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General Forum >> Draconid Meteor Outburst, 8th October 2011
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Draconid Meteor Outburst, 8th October 2011 |
coldrum
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|  Posted 06-10-2011 at 18:10
On October 8th Earth is going to plow through a stream of dust from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner, and the result could be an outburst of Draconid meteors.
"We're predicting as many as 750 meteors per hour," says Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office. "The timing of the shower favors observers in the Middle East, north Africa and parts of Europe."
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/04oct_draconids/
http://earthsky.org/space/astronomer-predicts-dramatic-draconid-meteor-shower-for-october-2011
http://www.meteorwatch.org/2011/10/02/draconids-meteor-shower-2011/
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Runemage
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| Posted 07-10-2011 at 14:15
Thanks Coldrum, I'm fortunate enough to live somwhere with little light pollution so will nip in and out of the garden to see if there are any good displays.
If it's a clear night, imagine sitting in a stone circle watching the meteor shower. If anyone's planning to do that, please do a write-up for us, hope you can also get some good photographs.
Fingers crossed for a clear night!
Rune
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coldrum
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| Posted 07-10-2011 at 20:40
If it's clear I'll have a look but the light pollution in Cardiff is very bad.
There's a bit more information here:
http://www.imo.net/draconids2011
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Runemage
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| Posted 07-10-2011 at 22:11
Thanks, here's their map, shows the direction of the meteors.
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| Posted 07-10-2011 at 23:20
Weather forecast seems to say that the whole of the UK will be cloud covered! 
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Runemage
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| Posted 08-10-2011 at 00:12
I hate to say this but it's been the case for me for the last few years. Leonids especially, every November I dash in and out hoping for a break in the clouds and occasionally I'll catch a glimpse of maybe one or two but they are here and gone so quickly it's hard to tell if it's them or just wishful thinking.
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coldrum
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| Posted 08-10-2011 at 21:21
There' s always the Orionids around about the 21st/22nd of October.
http://www.astronomical-calendar.org.uk/index.php/orionids
http://earthsky.org/tonight/radiant-point-for-orionid-meteor-shower
The best showers I've watched have been the Perseids and the Geminids. Not in Cardiff though.
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| Posted 08-10-2011 at 23:32
Unfortunately, cloudy up here in north-west England so can't see anything dropping out of the sky, apart from persistant rain !
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Runemage
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| Posted 09-10-2011 at 13:08
Thick cloud all night for me
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