EastCoastMojo
EastCoastMojo GRM+ Memberand Mod Squad
5/23/14 5:14 p.m.

So, if you need something to do while the GRM site is down tonight:

Earth & Sky Article on Camelopardalids

Article said: An exciting new meteor shower – the Camelopardalids – might peak this Friday night and Saturday morning (night of May 23-24, 2014), according to clocks in North America. And, although no one can be absolutely sure, mid-latitudes in North America are predicted to have the best view of this shower. It’s coming up soon! This possible shower stems from Comet 209P/LINEAR, discovered in 2004. If the predictions hold true, Earth might be sandblasted with debris from this comet, resulting in a fine display of meteors, or shooting stars on the evening of May 23, and the morning of May 24.
aussiesmg
aussiesmg MegaDork
5/23/14 5:20 p.m.

I wonder how it looks through a glass of Cabernet, I shall report later

DrBoost
DrBoost PowerDork
5/23/14 5:33 p.m.

Planning on getting up at 2 am for this.

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
5/23/14 5:42 p.m.

I'm working all night, so ordinarily I'd have a good shot at seeing something, but it just started to rain here.

iceracer
iceracer PowerDork
5/23/14 5:48 p.m.

Now if the clouds would only go away.

nicksta43
nicksta43 UltraDork
5/23/14 7:13 p.m.

Cloudy here too

Lancer007
Lancer007 HalfDork
5/23/14 7:57 p.m.

Semi cloudy here. If I'm still up at midnight and its clear ill see how it looks through some scotch.

Brett_Murphy
Brett_Murphy GRM+ Memberand UberDork
5/23/14 11:47 p.m.

Clear as could be here for a change. The wife and I already saw some.

EastCoastMojo
EastCoastMojo GRM+ Memberand Mod Squad
5/24/14 1:11 a.m.

Clear as a bell here and all I got to see was lightning bugs.

DrBoost
DrBoost PowerDork
5/24/14 7:33 a.m.

I went out at about 11:30 cuz knew I wasn't going to want to go out at 2:30. I think I saw a few, not much. That stinks because, here in MI, when there's a meteor shower to see, it's almost always cloudy.

poopshovel
poopshovel MegaDork
5/24/14 8:10 a.m.

Baby woke up at 2:20, so I ran outside for a few minutes. Saw one. It was cool. Went back to bed.

fasted58
fasted58 PowerDork
5/24/14 9:46 a.m.

I fell asleep in my chair, totally missed it.

dculberson
dculberson UltraDork
5/24/14 10:00 a.m.
poopshovel wrote: Baby woke up at 2:20, so I ran outside for a few minutes. Saw one. It was cool. Went back to bed.

Welcome back poopy!

eastsidemav
eastsidemav Dork
5/24/14 2:38 p.m.

Saw one around 11, then set the alarm and got up just after 2AM. Stood out there getting colder and colder for over half an hour, and didn't see a single one. That was annoying.

motomoron
motomoron SuperDork
5/25/14 4:28 p.m.

Went to a clearing in Rock Creek Park about 11, sat and had a couple Negra Modelos w/ Mrs. Motomoron. We stayed out about 1'15" and eventually saw one that was obviously a meteroid. Then we went back home. Whoop whoop.

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