05-20-2014, 08:15 PM
RustyNew Meteor Shower 5/23-24/14!
Comet 209P/LINEAR, newly-discovered in 2004, left a debris trail that should produce the
Camelopardalids, a new meteor shower. The morning of Saturday, 5/24, 2-4AM would be the best time to observe, assuming the shower materializes. However, the show could start after 1AM for the earliest meteoroids.
Camelopardalis, from where the shower would appear to originate is the "Giraffe", which will be low in the NNE at that hour.
Rusty
"StaRV II"'94 28' Breakaway: MilSpec AMG 6.5L TD 230HP
Nelson and Chester, not-spoiled Golden Retrievers
Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not.
In either case the idea is quite staggering. - Arthur C. Clarke
It was a woman who drove me to drink, and I've been searching thirty years to find her and thank her - W. C. Fields
05-21-2014, 09:54 AM
Dick DubbsWill this be visable from Central Florida?
05-21-2014, 02:21 PM
RustyYes, although the origin will be relatively low in the sky, meteor trails should be visible over a large part of the sky.
Rusty
"StaRV II"'94 28' Breakaway: MilSpec AMG 6.5L TD 230HP
Nelson and Chester, not-spoiled Golden Retrievers
Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not.
In either case the idea is quite staggering. - Arthur C. Clarke
It was a woman who drove me to drink, and I've been searching thirty years to find her and thank her - W. C. Fields