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Anonymous ID: 2d4b01 Dec. 14, 2020, 8:21 p.m. No.24061   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>4062 >>4063 >>4120 >>4133 >>4137 >>4168 >>4225 >>4238

Geminid meteor shower 2020 peaks Sunday night

 

Posted by Bruce McClure and Deborah Byrd in Astronomy Essentials | December 13, 2020

 

See the Geminid meteor shower โ€“ always a highlight of the meteor year โ€“ Sunday evening until Mondayโ€™s dawn. The peak time as seen from around the globe is centered on 2 a.m. With no moon, the shower is expected to be grand this year!

 

The Geminid meteor shower โ€“ always a highlight of the meteor year โ€“ is expected to peak in 2020 on the night of December 13-14 (Sunday evening until dawn Monday). This yearโ€™s shower should be grand! The Geminids are typically a very reliable shower if you watch at the best time of night, centered on about 2 a.m. for all parts of the globe, and if you watch in a dark sky. And this year thereโ€™s no moon to ruin the shower. The meteors tend to be bold, white and quick. This shower favors Earthโ€™s Northern Hemisphere, but itโ€™s visible from the Southern Hemisphere, too. The curious rock comet called 3200 Phaethon is the parent body of this shower.

 

On a dark night, near the peak, you can often catch 50 or more meteors per hour. On an optimum night for the Geminids, itโ€™s possible to see 150 meteors per hour โ€ฆ which might happen this year, given the moon-free skies accompanying this yearโ€™s Geminid meteor shower. New moon falls on December 14, 2020. On the mornings before that date, youโ€™ll see a waning crescent moon. And โ€“ on December 11, 12 and 13, 2020 โ€“ after a night of meteor-watching, the slender lunar crescent and dazzling planet Venus will rise into your eastern sky at or near dawn.

 

What a way to cap a night of meteor-watching!

 

https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-geminid-meteor-shower

Anonymous ID: 2d4b01 Dec. 15, 2020, 6:28 a.m. No.24191   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>4194 >>4195

>>24148

I was in Africa in an area w/o grid power for a couple of months. They would run the generators for a couple of hours 2 or 3 times a day to keep the fridge and freezer cold and stayed out of them when power was down. It was very hot where I was and they would run from ~10AM-1PM and from ~6PM-11PM.

 

Once you get over the idea that electricity has to be on all the time it's easy to work around the down intervals.