4 hours ago by hoboken411

12/17/2009: [Continuing the ORIGINAL Hoboken411 "Photo of the Day" series...] Hoboken Photos of the Day – 12/17/2009 Was trying to snap a couple photos of the Geminid Meteor Shower this past Monday morning, but missed every shot! 12 shooting stars, not one caught on film! But here’s a few panoramic ...

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18 hours ago by scibuff

At 11:29 GMT on Monday December 14, 2009, Wally Pacholka captured one of the largest fireballs recorded during this year’s Geminid Meteor Shower in Mojave Desert in California. Seen toward the southwest over rock formations near Victorville, California, a more familiar celestial background was momen ...

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1 day ago by RJ Marmol

Image via Wikipedia “Like a comet blazing ‘cross the evening sky gone too soon… shiny and sparkly and splendidly bright… here one day gone one night…” I want to slap my face for every star that fell last night and the other night that I missed — the Leonid, and now, the Geminid — all gone in a [...]

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2 days ago by Justine

by Justine C. Tajonera There was a night that I missed a shower of meteors: behind locked doors, shrouded in sadness and regret. There was a night that I wondered about the meteor shower I did not see: all the things I want, all the things I am denied. There was a night that I heard about a meteor s ...

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3 days ago by Patrick Traylor

We set out to shoot some falling starts during the meteor shower on Sunday night, but the clouds set in eventually and the only one we captured is in the second to last shot. We nonetheless had a good time with the lack of light and long exposures. -Pat

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3 days ago by Edik

For three days now I wake up at 3 in the morning to see the supposed Geminids meteor shower despite of the fact that the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration or Pagasa predicts (as usual) it to happen yesterday, a Monday. Pagasa says it will peak on 14-15 Dece ...

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3 days ago by PeachPoPs

Well, you can finally see what M & M have been working on over at our website. It's taken a bit of time, a few sleepless nights, and a lot of coffee, but the website is launched! I hope you enjoy the new look! In other news, we've been busy getting ready for the holidays. The rain has made for some ...

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3 days ago by The Night Sky Guy

It’s the morning after the Geminids peak and early observati0ns from last night’s maximum are coming into the International Meteor Organization now and folks are reporting an average peak of 156 shooting stars per hour at peak time around 12:15 am EST. Check out the chart in my blog post below to se ...

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3 days ago by scibuff

This years Geminid meteor shower have been truly spectacular. Despite the weather’s reluctance to cooperate in many parts of the world, some amazing photos have surfaced. Nevertheless, IMHO, none compare to the photo below taken by Bjørnar G. Hansen in Norway. Bright fireball in Ursa Major with Auro ...

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3 days ago by starsailor195

This Friday evening on my way to work while at a stoplight I observed a ball of flaming light falling in the sky. For a split second I thought “shooting star!” but after the thought was completed the flaming ball of light was still falling for three and a half more seconds. Puzzled I told this story ...

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