IT'S RAINING METEORS IN WI. !!

glad to see this thread. was on my way home from work and saw one at about 10:50 pm in the sky. only saw it for like a second or 2. up in northeast Pennsylvania. from what i saw i believe it was over somewhere in luzerne co.

See f you can catch a few, they are worth a lot!

wow im here in ohio as well! wish i could have saw some!

unfortunately i didnt .. wonder if i can still catch anything ?? too cold to hang outside to find out. lol

Don't forget to take your camera!

Louisiana here as well! I just went outside for about 10 minutes and saw 7, but 5 of them were in about a 2 minute time span.

And yes! it's cold as shit here in Louisiana tonight! I'm in Lafayette and it's 36 right now. One thing many people don't realize is that a 36 degree temp down here actually has a chill factor of about 20. The air is heavy and wet being so close to the Gulf of Mexico. So the humidity makes it hot as shit in the summer, and cold as shit in the winter. LoL

I remember going skiing in Vail, CO a few years ago and I was standing outside in 5 degree weather and was thinking to myself WTF??? It felt like what 40 degrees feels like in Louisiana. It's crazy.

After reading this I had to see what the sky here was like, at first I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me because I was just seeing trails, but after focusing on a place there were a few trails that went by. Too cool! I'm in North Phoenix by one of the mountain preserves.

Thanks for posting this O.P.

I totally get what you mean by a 'wet cold'.
It can be -0F around here, and if it is dry and calm, it's not too bad.
And when the air is wet and blowing, 20F can suck.

This is funny. I measure time in cigarettes, too.

Upstate NY. Yup just went outside and saw 6-7 of them. But doesn't compare to the 2001 Leonids. That was amazing!

Live radar over North America [link to spaceweatherradio.com]

I'm in NE Oklahoma and my son and I just went out and OMG there is an awesome light show going on. We were out for about 15 minutes and counted over 30 shooting stars and then we saw a beautiful fireball that was blue with an orange tail. It was so pretty!

Just spent about 45 minutes watching the sky in Virginia. Too many meteorites to count it was amazing and beautiful. the most I have ever seen in my life

Counted 8 in about 10min here in North Texas, the peak isn't even until Thursday night/Friday morning!

Screw you!!!!!!

It is only raining water in SoCal. Can't see shit due to the clouds. I feel cheated.

Add this:
New meteor shower might coincide with 2012 Geminids!

Debris left behind by Comet Wirtanen might produce 30 meteors per hour, added to 100 meteors per hour from the Geminids. That would be an awesome meteor show!

We’ve had lots of reports of meteors this week, and most are probably part of the Geminid meteor shower, scheduled to peak late night December 13 to dawn December 14 for North American (evening December 14 to dawn December 15 for Asia). But NASA is saying there’s a second possible meteor shower that could significantly boost the number of meteors you’ll see. The source of the possible new shower is Comet 46P/Wirtanen. Bill Cooke of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office says debris left in Wirtanen’s orbit might produce as many as 30 meteors per hour, added to the 100 meteors per hour from the Geminids. That would be an awesome meteor show!



[link to earthsky.org]

It is the annual Geminids meteor shower. There are unlikely to be any meteorites from the shower. It peaks 12/14 early morning ~1am. Very spectacular.

Still going strong in WI. I'm seeing 5-10 in a 10 min time frame with lots of long runners that put on a good show.

South florida!
woot!

about 3:12am

just saw a meteor over my house came in from the north heading south was looking east of orions belt

orions belt is a tad west now

2:27 cst Texas, cold and clear outside, just went out for a bit and saw 8 in only a few minutes, too cold out there to stay longer.

Me and my friend saw quite a few within a short amount time. Indiana.. Strange indeed

I'm going to get a packet of smokes before the sun goes down.

I was out having a cigarette around 10:30pm and saw a couple shooting stars to my east. I live in Rochester, MN, which is about 50 miles from Wisconsin.

Absolute amazing sky tonight in New Berlin, WI. (SE part of State)

I haven't seen this many stars out (constellations) ever in my quarter century of life. And to top it all of.. every few minutes the Western Sky is pelted with another fragment of outer space.

Very hard to capture, they last a mere moment.

Also, I find that some of the stars doing a bizarre wobbling?

Can someone explain this phenomenon to me? Its as if they are getting closer and then tuning back to their regular position.

Sounds like this is happening in America only so far.
Anyone witnessing anything outside the country?

Here in Madison, the couple of times I went out tonight I saw no Geminids. :(

But, the sky did look super cool.
We have some clouds, but between them everything looks very bright and crisp tonight.

yesterday.. ordu/turkey

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Oh man, I wish you could see what I'm seeing only an hour and and a half east of you.

It's like the night sky decided to upgrade to 3DHD just for tonight, probably has something to do with the temperature we've been receiving. For this time of year she is rather abnormal.

Just took my dog out and didn't see anything looking at orion. Stopped for a sec before coming in and saw 4 in about 1 minute, 3 in 2 seconds!

Go two fists up and one fist over from the little dipper for a point of origin. In Virginia if it matters, but were nearing dawn so it's approaching prime viewing time.