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If you're not doing anything around 2a.m. EST

You mean other than sleeping?

NASA predicting that the Quadrantid meteor shower will be peaking at around 100 meteors per hour


How fast is that in metric?

Englebert Slaptyback: NASA predicting that the Quadrantid meteor shower will be peaking at around 100 meteors per hour


How fast is that in metric?

It takes about 50 meteors to fill your yard, so that's about 2 yards per hour.

Interesting, definitely.

This evening my wife saw a shooting star. It was just Richie Valens, though.

Is there a list anywhere that says where this will be visible? I always seem to be in the wrong place to see meteor showers.

Dalrint: Is there a list anywhere that says where this will be visible? I always seem to be in the wrong place to see meteor showers.

Have you tried going outside?

My 11 month old son has been waking up about that time... I might have to check it out.

"Not saying it's aliens..."

Watched a bunch of him over my Christmas break (holiday marathons and all that)...what is up with his accent/speech pattern? He drops his "T"s to some nasally, weird 27th letter of the alphabet. "extraterrestrials" become "exer-der-estials", and "astronaut" becomes "asro-not"

Man is a trip.

Forecast: Overcast skies and snow. Figures.

phamwaa: Forecast: Overcast skies and snow. Figures.

Same here. Back to my original plan of getting blackout drunk.

To get up in the middle of the night I'm going to need a lot more than 100 meteors per hour.

It'll be clear here for once. Unfortunately I'm in California so the moon might still be too high up when the meteor shower starts.

Dalrint: Is there a list anywhere that says where this will be visible? I always seem to be in the wrong place to see meteor showers.

This site (new window) has more details, including visibility from various locations. It's not like a solar eclipse where you have to be in a precise spot. Local conditions (clouds, distance from city lights) will be the main factor.

Personally, I wouldn't bother for a 100/hour rate. That's OK for one of the summer showers, but in winter I'm not going to spend hours driving and then freezing my ass off unless it's for something like the 2001 Leonids.

I'll be going to lunch about that time, but I work in a rather well-lit industrial park, so I'll probably have a hard time finding Polaris, much less seeing some meteors.

Light pollution sucks.

BigLuca: Englebert Slaptyback: NASA predicting that the Quadrantid meteor shower will be peaking at around 100 meteors per hour


How fast is that in metric?

It takes about 50 meteors to fill your yard, so that's about 2 yards per hour.

'Yard' isn't metric.

BurnShrike: If you're not doing anything around 2a.m. EST

You mean other than sleeping?

LOL U OLD?

gilgamesh23: To get up in the middle of the night I'm going to need a lot more than 100 meteors per hour.

Try Cialis.

I'll be busy with your mom.

phamwaa: Forecast: Overcast skies and snow. Figures.

Scruffinator: phamwaa: Forecast: Overcast skies and snow. Figures.

Same here. Back to my original plan of getting blackout drunk.

I'll bring popcorn and extra booze.

89 Stick-Up Kid: BurnShrike: If you're not doing anything around 2a.m. EST

You mean other than sleeping?

LOL U OLD?

Not especially. Just employed.

Ivo Shandor: Dalrint: Is there a list anywhere that says where this will be visible? I always seem to be in the wrong place to see meteor showers.

This site (new window) has more details, including visibility from various locations. It's not like a solar eclipse where you have to be in a precise spot. Local conditions (clouds, distance from city lights) will be the main factor.

Personally, I wouldn't bother for a 100/hour rate. That's OK for one of the summer showers, but in winter I'm not going to spend hours driving and then freezing my ass off unless it's for something like the 2001 Leonids.

Ha, ha! [/nelson] All I have to do is walk outside.

DontMakeMeComeBackThere: "Not saying it's aliens..."

Watched a bunch of him over my Christmas break (holiday marathons and all that)...what is up with his accent/speech pattern? He drops his "T"s to some nasally, weird 27th letter of the alphabet. "extraterrestrials" become "exer-der-estials", and "astronaut" becomes "asro-not"

Man is a trip.



Centauri accent

eLurker: BigLuca: Englebert Slaptyback: NASA predicting that the Quadrantid meteor shower will be peaking at around 100 meteors per hour


How fast is that in metric?

It takes about 50 meteors to fill your yard, so that's about 2 yards per hour.

'Yard' isn't metric.

That's brilliant

You are posting on the internet. See? I can do it too.

BurnShrike: 89 Stick-Up Kid: BurnShrike: If you're not doing anything around 2a.m. EST

You mean other than sleeping?

LOL U OLD?

Not especially. Just employed.

Meh, sleep is overrated if the office offers free coffee.

Smeggy Smurf: BurnShrike: 89 Stick-Up Kid: BurnShrike: If you're not doing anything around 2a.m. EST

You mean other than sleeping?

LOL U OLD?

Not especially. Just employed.

Meh, sleep is overrated if the office offers free coffee.

It's 25¢ a cup! 25¢!

Sleep is free.

Smeggy Smurf: BurnShrike: 89 Stick-Up Kid: BurnShrike: If you're not doing anything around 2a.m. EST

You mean other than sleeping?

LOL U OLD?

Not especially. Just employed.

Meh, sleep is overrated if the office offers free coffee.

They must be a salary slave. You make your own schedule when you eat what you kill. God bless outside sales!

For California, the best time is listed as being 9pm to 4am.
Actually, you can see meteors any time of the year. I used to stop to take a leak on the late evening drive back from vising a friend, and used to see one or two while draining the lizard.

Oh heck no. I'm not falling for that. That's how the alien butt-perverts get you.

Posted in time to contact my friends and arrange a starparty. But WasillaHillbilly is right, most places (Fark included) post these stories, like, the day after.

I haven't gotten any astro-pix with my new Canon 70-200 lens (yes... it's the f/2.8L MkII) or my new Canon 400mm f/5.6L. I might set up the telescope tripod and take some shots.

Ivo Shandor: Dalrint: Is there a list anywhere that says where this will be visible? I always seem to be in the wrong place to see meteor showers.

This site (new window) has more details, including visibility from various locations. It's not like a solar eclipse where you have to be in a precise spot. Local conditions (clouds, distance from city lights) will be the main factor.

Personally, I wouldn't bother for a 100/hour rate. That's OK for one of the summer showers, but in winter I'm not going to spend hours driving and then freezing my ass off unless it's for something like the 2001 Leonids.

Seconded. Those were worth getting up at 0400 in -5 degree weather to view.

If you're not doing anything around 2a.m. EST (0700 GMT) on Wednesday, you may want to go outside and look up. NASA predicting that the Quadrantid meteor shower will be peaking at around 100 meteors per hour

And get thocked in the head by a piece of space rock? No thanks!

Englebert Slaptyback: NASA predicting that the Quadrantid meteor shower will be peaking at around 100 meteors per hour


How fast is that in metric?

0.1 Kilometeors per hour.

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Shadyman: Englebert Slaptyback: NASA predicting that the Quadrantid meteor shower will be peaking at around 100 meteors per hour


How fast is that in metric?

0.1 Kilometeors per hour.

I can't let this pass by after making me look like an idiot at work. Fantastic.

Can't do it in Seattle, you'll drown if you look up....