fred (12/14/82)
Geminids Meteors I managed to drag myself out of bed and watch part of the shower this morning.From 3 A.M. EST to 3:20 I counted 19 meteors, then some high cloud cover moved in and cut the count down to about 10 for the next hour after that the skies in light-polluted Indianapolis cleared off somewhat and the count was up to 20 for the 30 min from 4:30 to 5 AM at which time I decided to pack it in. Observations: While this was the most active shower I have seen the meteors were all pretty slow moving with only a few leaving trails. The shower had a mix of colors from green to yellow to red with few of the brilliant white or blue white meteors of other showers such as the Persuids. Thats all I can think of right now, I need to find something to wake me up and pray that nothing important happens this morning. Please excuse any grammar etc...... Fred BTL/ABI INDY