I Saw 24 Geminids! [Updated]

I saw 16 Geminids on the 15 Dec night. They’re so cheerful and mostly are fireballs. Geminid meteor shower is really well known for fireballs. Don’t miss it next year.

I was watching the meteor shower with 4 CHHS Astronomy Club members. It’s very nice to enjoy the show with friends. My sisters joined us very shortly after they heard us screaming. Haha.. it’s really a cool show. Meteor shower is definitely one of the best phenomena that everyone on the earth can enjoy without any expense. :D

I just find out that my record doesn’t have any scientific value so I decided not to expose my Geminids observation report on the 15 Dec night. Look at International Meteor Organisation Visual Report Page. It drove me away from reporting… You might say that I’m not suitable for science. However, I prefer a report that the public can make, not just amateur astronomer and even the professionals.

14 Dec 2007

Whoa! It was really fantastic this midnight. I started my observing since 1:40am UT+8 14 Dec. The cloud rolled in since 2.00am and was carried away by the wind soon. Another huge cloud rolled in just after several minutes but the strong wind blew it away again.

2:00am, I saw my first Geminids. It’s the brightest one throughout the whole session. It travelled from Orion to Taurus
2:08am, second Geminids, from Gemini to Orion
2:14am, *forgot to note the direction…
2:15am, third, between Canis Major and Canis Minor
2:17am, Canis Major to Canopus
2:23am, Canis Minor to Saturn
2:27am, X to Canis Major (I didn’t catch this meteor quite well)
2:40am, Between Mars and Orion

One funny thing was that I saw a cloud looked like the God of Gods, the Zeus. :D

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4 Responses to “I Saw 24 Geminids! [Updated]”


  • That’s too great you saw the Geminids. I can’t find it, because too cloudy and I didn’t take any notice to it.

  • [quote comment=""]That’s too great you saw the Geminids. I can’t find it, because too cloudy and I didn’t take any notice to it.[/quote]
    Where was your location? We’re “clouded” just after observing for 2 hours.

  • [quote comment=""][quote comment=""]That’s too great you saw the Geminids. I can’t find it, because too cloudy and I didn’t take any notice to it.[/quote]
    Where was your location? We’re “clouded” just after observing for 2 hours.[/quote]
    In Segamat. I just have a narrow escape from the flood. Luckily, the flood didn’t happen in my area. But, it happened at the lower location. Haha…

  • [quote comment=""]In Segamat. I just have a narrow escape from the flood. Luckily, the flood didn’t happen in my area. But, it happened at the lower location. Haha…[/quote]
    Haha, you’re lucky. The total geminds I saw was 26. I am gonna update it later. :)

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