Geminids meteor shower 13/14th December

Thanks for the heads up! :)

Doesn't look good weather wise at the moment though.:shrug:
 
Just like with that recent comet, with the perseids, with the leonids, etc. etc. etc....

:bang:
 
Cool thanks for the heads up!
 
Nice, now who kbnows which way were to look then???

I know its UP!!! :cuckoo: but in what direction... :shrug:
 
If its clear does anyone wanna meet up somewhere nice and dark??? (No Light pollution!!)
 
Vigo's nice and dark :lol:
 
??? :shake: ???
 
Here is one of my efforts from earlier this summer
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Thats nice.. a VERY clear night you had there..
 
fraggle101 said:
Nice, now who kbnows which way were to look then???

I know its UP!!! :cuckoo: but in what direction... :shrug:
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Towards gemini, or for the non astronomers among us it seems you need to look South.

If its clear does anyone wanna meet up somewhere nice and dark??? (No Light pollution!!)
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I'll be going up to dartmoor if the weather is not too bad, bit of a distance from you though.:thinking::lol:
 
No its not.. its just down the road!! oh!! hang on.. im not at Lympstone anymore!! lol..

Ok south it is.. thx for that.. i can i.d. the Plough and that about it!! lol, sometimes i think i can see seven sisters.. but im not sure if it is!! hehe..
 
I'll be largely in my field, all lights off with the camera on the tripod! No light pollution in my bit of France!

I've seen many meteor showers, but never had a go at shooting them.
 
Le Chant said:
I'll be largely in my field, all lights off with the camera on the tripod! No light pollution in my bit of France!
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Lucky you- I lost interest in things astromonical because of the orange night sky we have here in the Midlands.

The good news is there will only be a thin crescent moon in the West which won't interfere with the display.
 
fraggle101 said:
Nice, now who kbnows which way were to look then???

I know its UP!!! :cuckoo: but in what direction... :shrug:
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The NASA link above has details for viewing this meteor shower :)

NASA said:
Geminids meteors can be seen anytime after 10 p.m. local time, when the constellation Gemini is well above the horizon, but the best time to look is during the early morning hours between about 2 a.m. and dawn. That's when the local sky is pointing directly into the Geminid meteor stream.

Gemini rises about 08:00 p.m. local time at mid-latitudes in the Northern hemisphere. The radiant of the Geminid shower is located near Castor, one of the two bright stars in Gemini (the other bright star is Pollux). To find the constellation at 2:00 a.m., go outside and face south. Castor and Pollux will appear approximately 45 degrees above the horizon. Earlier in the evening, from 10:00 p.m. until midnight, Gemini will be about 30 degrees above the horizon in the southeast.
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niki265 said:
The NASA link above has details for viewing this meteor shower :)
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As long as those details are relevant to us 4000 miles and 6 or so hrs difference.. im sure this thing moves!! lol..
 
fraggle101 said:
As long as those details are relevant to us 4000 miles and 6 or so hrs difference.. im sure this thing moves!! lol..
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Yeah, I reckon it's accurate for anyone in the Northern hemisphere, as mentioned in the text :thumbs:
 
The latest weather, in the south west at least, looks very good for both Thursday and Friday. I probably won't be able to shoot them on Thursday night, how less active will they be on Friday night?
 
Are there any people in the London / Home counties area that would like to meet up to shoot these things?? it would be nice to get a small group together and a couple of flasks of soup/Tea!! ..

Any takers??
 
Same here for the North Norfolk area. I have a PRIME place planned, that has a atsonomical 'star party' for one week a year in the summer. The area has like ZERO light pollution, and providing the weather is good it should be a good night! :) :naughty:
 
Come on guy's, we all know it'll be cloudy with a 99.9999% chance of rain:lol:.

