Meteor shower 13-14th !!! Visible around the world !!

[HillBill]

Dangerous place space isn't it

One "just missed us" earlier today!

http://www.space.com/18854-newfound-asteroid-close-flyby-earth.html

By "just missed" I mean that it came within 140,000 miles (230,000 kilometers) which is obviously not that close, however the interesting point is that we only noticed it three days ago, so not nearly enough time for President Morgan Freeman to build a huge bunker and fill it with useful people and artifacts.

 

[HillBill]

Yeah, i was just going by the 3 predictable - regular main ones

its actually loads more than 25000 a year, its several thousand a day, mostly the size of a grain of rice. Once a week or so there's one the size of a car and every few months we get one about house sized, they almost all burn up in the atmosphere very few chunks make it down to Earth

 

[udamiano]

Anti-Triffid gear purchased

Mad max anti- zombie car ordered



Ops Room brought online

set.

 

[Corso]

so its an anual thing then

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20709852

 

[ZEbbEDY]

hoopefully the big wall of cloud stays away

www.sat24.com/en/gb?ir=true

 

[Elen Sentier]

Big wall of roof covers me here in Hereford ... not looking good for meteor watching. Maybe the Triffids won't activate tonight after all ?? Have talked Paul (Hubby) out of filling the garage with Weedol.

 

[HillBill]

It is indeed. There a few throughout the late summer to winter period.

The shower comes about each year as the Earth passes through the path of an asteroid called 3200 Phaethon.

The asteroid leaves behind a trail of rocky debris that the Earth ploughs into each year - debris moving at 35km per second that burns up in the atmosphere in what can be spectacular displays.

Through the path of an asteroid? Lets hope the asteroid is punctual then or that a bigger chunk doesn't break off or.............

so its an anual thing then

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20709852

 

[HillBill]

I'm looking forward to these 2 comets next year..
http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n1209/25comet/

if Hale Bopp was anything to go by, they should be stunning.

 

[Tengu]

Its cloudy.

 

[blackfeather]

it is cloudy here too and yes it a shame i was lloking forward to seeing at least one but there is time yet. for those wish smart phones have a look at the planetary alignments on google sky map !!!

Its cloudy.

 

[woof]

Which direction do we have to look ?

Rob

 

[HillBill]

Up .......

 

[Perrari]

It's clear here. Is there a particular time ?

 

[HillBill]

Its been going on for a few days, the peak is tonight. It is visible all around the world. 100 + meteors per hour from dusk till dawn. The whole sky will be full of em.

 

[Niels]

clouded here!

 

[Andy BB]

Being much too lazy to check it out myself, will they be visible from North Carolina? Looks like its going to be a clear night....

 

[HillBill]

Yes, it's a worldwide thing

 

[woof]

Up .......

Plum !..

Rob

 

[swright81076]

No chance of seeing anything tonight in castleford
We'd planned on sitting out with the little uns tonight with hot chocolate and pikelets.

touched by nature

 

[HillBill]

Freezing fog here. Visibility is about 100 yards max.