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Meteors early tomorrow

SAMI

SAMI

Formerly Beardy McGee
Location
SLC, UT
Anyone gonna be up early to check em out? I'm debating heading out to take some photos of the sky..
 
Tacoma

Tacoma

Et incurventur ante non
Location
far enough away
He meets weirdos in parking lots, too. He's in for it.

I was told this was starting at 11pm MST??? I can't see a damn thing thanks to clouds... I'll probably still be up... earlier. hahah
 
SAMI

SAMI

Formerly Beardy McGee
Location
SLC, UT
After an hour or so on google earth last night investigating a good viewing spot out west, ithit me that I left my camera at work. I cannot belied I did that.. So, better luck next time. I was realy looking forward to a solo adventure too.
 
SAMI

SAMI

Formerly Beardy McGee
Location
SLC, UT
I'll probably head out tonight/early tomorrow to watch the skies..

Found this info:

ORIONIDS

Predicted Maximum: October 21 (broad and irregular)

Moon: Waxing Crescent (no interference)

(radiant map from IMO)

WHEN TO WATCH: From about 1:00 am until twilight gets too bright, on any morning from Tuesday, October 20 through Thursday, October 22.

The Orionids are capable of producing interesting activity from October 17-25. Maximum rates seen from a dark site may reach 20-25 per hour, but sometimes there are lulls even around the traditional maximum of October 21. Recently, the shower has been much more exciting. In 2006, rates were much higher than expected for several mornings around the peak. 2007 also saw at least a couple of mornings of enhanced activity. In 2008, it appeared that both October 20 and 21 were slightly enhanced, with rates that would have approached 40 per hour if not for moonlight. We don't know what will happen in 2009, but at least the Moon won't cause any problems.

The Orionids are fast meteors, perhaps a bit faint on average but capable of producing fireballs. The 2006 outburst featured brighter-than-normal Orionids. Note that the radiant is north of Betelgeuse and not right in the middle of Orion. A minor shower called the Epsilon Geminids has a nearby radiant that can cause confusion, but usually produces only 1-2 meteors per hour. Early activity from the Taurids can produce a few nice, slow meteors from radiants farther west. Finally, 5-15 sporadic meteors are usually visible each hour from dark sites.
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http://skytour.homestead.com/met2009.html
 
SAMI

SAMI

Formerly Beardy McGee
Location
SLC, UT
^ Sucks.. Last night was clear down here.. Still bummed that I left my camera at work over night..
 
SAMI

SAMI

Formerly Beardy McGee
Location
SLC, UT
At 11pm last night the sky cover was forecast to be in the low 40%, which was OK and I planned to head out at 3am. I got up at 2:15 and checked the weather again to see that the sky cover had jumped to 65% until around 7-8am. So, it really didn't seem worth it to drive an hour to have an approx 35% window to maybe see some metoers.. Not the greatest odds.

I'm still excited to get out and play around with the Nikon, but not that excited..

In an unrelated story I broke your crappy tripod out of sheer hatred for you and everything you stand for. I hate you.
 
Caleb

Caleb

Well-Known Member
Location
Riverton
SAMI said:
At 11pm last night the sky cover was forecast to be in the low 40%, which was OK and I planned to head out at 3am. I got up at 2:15 and checked the weather again to see that the sky cover had jumped to 65% until around 7-8am. So, it really didn't seem worth it to drive an hour to have an approx 35% window to maybe see some metoers.. Not the greatest odds.

I'm still excited to get out and play around with the Nikon, but not that excited..

In an unrelated story I broke your crappy tripod out of sheer hatred for you and everything you stand for. I hate you.
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What kind of Nikon did you pick up?

EDIT: Nevermind, I now see you picked up a D70 :cool: Should have fun with that. :)
 
SAMI

SAMI

Formerly Beardy McGee
Location
SLC, UT
It's fine.. I found a tank of a tripod at work.. I think it's out of the 70's, maybe 80's? But this thing is built like a tank.
 
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