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There's a new meteor shower tonight, the first time it will make an appearance in our skies. The best viewing time is 8-9 PM Hawaii time, with slow, trailing meteors appearing in the eastern sky. No one knows for certain how many or how large the meteors will be however, so keep your exceptions in check.
Set your cameras at a slow shutter speed to catch those streaks and trails, wipe the spider webs off of your motion detector security cams, and try to keep those video shots from shaking with excitement:
http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/break...urday.html
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Thanks HOTPE! I love when someone reminds us about meteor showers! Can anyone answer - How can there be a NEW meteor shower?
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bonus points if you can identify a camelopard.
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Gary Fujihara did explain this at Imiloa last during last Fridays talk... comet responsible passed a few hundred years ago, gravitational pulls by Jupiter effect the comets dust stream & a little bit to do with rotational planes not quite always on the exact same plane...
This article may help:
http://www.latimes.com/science/scienceno...story.html
PS: Camelopard is a spotted camel...long necked, live in African savanna with blue black tongues, right?
2nd add: Lee- that would be the spots, long neck, African savanna & blue black tongue part... scientific name: Giraffa camelopardalis
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That Star Advertiser blurb leaves quite a bit to be desired. I like more information.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/natio...d/9434097/
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http://earthsky.org/tonight/best-times-t...hower#best
This constellation – radiant point of the May 2014 meteor shower – is in the northern sky, close to the north celestial pole, making this meteor shower better for the Northern Hemisphere than the Southern Hemisphere. However, you don’t necessarily have to face north to see the meteors. Most meteors don’t become visible until they are some distance from their radiant point. As a result, if the shower happens, the meteors will be seen in all parts of the sky.
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If it's cloudy tonight, Virtual Telescope has a live streaming web cam.
Certainly not the same as watching the stars, planets, and meteor streaks overhead in the deep dark Puna sky, but it'll do in a pinch:
http://www.virtualtelescope.eu/2014/05/1...2324-2014/
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my understanding is that it was a medieval interpretation of giraffe.
imagine the description...
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Originally posted by Carey
Gary Fujihara did explain this at Imiloa last during last Fridays talk... comet responsible passed a few hundred years ago, gravitational pulls by Jupiter effect the comets dust stream & a little bit to do with rotational planes not quite always on the exact same plane...
This article may help:
http://www.latimes.com/science/scienceno...story.html
PS: Camelopard is a spotted camel...long necked, live in African savanna with blue black tongues, right?
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Originally posted by HereOnThePrimalEdge
There's a new meteor shower tonight, the first time it will make an appearance in our skies. The best viewing time is 8-9 PM Hawaii time, with slow, trailing meteors appearing in the eastern sky. No one knows for certain how many or how large the meteors will be however, so keep your exceptions in check.
Set your cameras at a slow shutter speed to catch those streaks and trails, wipe the spider webs off of your motion detector security cams, and try to keep those video shots from shaking with excitement:
http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/break...urday.html
Thank you!
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OK, I have been in & out... Was in Hilo earlier (overcast)- luckily the skies have been mostly clear in Keaau.... but so far I haven't seen a streak...anyone been out & seen anything meteoritic?
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Originally posted by Carey
OK, I have been in & out... Was in Hilo earlier (overcast)- luckily the skies have been mostly clear in Keaau.... but so far I haven't seen a streak...anyone been out & seen anything meteoritic?
We didn't see a thing! [:0] (*Was thinking about getting old sparklers out, hiding in the bushes and throwing them up in the air for the mo'opuna...to take pictures! Guess the s'mores, cocoa and craka gotta be enough. [xx(])
There are some that say tomorrow night is the night, so maybe, Hawaiian time for us?
Thanks for the link for the live feed, HOTPE!
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