Dec 13th + 20th

[dinosaur]

December 13th is something we can ALL enjoy together.
It will be a spectacular meteor shower.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20101208/ ... sthismonth

I am planning to be on chat and annoyingly tell everyone how cool it is. Helpfully we can share it together. tehehe.

[philsov]

ooooh

hope its not too cloudy here that night, this is something I'll definitely want to see.

Also for you people with smart phones:
Get the google sky app for droid
I think the iphone equivalent is 'star walk'

It's epiiiiic

[philsov]

buuuuump

[dinosaur]

buuuuump

thanks for the reminder  

[GeneralStrife]

says december 14th early morning where i live (georgia) ...dinosaur confirmation?

[dinosaur]

Yes. The night of Dec 13th and when it hits midnight (and turns Dec 14).

[GeneralStrife]

cool i need to see when/if i can see them and where

[dinosaur]

cool i need to see when/if i can see them and where

Just look up XD

[philsov]

as of riiiight now, (Texas), Gemini is pretty much dead East and right at the horizon line.

[Kaijyuu]

Cloudy here with lots of light pollution :(

[dinosaur]

Cloudy here with lots of light pollution

LA I assume?

[philsov]

hm.  I read the peak is supposed to be at 6 am EST (5 am here)

Tempted to just go to bed now and get up supar early.

[dinosaur]

hm.  I read the peak is supposed to be at 6 am EST (5 am here)

Tempted to just go to bed now and get up supar early.

Take a picture

[philsov]

Heh, not much to snap.  Need to be very quick on the draw.  Saw something pretty like once everry 5 mins and rrarely for more than a second.  Course, just being outside while most eeveryone else is asleep is nice too... madee me wish I had a campfire but, you know, light = bad.

Also 36 outside.  Cold hands

edit:  cold hands + cell phone typing = crappy spellings abound.

[dinosaur]

I thought it was going to be more epic. Fail.

I saw nothing. It was like -30 degrees with 16inch of snow. So I could only look out the window for so long XD

[philsov]

Lunar Eclipse tonight!

The penumbra, however, is all but invisible to the eye until the moon becomes deeply immersed in it. Sharp-eyed viewers may get their first glimpse of the penumbra as a faint smudge on the left part of the moon's disk at or around 6:15 UT (on Dec. 21) which corresponds to 1:15 a.m. Eastern Time or 10:15 p.m. Pacific Time (on Dec. 20).

The most noticeable part of this eclipse will come when the moon begins to enter the Earth's dark inner shadow (called the umbra).  A small scallop of darkness will begin to appear on the moon's left edge at 6:33 UT (on Dec. 21) corresponding to 1:33 a.m. EST or 10:33 p.m. PST (on Dec. 20).

The moon is expected to take 3 hours and 28 minutes to pass completely through the umbra.

The total phase of the eclipse will last 72 minutes beginning at 7:41 UT (on Dec. 21), corresponding to 2:41 a.m. EST or 11:41 p.m. PST (on Dec. 20).

[philsov]

dammit, diaf you low clouds

[Xifanie]

DAMN YOU CLOUD!!!

[Celdia]

*looks at the topic*

December 33rd? What?

*reads thread*

Oh.

[Pickle Girl Fanboy]

Full lunar eclipse on night of winter solstice.  Summon C'thulu.