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http://earthsky.org/space/comet-209p-linear-meteor-shower-storm-may-2014

Anyone else excited?

>> No.6548948
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6548948

thanks for sharing, will bump.

>> No.6548953

>tfw NYC

to live is to suffer

>> No.6548955
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>> No.6549110

>tfw my prom is this night.

>> No.6549128

>>6548877
New as in not a yearly one?
One that was just created and this is the first time we'll see it?

>> No.6549133

>>6549110
Is this really a dilemma for you?
meteor shower or prom?

If it is you might want to check >>>/out/
you don't belong on /sci/ or 4chan.

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>>6548877
bump for falling stars

>> No.6549203
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>>6548877

>> No.6549209

>>6549133
I think he's saying more that after prom it'd be quite pretty fucking romantic to have a meteor shower under which to snuggle your honey. Whether it be a date or, in your case, anime body pillow

>> No.6549212

>>6549209
Ha! Burns.

>> No.6549215
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>>6549209
> I'm so alone

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>> No.6549220
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>>6549128
I still want to know this though

>> No.6549251
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>>6549220

>> No.6549286

Guess I gotta hunt for a good place out of town. Damn light pollution.

>> No.6549290

>living in western Canada
>it's nice and clear most of the week
>today clouds are moving in
>it's supposed to rain tomorrow

I'm a little annoyed, but I'm sure there will be some cool videos of it.

>> No.6549327

>>6549128
its new because a new comet passed through. it should be annual projections say.

>> No.6549331

>>6549286
i wish i could just shut off all the lights in town, it would be so perfect. nobody is even awake at night, why the dammed lights?

>light addiction

>> No.6549335

>>6549331
My city has a bunch of ordinances in effect to help prevent light pollution and it's still pretty bad. I rarely have lights on aside from my monitor; I don't really understand why so many people need loads of lights on at night.

>> No.6549343

>>6549335
my glasses are dirty so they need to be backlit

>> No.6549345

>>6549327
> Interestingly, the debris we’ll encounter is not fresh debris left by the comet during its 2014 perihelion passage. Instead, we’ll be passing through a stream of cometary debris left behind by Comet 209P/LINEAR in the 1800s.
I keep reading and I become further confused.

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>> No.6550207

I live in southern Maine, hope I get a good view

>> No.6550219

>>6548877
>Anyone else excited?
ya, I live in fly-over country and have a great place to watch from. Almost hoping there are some big chunks in the debris field

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>>6549398

>> No.6550738

I can't wait. Gonna nap so I can stay up all night.

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>>6550271

>> No.6551032

Seen 3 of them within 15 minutes.
They were blazing fast.

Reports said they'd be slow, and my locale should expect like 5 ZHR during peak, yet I got 10 ZHR 10hrs before peak.

>trusting predictions by scientists
>2014
>shiggy

>> No.6551648

>>6551032
>nasa stream
>lenny kravitz

>> No.6551666

I live in DC and I've never seen a meteor shower.

Should I bother going somewhere with less light pollution tonight?

What are the chances that it lives up to the hype.

>> No.6551673

>>6551032
how bright are they?
I live close to Chicago.
Trying to figure out if it's worth driving out somewhere.

>> No.6551694

It's cloudy as hell here and I am extremely disappointed. Here's a live stream if anyone wants it.

http://live.slooh.com/stadium/live/camelopardalid-meteor-shower-north-america-may-23-2014

>> No.6551720

Philly here. Fucks it at.

>> No.6551725

>>6551720

Isn't it cloudy there? I'm about an hour west of you, can't see shit.

>> No.6551726

Too much light pollution here in South Florida. I live on the beach. Waiting for my phone to finish charging so I can go out

>> No.6551737

>>6548877
Can someone please tell me when the peak activity for this thing will be?

>> No.6551740

>>6551737

between 2 and 4 am.

>> No.6551743

>>6551725
Na im alright

>> No.6551744

>>6551740
Tonight?

>> No.6551762

>>6551744

yea, so two to four hours from now. The time I gave was EST.

>> No.6551767

>>6551740
Time zone>?
Can we get a time zone listing here please?

>> No.6551768

>>6551762
For sure.

Time to dust off the telescope.

