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Meteors
by The Supreme Canuck » Wed Jun 19, 2013 9:51 pm
Are we going through one of the annual meteor showers at the moment? I stepped outside last night, and I saw about five meteors in a ten minute period (plus two satellites - neat!). Lucky fluke or shower?
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Re: Meteors
by pumpkinpi » Wed Jun 19, 2013 10:09 pm
Too bad ignorance isn't painful.
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Re: Meteors
by The Supreme Canuck » Wed Jun 19, 2013 10:32 pm
Ah! Could be - the source I looked at had different dates, so I thought maybe not. Couldn't tell you just where in the sky the things appeared to be coming from - too much light pollution to make out many constellations - but they appeared to be west-east. And according to my planetarium software, Lyra was apparently pretty much right over my head at the time, so I'm not sure these are those.
But, hey, I'm no astronomer.
But, hey, I'm no astronomer.
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Re: Meteors
by FZR1KG » Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:48 am
I went outside and saw a similar sight.
Every few seconds in random directions.
It was amazing.
Then I realised they were fireflies.
Every few seconds in random directions.
It was amazing.
Then I realised they were fireflies.
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Re: Meteors
by The Supreme Canuck » Thu Jun 20, 2013 4:07 am
Pfft. These were not those. Not very common up here.
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Re: Meteors
by Rommie » Thu Jun 20, 2013 10:48 am
In dark skies you see an estimated meteor a minute just from chance. So yeah, could be a fluke even if your skies weren't really dark.
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Re: Meteors
by The Supreme Canuck » Thu Jun 20, 2013 8:00 pm
Huh. I didn't think they were that frequent. That's really interesting, thanks.
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Re: Meteors
by Thumper » Fri Jun 21, 2013 11:42 am
There's alot of dust out there, and we slam into it constantly.
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Re: Meteors
by The Supreme Canuck » Fri Jun 21, 2013 6:08 pm
Oh, I know that. I just didn't think it would be visible to that degree.
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Re: Meteors
by Swift » Wed Jun 26, 2013 9:30 pm
Thumper wrote:There's alot of dust out there, and we slam into it constantly.
Yeah, the Universe is a real mess. Be nice if someone cleaned it up...
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Re: Meteors
by Hap » Wed Jun 26, 2013 10:59 pm
Swift wrote:Thumper wrote:There's alot of dust out there, and we slam into it constantly.
Yeah, the Universe is a real mess. Be nice if someone cleaned it up...
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Re: Meteors
by Swift » Wed Jun 26, 2013 11:07 pm
SUCK, SUCK, SUCK!
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