pogofish Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 Just in case it is clear on Saturday night & anyone is wandering about at the dead of night in a half compus-mentus state. It is the Leonid Meteors on Saturday night/Sunday morning. Peak time for the UK will be @04:30 but they will be visible from @midnight to dawn. The predictions for this years shower are very promising indeed & if there is going to be a chance to see a big shower anywhere, this will be it. http://www.arm.ac.uk/leonid/2006/info2006.html http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/blobrana/news/leonids.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_inthehills Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 yeah, good call.check out www.spaceweather.com and http://www.dcs.lancs.ac.uk/iono/aurorawatch/ to see if there might be auroras too.but you'll need clear dark skys and not too much light pollution.peteinthehills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 ace! i don't think i've ever seen a meteor shower.i'll be out in newtonhill that night i think - so i might see if i can gather a posse to go down the costal park. nice and clear down there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogofish Posted November 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 Although being out of town & in the darkest place possible is indeed the best, you should have no problem seeing many of the larger meteor trails over streetlights. I've watched them in town for the last couple of visible years but I'm planning to get well out this year. Even down at the Beach/Broad Hill (or anywhere on the coast) is an excellent spot as the meteors appear from over the sea (@3am, they will be coming from nearly the south/south-east). A few of us watched the big shower of 2001 there & got an excellent show. Which continued to be visible over a lovely sunrise on the Peterhead road. Before realising just how cold it had got & that our boots had frozen into the sand! - Chair blanket/sleeping bag & flask/hip-flask/carry-out are near vital optional extras! It is the Northern Lights that need the absolute minimum of light pollution - I'm signed-up on Aurorwatch too. Of course, any cloud will wipe-out the whole thing for us, as it did with the Orionids a few weeks back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trippinoneastereggs Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 Although being out of town & in the darkest place possible is indeed the best, you should have no problem seeing many of the larger meteor trails over streetlights. I've watched them in town for the last couple of visible years but I'm planning to get well out this year. Even down at the Beach/Broad Hill (or anywhere on the coast) is an excellent spot as the meteors appear from over the sea (@3am, they will be coming from nearly the south/south-east). A few of us watched the big shower of 2001 there & got an excellent show. Which continued to be visible over a lovely sunrise on the Peterhead road. Before realising just how cold it had got & that our boots had frozen into the sand! - Chair blanket/sleeping bag & flask/hip-flask/carry-out are near vital optional extras! It is the Northern Lights that need the absolute minimum of light pollution - I'm signed-up on Aurorwatch too. Of course, any cloud will wipe-out the whole thing for us, as it did with the Orionids a few weeks back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skacel Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 haha!!saw something like this a few years back was amazing the sky was alive. i think having a few beers down u enhances the experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skacel Posted November 19, 2006 Report Share Posted November 19, 2006 so how was it?i started watching about 12:15am til about 1am and saw one shooting star. got too cold and decided to go inside and wait til 3am to see if was better, fell asleep and missed the whole thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trippinoneastereggs Posted November 19, 2006 Report Share Posted November 19, 2006 When you see the meteor shower continually press the D-Pad in the sequence left-right-left-right up-down sequence until the cloud clears and you see the orionids then press A then B then start. The game will begin but now you have access to all hidden weapons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodast Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 We broke into another college's park to watch (to get away from the town centre and all the lights). It was dark but a bit cloudy so all we saw was a few shooting stars around 4.15... then someone got scared we would get caught for trespassing, and we went back. It was a pleasant venture, but I'd like to have done it a bit more whole-heartedly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogofish Posted November 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 Well, after going to the tunnels, I spent last night, swaithed in thermals, up the Cairn O'Mount. It was a crystal clear night. Whilst there were a fair number of spectacular meteors to be seen, the hail of them didn't happen this year. There were particularly good ones @3am & a short burst of bright, long trailed ones @5am. Smaller meteors were steady on a minute by minute basis.My photos were not up to much, however, sunrise brought a different sight. The first light dusting of snow for this winter. All-in, along with some deer & two hunting owls, a good night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardcore Mel Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 We went to the hill next to the graveyard by Pittodrie (the one on Erroll Street) with a duvet and watched them. Saw a few shooting stars between 4.20 and 4.40 and then got too cold so we went home. It was still amazing. Wish I'd had a thermal sleeping bag with me so I coulda stayed out for longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tickle Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 My photos were not up to much, however, sunrise brought a different sight. The first light dusting of snow for this winter. Beautiful photo's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 When you see the meteor shower continually press the D-Pad in the sequence left-right-left-right up-down sequence until the cloud clears and you see the orionids then press A then B then start. The game will begin but now you have access to all hidden weapons.If memory serves, that's the cheat from Sonic The Hedgehog... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trippinoneastereggs Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 If memory serves, that's the cheat from Sonic The Hedgehog...The Sky at Night add on for the Dreamcast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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