>> No.6551769

>>6551762
aka the correct time zone

>> No.6551778

>>6551762
So that's 11 pm for Los Angeles

>> No.6551787

I'm in Philly, so I should expect it around 2am est? I kinda wana take a nap been waiting for 2 hours outside

>> No.6551794

>>6551787

I guess? I thought it would've been doing SOMETHING at this point, but on the slooh feed I did hear someone say that it wasn't going to last very long, so if you wanna take a nap until two you'd probably be safe, especially since that's when it peaks

>> No.6551805

>>6551794
Thanks

>> No.6551967

brightness?
anyone looking?
It's suppose to peak around 1-2 central (soon)

>> No.6551975

hey anons, I'm up for this but I live in a city.
feels bad, man.
if its pretty active do you think I could see it from here?

>> No.6551976

>>6551967
Not too much out here in South/Central Indiana. Looked for about 20 minutes, saw three kinda blue-looking ones.

>> No.6551978

>>6551967
don't see anything in north tx, clouds starting to clear up though

>> No.6551987

>>6551975
oh, I'm in ohio here.
I'm also watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCKKhEsPA8Y but I'm not sure if its a good feed of it.

>> No.6552018

outside of Annapolis, MD here, beautiful night with tons of stars, but no meteor so far

>> No.6552020

sat outside in the dark for ~20 minutes northern virginia...didnt see shit

>> No.6552023

>>6552018
Just NE of Baltimore City here. Found a spot with a bit less light pollution. The stars looked wonderful as always. Saw 1 streak and it was pretty quick.

>> No.6552035

NJ

Don't see shit

>> No.6552038

KY

Nothing yet.

>> No.6552039

South Carolina here.

Nothing to report.

>> No.6552040

Has anyone from the Bay Area spotted one yet?

>> No.6552044

>>6552039
Well, not exactly. I keep hearing this annoying as shit squeaking coming from some bushes out here.

>> No.6552045
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ON,Canada

got my eyes peeled, nothing yet

>> No.6552049

Washington
i don't see shit fuck this

>> No.6552051

>>6552039

upstate South Carolina here. nothing here yet either

>> No.6552054

Pennsylvania here nothing yet

>> No.6552056

>>6552051
Yeah, Midlands here. Nice night. A little damp but the clouds cleared up. At least it it's cool tonight.

>> No.6552058

>>6551032
I have seen nothing. I know in looking in the right spot though.

>> No.6552060

>>6552056

very nice night out. and luckily the skies have cleared up from that hailstorm earlier

>> No.6552064

>>6551987
>the whole feed is black besides the overlay graphics

>> No.6552070

Southern California here.

Nothing here,

marine layer rolled in a few minutes ago, im done for the night

>> No.6552075

Monterrey Mexico here. It's cloudy as fuck and I feel my brain is melting from sleep depravation

>> No.6552081

Northwest Indiana here, got jack shit.
Fuck your lights, Chicago

>> No.6552082

Do you guys think we're actually gonna see anything?

>> No.6552083

Was this shower a bust /sci/?

>> No.6552084

Suburbs of Louisville KY here, went outside at about 1:50 EST, saw a few dim ones, and around 2 EST I saw one of the brightest ones I've ever seen (considering this is the first one I've attempted to look at since the 1998 one, not surprising) then another bright one a few mins later, and a couple dim ones. Came inside after nothing happened for 20 minutes.

>> No.6552088

>>6552082
>>6552083
No idea.

What I do know is that if these frogs don't stop squeaking I'm going to eat them alive.

>> No.6552089

Wisconsin here. Clear night, I've seen a few, but nothing spectacular yet.

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Southern Indiana Update

>> No.6552092

Any of you fags see anything yet?

>> No.6552095

fireflies are playing tricks on me now. one came out of nowhere and almost smacked me in the face

>> No.6552097

>>6552095
It could be worse. There could be dozens of them and they could be squeaking.

>> No.6552100

West coast of FL here. Fucking clearwaters light pollution isn't helping. Nothing yet

>> No.6552101

>>6552097
true. actually there are thousands in the trees over here putting on a better show than the sky right now

>> No.6552102

>>6552095
You could have allergies and be sneezing like me
>tfw you would have committed suicide years ago if it weren't for antihistamines

>> No.6552104

LA fag here. Fucking light pollution.

>> No.6552106

>>6552100
East coast FL,

saw a nice one around 2AM, one dim one since...

