I'm a Gemini, and those damn clouds better get the hell outta my way! --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > East! Perfect for the beach! Hope the clouds move out. More below: > > > Where to look - > > These medium-speed meteors appear to emanate from near the bright > star Castor, in the constellation of Gemini the Twins hence the > name "Geminid." > > The track of each one does not necessarily begin near Castor, nor > even in the constellation Gemini, but it always turns out that the > path of a Geminid extended backward passes through a tiny region of > sky about 0.2 degree in diameter (an effect of perspective). In > apparent size, that's less than half the width of the moon. As > such, this is a rather sharply defined radiant as most meteor > showers go, suggesting the stream is "young" perhaps only several > thousand years old. > > Generally speaking, depending on your location, Castor begins to > come up above the east-northeast horizon right around the time > evening twilight is coming to an end. > > As Gemini is beginning to climb the eastern sky just after darkness > falls, there is a fair chance of seeing some "Earth-grazing" > meteors. Earthgrazers are long, bright shooting stars that streak > overhead from a point near to even just below the horizon. Such > meteors are so distinctive because they follow long paths nearly > parallel to our atmosphere. > > By around 9 p.m., Gemini will have climbed more than one-third of > the way up from the horizon. Meteor sightings should begin to > increase noticeably thereafter. By around 2 a.m., Gemini will stand > high overhead. >
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