I'm presuming this type of photography requires a tripod and I ant got one yet:'( so feeling a bit brassed off that I cant have a go, having said that, Ive got some bubble gum and string in't shed so I may try and knock summat up;)

Good luck with it and post yer pics(weather permitting)
 
You could possibly try some hand held shots, although how successful you will be is debatable. You would need a VERY fast lens, a high ISO and a hell of a lot of luck (or very fast reflexes). :lol: These things happen quite a lot (well 2-3 times a year, so maybe consider getting just a cheapo triod if you really want to have a go. It's lots of fun even if you don't get any stars.

Piece of advice though, wrap up WARM, I was out for a few hours a couple of weeks ago and even with two fleeces, a jacket and waterproof jacket I still got cold after about an hour. :(

I'm heading up to Dartmoor on Friday afternoon/evening for a shot then (can't get up there on thursday due to having to cycle from Plymouth and not being able to leave until after 6pm) so if anyone is interested it'll be interesting.

The moon is going to set at around 8.30-9pm on Thursday and Friday night so there's going to be some very dark conditions which will help a lot. :)
 
Amp34 said:
The moon is going to set at around 8.30-9pm on Thursday and Friday night so there's going to be some very dark conditions which will help a lot. :)
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Its going to be or less a new moon anyway, so it wont make differance i dont think.:shrug:
 
Amp34 said:
Towards gemini, or for the non astronomers among us it seems you need to look South.
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Gemini is not an astronomical moniker. It is an astrological moniker, Mr. Astronomer...

:D
 
Went out into the garden at 12.30am this morning, and I saw loads of stars as it was very clear, but no comet/shooting stars at all??
 
so, close to london. what you guys reckon is the best place to go shoot it? :|
i've downloaded the http://www.stellarium.org/ and it's possible to simulate tomorrow sky. it's going to be east, a bit more towards south than north, i guess.
 
clawz said:
Its going to be or less a new moon anyway, so it wont make differance i dont think.:shrug:
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It'll be a crescent moon so it won't have a huge effect no, but it'll still make a bit of difference.:)
 
Glen said:
Went out into the garden at 12.30am this morning, and I saw loads of stars as it was very clear, but no comet/shooting stars at all??
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thats because its only the 11th glen, your early mate. :razz:
 
C'mon guys, who wants to get a meet together for this??
 
Just been out and had a look.
Saw a few meteors, aswell as what i think is mars going by the appearing and location thats been stated on stardate. Its in the east/south east.

Looks like the next few nights will be pretty good!
 
Darn it !

I really want to get a tripod for this but wont be able to justify it with my mississ after just spending £600+ on the camera and extra lens:'(

I will be out in the garden looking up and thinking of what could have been:'(:'(:'(
 
Doozie, just get a load of stuff to prop the camera up on, it works :)
 
I'm thinking about heading across the mendips where there is no light pollution. Hopefully it will clear up, still quite cloudy here.
 
If anyone has attempted to capture this before, would be interested in exposure settings people used please.

I appreciate for different 'effects', I could use longer exposures, but a ball park figure would be really helpful.

Jas
 
S*d it!! iv got 2 cameras but no remote release for either of em!! lol.. im off to hand over my 400D to a buyer and thats got everything i need!! lol.. wish i was keeping it now!! :shake: lol...

I still want to go looking tonight, so if theres anyone going out to photograph then i'll volenteer to bring some tea.. :thumbs:
 
Looks like perfect meteor spotting weather tonight :woot: Doubt I'll be staying up late though - work in the morning.
 
^^^ Not here :( about 90% cloud cover at the mo. Gona make a final decision at 7:30 weather to go or not. If not, hopefully tomorrow will be better.
 
Ok i've just been out for ten minutes and i've seen two meteor. I was looking towards the big orange planet in the east and i saw one just to the north of it and one just above it... i think thats the general direction you want to be looking (so it corresponds the comments above) just look to the east (for non astronomers). Theres a bit of fog and cloud hear but the meteors are bright enough to see easily so...
 
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