.

:)

Cool. Guess you have to know where to look?

Yes.

http://www.spacestories.com/virtualsky/virtualskysouth.html

Adjust date, time (local time) and location (it will search).

Oh, and November, December, no clouds, little to no light pollution and lots of care.

Michael V said:

Michael V said:

Ian said:

Cool. Guess you have to know where to look?

Yes.

http://www.spacestories.com/virtualsky/virtualskysouth.html

Adjust date, time (local time) and location (it will search).

Oh, and November, December, no clouds, little to no light pollution and lots of care.

Thanks Michael