>> No.6552108

sw Washington, jack squat so far

>> No.6552110

>>6552106
East coast FL,

haven't seen shit.

>> No.6552112

San Diego, nothing. light pollution isn't terrible, scattered clouds

>> No.6552117

>>6548948
one day i will live to see this prudish gril naked.

>> No.6552118

kyle, texas. it got cloudy here at aroumnd 1am. usually the stars are all out, cant see them now so i'm going to call it a night.

>> No.6552119

Sounds like its a bust. Not even the NASA stream is showing anything.

>> No.6552120

Brb. Frogs are going to go meet Jesus.

>> No.6552121

Wow, scientists over-hyping stuff. Maybe I need to rethink this whole global warming thing.

>> No.6552122

Central-ish Illinois. Drove out towards a cornfield and still haven't seen anything. Clear skies, hardly any clouds.

>> No.6552123

>>6552102
oh god, I couldn’t imagine!
I'm counting myself lucky then

>> No.6552124

>>6548877
DENMARK REPORTING IN

ITS BAD HERE, STARS HAVE FALLEN, DO NOT APPROACH THE LIGHTS REPEAT DO NOT APPROACH THE LIGHTS. STAY DOWN, STAY HIDDEN, AND WAIT FOR AMERICAN FORCES!

>> No.6552126

>>6552121
I'm just waiting for tomorrow when they sheepishly say that they fucked up.

>> No.6552127

Thought I saw one but it was a plane

>> No.6552128

>>6548877
what scares me is we cross this comets path every 5 years. im sure it is just a matter of time before we collide with that thing. feelsbadman.jpg

>> No.6552130

>President Obongo is staying up late to watch this
>nothing happens
>he's grumpy the next day because lack of sleep
>disbands NASA

>> No.6552131

>>6552120
Wow man. You must really hate these squeaking frogs.

>>6552127
It was aliens.

>> No.6552132

Northern Indiana reporting in.
Looked outside for a half hour.
Saw one immediately and it got my hopes up.
Haven't seen shit since.
Now my neck hurts.

>> No.6552133

>>6552128
Earth getting destroyed would be the best death i could ask for. I don't have to deal with death alone and I know that the world doesnt go on without me.

>> No.6552134

>>6552127
prolly just a blinged out meteorite

>> No.6552135

>>6552131
I would kill for a good ol' alien abduction right now. Shits boring me

>> No.6552136

I WASTED 60 MILES OF GAS MONEY FOR THIS?

>> No.6552138

Rochester NY here
Seen 5 but they were faint.

>> No.6552140

I'm falling asleep on this roof.

NASA, you 'aving a go at us m8?

>> No.6552142

>>6552126
nasa is cool brah. boffins make mistakes too tho. from what i have read it is difficult for them to tell how small the debris actually is. it is prolly just too fine .

>> No.6552144

>>6552138
I honestly can't tell if my eyes are playing tricks on me or if there are meteors. Its too faint.

>> No.6552145

Ok. I'm back. Squeaking is gone and the frogs are in a bag in my freezer.

Also, no sky swizzles spotted in SC.

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>>6552142
>boffins
>boffins
>BOFFINS

>> No.6552147

>NASA getting my hopes up

Time to move that money to defense spending. You can never spend too much money defending this great country.

>> No.6552149

Anyone else feel like the second they turn to leave a meteor the size of the moon is gonna show up?

>> No.6552152

>>6552144
Rochester again just got a really good one

>> No.6552153

>>6552149
Yes. This is exactly how I feel.

>> No.6552156

>>6552133
lel if i gotta go - at least everybody else is going with me. so dark.

>> No.6552160

>this shower
It's fucking nothing

>> No.6552161

>>6552156
Hah, it's not an edge thing. The idea that humanity will go on and see amazing technology / advancements without me sucks.

>> No.6552162

>>6552124
laughed harder than I should've

>> No.6552163

>>6552147
i wish they would scrap those mars missions and put that badass new space telescope up there.

>> No.6552164

BEEN OUTSIDE FOR THE LAST HOUR AND HAVEN'T SEEN SHIT

FUCK YOU NASA

>> No.6552165

Well, I'm pretty sure the big dipper just flipped me off. So I'm gonna go and get some sleep.

>> No.6552170

>>6552146
kek. i learned that word from jeremy on topgear.

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>nasa's ruse cruise

>> No.6552172

>>6552161
one day humans will get to live for 1000 years but not us.

