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EmailSee the Almanac's Meteor Showers Guide for 2012 with best viewing dates and tips. Hope you "catch" a shooting star!
Meteor Showers Viewing Tips
- See the "date of maximum" which shows when meteor showers will be the strongest.
- Note that the "best viewing" times are usually predawn and late evening—when the Earth turns into the path of meteoroids as they enter the Earth's atmosphere.
- Where to look? The "point of origin" is where the flight course starts from. This is a good place to start.
- You don't need any special equipment! Nature must provide a clear night. And you'll need to find a dark place free from man-made lights.
- Spread a blanket on the ground and look up in the dark night sky!
2012 Meteor Showers Guide
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I've been a Seattle "city"
I've been a Seattle "city" girl most of my life. In 2006 we moved to the "country" in eastern Washington State. I have never seen anything as spectacular as I did at 11:20pm on September 9, 2010.(I even marked my calendar in case this is an annual event)
I was gazing at the eastern sky, when a huge bright green "fireball" with a very long tail passed before my eyes traveling in a northerly direction. I was absolutely "star-struck" to say the least! What did I witness? I googled everything that I could think of, but I have never been given any inkling of what I may have witnessed. Most of the folks that I tell my story to just kind of say "oh really" or they blow me off.
Do you have any idea of what I witnessed that night?
I take my dog on late night walks on our property and am always on the lookout for the beautiful star shows. Ideas, Please? Thank You.
Sounds to me like you got to
Sounds to me like you got to witness a view of the Northern Lights
Will I be able to see the
Will I be able to see the meteor shower from Perseid in August from the state of West Virginia?
A few months ago, I found a
A few months ago, I found a rock that looked like a meteorite. Then, I think a week ago, I looked it up online and found out it was a meteorite but, I did a little more research and found out it was a Lunar Meteorite!!! I'm also hoping I will see some some meteors when I go out with my telescope again!
I think a meteor shower is
I think a meteor shower is tomorrow around 1am-4am
Wondering why your rates do
Wondering why your rates do not match those published by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada nor do they even match your USA counter part http://www.farmersalmanac.com/meteor-showers/?
I did send along the details but have not heard anything other than looking at your site 4 months later the details are still not updated.
Our source for the meteor
Our source for the meteor showers listed in the Almanac is the American Meteor Society (AMS). See: http://www.amsmeteors.org/meteor-showers/meteor-faq/
See # 7 on that page. We've picked a moonless, rural sky, which is different from an absolutely dark sky (which might see over 100). We note this on the meteor shower page in the printed Almanac and also under the chart on this page.
will any of these meteors be
will any of these meteors be visible in pa?
Will the Germinid meteor
Will the Germinid meteor shower be visible in Saudi Arabia? Thanks! Maria
where will people or actually
where will people or actually will people be able to view the planetary alignment from rural CT?
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