# Heads up for the best meteor shower of 2007 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 9, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-for-the-best-meteor-shower-of-2007/429386 "2007-12-09T16:14:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-for-the-best-meteor-shower-of-2007/429386/1 "2007-12-09T16:14:41Z")
Story here: [Space.com](http://www.space.com/spacewatch/071207-ns-geminids.html). Hopefully it won’t be cloudy! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-for-the-best-meteor-shower-of-2007/429386/2 "2007-12-09T19:03:33Z")
Ooh. I will make a note. If clear, I will be outside, looking up! Thanks for the heads up. Um… literally! ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-for-the-best-meteor-shower-of-2007/429386/3 "2007-12-09T21:43:10Z")
Yeah, I’m really hoping it’ll be clear… it’s been raining on and off the last couple of days here in sunny SoCal. I don’t have to work the next day either, so I’m clear to stay up late! I do have a doctor’s appointment the next morning, so I’ll probably have to call it a night around 1 or 2 AM, depending on how good the show is. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-for-the-best-meteor-shower-of-2007/429386/4 "2007-12-10T04:40:37Z")
[QUOTE=Astroboy14] Hopefully it won’t be cloudy! [/QUOTE] Where I live, it seems likely that it will. Rats. I saw a terrific Leonid meteor shower in Vermont some years ago. Clear night with no moon. At the peak, we were seeing 40 to 50 per minute. About 1 in 5 left a persistent trail. It was a perfectly still night, so it was possible to watch the show reflected in the surface of a nearby lake. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-for-the-best-meteor-shower-of-2007/429386/5 "2007-12-10T05:32:32Z")
Sweet. Chances are it’ll be cloudy, but if not, I’m throwing on 2 pairs of long johns, heavy coat, hat and gloves, some blankets and hot coffee, and gonna watch me some space rocks burn up. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-for-the-best-meteor-shower-of-2007/429386/6 "2007-12-10T08:20:57Z")
Joe Rao (Ray-o) is on our local cable news channel here. The dress up warm and bring hot beverages part is good advice. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-for-the-best-meteor-shower-of-2007/429386/7 "2007-12-11T02:29:47Z")
**gently bumping thread for those who may not have seen it… may do the same on Thursday as well…** ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-for-the-best-meteor-shower-of-2007/429386/8 "2007-12-11T14:54:03Z")
Do ya’ll think I’ll be able to see many here in Michigan? ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-for-the-best-meteor-shower-of-2007/429386/9 "2007-12-11T15:12:44Z")
It will probably be too cloudy here. But it was coudy during the August meteor shower and we could still see a few. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-for-the-best-meteor-shower-of-2007/429386/10 "2007-12-11T16:58:32Z")
Thanks for the heads-up. To clarify, is the best time to see this (from the East coast of the US) going to be the night of the 13th/14th, after full dark? Or the 14th/15th? The article somewhat confused me on the issue. Sailboat ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-for-the-best-meteor-shower-of-2007/429386/11 "2007-12-11T17:28:11Z")
[QUOTE=Sailboat] Thanks for the heads-up. To clarify, is the best time to see this (from the East coast of the US) going to be the night of the 13th/14th, after full dark? Or the 14th/15th? The article somewhat confused me on the issue. Sailboat [/QUOTE] Yes, the night of 13th/14th. I’ll be watching the 14th from the Connecticut Coast with a cup of hot cider and multiple layers. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-for-the-best-meteor-shower-of-2007/429386/12 "2007-12-11T18:29:39Z")
Well, all y’all in the mid-Atlantic can blame me for not getting to see it… For the entirety of my life, every single freaking cool thing that could only be seen in the sky for a limited time has been obscured by clouds. Comets, meteor showers, eclipses, planet alignments…doesn’t matter. If I’m where it supposedly can be seen, there will be clouds. If there were a year-long event in the Atacama Desert, and I was there, it would rain every frecking day for a year, guaranteed. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-for-the-best-meteor-shower-of-2007/429386/13 "2007-12-11T22:12:54Z")
[QUOTE=An Arky] If there were a year-long event in the Atacama Desert, and I was there, it would rain every frecking day for a year, guaranteed. [/QUOTE] Properly marketed, this could be a valuable talent. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-for-the-best-meteor-shower-of-2007/429386/14 "2007-12-13T16:50:12Z")
_bump again_ ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-for-the-best-meteor-shower-of-2007/429386/15 "2007-12-13T16:52:09Z")
Cloudy here. Here being Azerbaijan. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-for-the-best-meteor-shower-of-2007/429386/16 "2007-12-13T16:53:53Z")
It’s mostly clear here… but it’s only about 9AM; who knows what it’s going to be like 12 hours from now. ---
**Author:** ![Mint\_Julep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@Mint\_Julep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mint_Julep)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-for-the-best-meteor-shower-of-2007/429386/17 "2007-12-13T17:30:02Z")
Cloudy in Mississippi. Darn it. I would love to see it but I think the clouds are going to hold here. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-for-the-best-meteor-shower-of-2007/429386/18 "2007-12-13T17:56:17Z")
Anyone know where to be looking when in the southern hemisphere (yeah I know know, up at the sky), or if they will be visible from down here? ---
**Author:** ![BrknButterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@BrknButterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrknButterfly)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-for-the-best-meteor-shower-of-2007/429386/19 "2007-12-13T19:25:55Z")
At my old house I would have been wrapped up in a blanket while laying in the hammock. I would have been out there for hours… But this year I live to close to a town that has a lot of lights. ☹ Sucks. Hope all you enjoy it though. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-for-the-best-meteor-shower-of-2007/429386/20 "2007-12-13T20:10:55Z")
[QUOTE=NaturalBlondChap] Anyone know where to be looking when in the southern hemisphere (yeah I know know, up at the sky), or if they will be visible from down here? [/QUOTE] Should be visible from the southern hemisphere, far as I know. As for where to look: yeah, just up… **BrknButterfly** , where do you live in ME? I used to live there… pretty easy to find dark skies if you’re willing to drive a little bit. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-for-the-best-meteor-shower-of-2007/429386.md?page=2)