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peaceandlove · 12-12-2009, 12:23 AM

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METEOR RADAR: The US Air Force Space Surveillance Radar is scanning the skies above Texas. When a satellite or meteoroid passes overhead--ping!--there is an echo. Activity is picking up this week as Earth enters a stream of debris from extinct comet 3200 Phaethon, source of the annual Geminid meteor shower. Tune into Spaceweather Radio for live audio. http://spaceweatherradio.com/

GEMINID METEOR WATCH: The Geminid meteor shower is getting underway. The peak won't arrive until Sunday night, Dec. 13th, but observers are already seeing meteors streak across the late-night sky. Elias Jordan reports from Derby, Kansas: "Last night, I went out with a comfortable chair and a nice warm blanket and quickly saw four meteors in only fifteen minutes of observing." He made this self-portrait before dashing back inside to escape the 3 degree F wind chill:

Continues: http://www.spaceweather.com/

Watch live video from an all-sky camera at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The soundtrack on the video feed is a 55 MHz forward-scatter meteor radar. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/marsha...-flight-center

Geminid sky map http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...ymap_north.gif and viewing tips. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...c_geminids.htm

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peaceandlove Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Turtle Island Posts: 2,776	Re: This 13/14 December...Best (Meteor) Shower of 2009 - No Towel Required Thanks for posting RASKAR AS AR METEOR RADAR: The US Air Force Space Surveillance Radar is scanning the skies above Texas. When a satellite or meteoroid passes overhead--ping!--there is an echo. Activity is picking up this week as Earth enters a stream of debris from extinct comet 3200 Phaethon, source of the annual Geminid meteor shower. Tune into Spaceweather Radio for live audio. http://spaceweatherradio.com/ GEMINID METEOR WATCH: The Geminid meteor shower is getting underway. The peak won't arrive until Sunday night, Dec. 13th, but observers are already seeing meteors streak across the late-night sky. Elias Jordan reports from Derby, Kansas: "Last night, I went out with a comfortable chair and a nice warm blanket and quickly saw four meteors in only fifteen minutes of observing." He made this self-portrait before dashing back inside to escape the 3 degree F wind chill: Continues: http://www.spaceweather.com/ Watch live video from an all-sky camera at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The soundtrack on the video feed is a 55 MHz forward-scatter meteor radar. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/marsha...-flight-center Geminid sky map http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...ymap_north.gif and viewing tips. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...c_geminids.htm Last edited by peaceandlove; 12-12-2009 at 02:51 AM.