[SMCARA] GEMINID METEORS Showers

[JD Delancy]

Should be fun to watch.  Meteor scatter communications would be neat to try


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "SpaceWeather.com" <swlist at spaceweather.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 4:25 PM
Subject: The Geminid Meteor Shower

Space Weather News for December 11, 2004
http://spaceweather.com

GEMINID METEORS: The 2004 Geminid meteor shower is underway.  Midnight sky
watchers this weekend can expect to see bright meteors shooting out of the
constellation Geminid--at least a few per hour. Rates will increase
many-fold on Dec. 13th when the shower peaks.

Because this meteor shower has such a broad peak, a good display is
possible twice: on Monday morning, Dec. 13th, during the dark hours before
sunrise and again on Monday evening, Dec. 13th, especially during the
hours around midnight.

Visit spaceweather.com for more information and predictions for selected
US cities.

COMET MACHHOLZ: While you're out watching the meteor shower, take a look
at Comet Machholz--a 5th-magnitude fuzzball near the feet of Orion. You
can see it with the unaided eye from dark-sky sites and it looks great
through a small telescope.