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General Category => Huh? => Topic started by: Fansome on November 04, 2015, 1806 UTC
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Taurids meteor shower could be good show this year
The Taurids will be most visible in early November with the Leonids coming later.
Richard TribouRichard TribouContact ReporterOrlando Sentinel
Taurids offer up long, slow burning fireballs
There's a chance early November will be filled with what stargazers often call Halloween Fireballs as the Earth moves through the annual Taurids meteor shower.
The peak nights with potentially up to 12 visible meteors an hour in clear, dark skies are Nov. 5-12 although there's a chance you can get a view of the remnants of Encke's Comet from Oct. 29-Nov. 10, with one ore two meteors an hour.
"The Taurids are not known for their high numbers, rather they are known more for the fireballs they produce," according to a press release from the American Meteor Society.
2015 is predicted to be a year with many potential fireballs visible for two reasons. First, this year could be one in which the Earth runs through the comet's debris field in which there are thought to be larger than normal particles. That means more fireballs. Second, the state of the moon is a thin sliver right now, so not affecting stargazers.
They're called the Taurids because if you look at the constellation Taurus, that's the general vicinity in the sky from which the fireballs will appear. That part of the sky is above the horizon all night long. Look for them to shoot up from the eastern sky in the early evening, overhead from the southern sky at midnight and up from the western sky in the late morning.
Later this month, with peak nights on Nov. 17-18, the Earth will smack into debris that is known as the Perseids meteor shower. With a waxing crescent moon, the Perseids should be visible best after midnight.
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Thanks for the info FANSOME!!! Other wise I would have never known.
I just might park my little radios up on 6 and 2 meters just for the fun of it... who knows... I might make a few contacts if I'm lucky.
73
Vince
KA1IIC
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When I first saw this, I said "this is a bunch of bull!". I debated as to whether I should write to the publication expressing my beef.
But then, I thought about it, and realize that I shouldn't let myself be stampeded into doing something I might regret. And so, I found myself on the horns of a dilemma: should I post this to the HFU, or not post it and take the risk that the fans would be led like cattle to wrong conclusions by lack of information?
I finally decided to post; the audience here has a steak in hearing such news, and it behoofs me to bring it to them.
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Don't have a cow, Al.
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Interesting story. Last night 11/04/2015, GMT time, Radio GaGa and another poster in Pirate Chat reported seeing something like a meteor flashing across the sky.
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The trouble with watching for meteors is you can stay up until the cows come home and never see one. :)
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Yeah, with only 12 meteors per hour, I will steer clear of this one.
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I agree refmo! This whole Taurids meteor shower thing is just another cock-n-bull story. Time to put this subject out to pasture....
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Did your pony behoof you in the head as a kid, Al?
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Everytime I post important information about astrology, you get all persnickety about it.
Did your pony behoof you in the head as a kid, Al?
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Just when I thought this thread was milked dry, Pigmeat starts another beef and Fansome raises the steaks ;D
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I saw a big sparkly meteor with a little explosion just last night! I looked like a firework but headed toward the Earth and not away.
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Hey those lights in the sky are just leftovers from Halloween...
Remember 'War Of The Worlds'; many radio stations reported that we were invaded by Martians!
heh heh heh