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Teddycakes21
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yoda
Joined: 19 Jan 2003
Location: Incheon, South Korea
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Thanks for the heads up! It's gonna be a cold one but with hundreds of strikes per hour it should be worth it.
I should also mention that the news article that I read says the peak will be between midnight and 1 o'clock. But I can't verify how trustworthy the source is as it seems to be an astronomy blog:
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| 과학관측은 "이날 기상여건만 좋으면 시간당 수백개의 유성이 떨어지는 우주쇼를 특별한 관측도구 없이 볼수 있을 것이다"며 "유성이 가장 많이 떨어지는 시간은 18일 새벽 0시쯤이 될 것이다"고 설명했다. |
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yoda
Joined: 19 Jan 2003
Location: Incheon, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 4:55 am Post subject: |
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Another source is saying 6 in the morning. . .
Edit: The blog I quoted above got it wrong. The peak will be between 6 and 7 in the morning but anytime after 2 should be good viewing.[/b] |
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blackjack
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: anyang
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| Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 5:27 am Post subject: |
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Probably to late for this but is it even going to be worth it with all the light pollution?
I live in Beomgye south of seoul and it is never dark, not sure I can be bother skipping a few hours sleep if I'm not going to really beable to see any thing |
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blackjack
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: anyang
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| Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:38 am Post subject: |
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Well I just woke up half an hour ago (3am) (god only knows why) Saw one or two good ones and several very faint ones, if you live in the sticks step outside and give it a look, couldn't see much here but I imagine if there is little light outside it would look pretty cool
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yoda
Joined: 19 Jan 2003
Location: Incheon, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:45 pm Post subject: |
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| A little disappointing here. Probably too much light around. (Would have been better off with the extra sleep). |
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DeMayonnaise
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| Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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Damn. I got up at 530, since the source I had read 600-630 as the best time. Saw two right away, but that was it. Perfectly clear skies out here in the sticks...saw the stars very clearly, but not many meteors...  |
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kimchi_pizza
Joined: 24 Jul 2006
Location: "Get back on the bus! Here it comes!"
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| Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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I managed to get up at 4a.m. wore double-layer everthing and viewed the night sky from the roof top. Being in the sticks, it was a really nice, clear night sky.
Facing the big dipper I did mangage to see a number of, whataretheycalled?, leonids?
Anyways, it's luck if you look in the right spot because they were so quick that most I caught with my peripheral vision. Some were faint others were like taking a white board marker across the sky.
I managed to see about a dozen in 20 minutes before I began sneezing like mad and headed back inside.
One made two splashes in our atmosphere like a rock skipping a pond. That was cool. |
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