>> No.6552174

>>6552165
Cassiopeia wants my D I can tell she's been checkin me out for an hour

>> No.6552177
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>>6552171
ahaha, oh god

>> No.6552182

>>6552124
we have a b2 spirit inbound denmark. take cover under a sturdy table - away from glass windows and doorways. they will be delivering their ordinance in 2 minutes and 30 seconds - over.

>> No.6552183

Just stared at a star for 2 minutes thinking it was a slow moving meteor. Time to go back inside.

>> No.6552184

Saw one east of La Grande Casserole.

>> No.6552187

>>6552174

lel

>> No.6552196

>>6551967
Chicago suburbs/farmland.
might have seen things, but couldn't really tell.
stayed out for like an hour somehow
>>6552126
i didn't think it'd be too bright, seeing how we've never seen this set before.
Also the constellation was pretty low so light pollution.

>> No.6552200

anyone seen anything recently or should I go to sleep?

>> No.6552205

>>6552200
Northwest suburbs here. Stayed out until 2:30 am and still got nothing. I'm also checking the NASA livestream periodically.

>> No.6552207

>>6552196
I can understand that. I was out there for about an hour and 30 minutes and didn't see anything, but you'd expect at this late hour that the guy running the NASA stream would start sweating with so little activity. The guy keeps saying that they're expecting a meteor storm.

>> No.6552211

upstate SC. got on my roof around 1:50. fell asleep up here around 3. woke up covered in a light morning dew. I'm going inside

>> No.6552214

>>6552205
guess I'm not going back outside then. it's 3:50 here. I hope some of you west coast bastards will get to see some.

>> No.6552222

Norcalfag reporting, nothing in the first hour but I've finally started seeing few in the last ten minutes or so.

>> No.6552226

>NASA livestream music
This is a sad day for America

>> No.6552230

>>6552222
did you see it by the big dipper?

>> No.6552231

Oregon here, cloudy (as FUCKING USUAL), not much to report. Will check again.

Look to the north right?

>> No.6552236

God damnit my group called it a night after waiting an hour and now I'm back in the land of severe light pollution with NP vehicle currently

>> No.6552237

>>6552230
In that general area yeah. Seen a good few to the west of it too.

>> No.6552241

meteors pls respond

>> No.6552245

And now after that initial burst, I haven't seen one in 15 minutes.

>> No.6552246

didnt see anything

wtf nasa?

>> No.6552247

>>6552245
And then right as I submitted that, a fireball or of nowhere...

>> No.6552251

>>6552246
"Global warming is real" - NASA

its all coming together now

>> No.6552257

I keep seeing people saying they didn't see anything, so I think I should post this to give some insight. I was outside for about an hour and counted 8 fireballs, so they are definitely there.

Some general tips for meteor hunting:
-Go outside. You are very unlikely to see a meteor through a window.
-move away from streetlights. Find a park, open area, or best yet move away from the city entirely.
-NO CELL PHONES! NO COMPUTERS! NO FLASHLIGHTS. If it is absolutely necessary, use a red flash light for short times.
-Give your eyes AT LEAST 15 minutes to adjust to the dark before looking for meteors.
-Keep your eyes in one part of the sky. You don't have to stare at a single star, but if your eyes are wandering you're less likely to catch a meteor in your peripheral vision (where you're most likely to see them anyway)
-Lay down, relax, and enjoy

>> No.6552286

>>6548877
Horrible conditions reporting in!

>> No.6552288

Knoxville west suburbs.

Saw a few over the past two hours. Light pollution isn't fantastic here.

Also pretty overcast, so FML

>> No.6552290

saw a few after an hour. tbh, it was not really more than I might expect just going out on a random night. really pissed off becasue I arranged this as day off from work. From now on I will stick to the tried and true dates.

>> No.6552302

AZ here, drove out to a res for minimal light pollution and saw quite a few meteors in an hour or so.

>> No.6552460

nothing in Australia mates
>implying there'd be any

>> No.6552675

So how was the shower for everyone saw a few. Mostly they were faint but I saw one fireball

>> No.6552773

>>6548877
forcasts predict that tonight will be a better show.

it got here late it seems.

>> No.6553020

>>6552773
Are we sure about that I'd like to see a source.

>> No.6553533

So anyone going out for a possible round two tonight?