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quickdodge®
10-20-2009, 04:31 PM
The best time to watch will be between 1 a.m. and dawn local time Wednesday morning, regardless of your location. That's when the patch of Earth you are standing on is barreling headlong into space on Earth's orbital track, and meteors get scooped up like bugs on a windshield.

Peak activity, when Earth wades into the densest part of the debris, is expected around 6 a.m. ET (3 a.m. PT).

Check it out. Later, QD.
§treet_§peed
10-20-2009, 04:33 PM
if i get up around that time i definitely will.
TRDwasiq
10-20-2009, 04:36 PM
i am not goin to sleep tonight!
Halfwit
10-20-2009, 05:00 PM
i leave the house at 6, hopefully cloud cover wont barr my sights.
punkr6
10-20-2009, 05:14 PM
cool info. I'll be at work looking for it...
Alan®
10-20-2009, 05:14 PM
coool
BluesClues
10-20-2009, 05:26 PM
That's some cool info. Hopefully I will be able to see something. I think someone (who will be up at that time) who has a good professional camera, should take some pics and post them up. I would love to see them
thegovanator
10-20-2009, 05:34 PM
I live in the city there is no way I'll be able to see it
chuck
10-20-2009, 05:37 PM
sweet, i always hear about these the day after...til now

thank Qd!
americanctm
10-20-2009, 05:42 PM
That's when the patch of Earth you are standing on is barreling headlong into space on Earth's orbital track, and meteors get scooped up like bugs on a windshield.

It has actually been circulating in the scientific community for quite some time that perhaps space is the object that is moving. With the dimensions of space/time and the infinitely expanding universe smaller objects such as meteors can change direction or accelerate by making use of the law of conservation of linear momentum and can perhaps stay at a constant speed while traveling through space/time at quicker rates as both the object and space travel simultaneously. So in fact, meteors do not get scooped up like bugs on a windshield.

Have fun watching the meteor shower though.
quickdodge®
10-20-2009, 05:49 PM
It has actually been circulating in the scientific community for quite some time that perhaps space is the object that is moving. With the dimensions of space/time and the infinitely expanding universe smaller objects such as meteors can change direction or accelerate by making use of the law of conservation of linear momentum and can perhaps stay at a constant speed while traveling through space/time at quicker rates as both the object and space travel simultaneously.

Whatever you say man. It's just a copy/paste thing for me.


So in fact, meteors do not get scooped up like bugs on a windshield.

Wouldn't that be IN THEORY since it isn't really a fact?


Have fun watching the meteor shower though.

I plan to. Later, QD.
BluesClues
10-20-2009, 05:52 PM
Yeah with city lights, it might be hard for me to see it as well :cry:
americanctm
10-20-2009, 05:59 PM
Wouldn't that be IN THEORY since it isn't really a fact?

Touche. lolol, Just trying to have a conversation with someone with more than average intelligence, its not everyday you get to bicker with someone who has common sense and an expanded view of things.


I plan to. Later, QD.

I hopefully will as well.
tmracing83
10-20-2009, 06:02 PM
Nice heads up qd. Way to look out!
Sledlude
10-20-2009, 06:04 PM
aww shit. how does this relate to me? im 5 hrs ahead, so i guess i wont get to see it at its peak, 6 am for yall is 11 am for me. i guess i can maybe see some shit at 6 am my time?
hope so.
quickdodge®
10-20-2009, 06:09 PM
Touche. lolol, Just trying to have a conversation with someone with more than average intelligence, its not everyday you get to bicker with someone who has common sense and an expanded view of things.



I hopefully will as well.

Lolol. I check often on astronomy and astrology sites and all kinds of other celestial shite for meteor showers. I know the big winter "show" is coming in two months, so I'll be waiting for that as well. Later, QD.
quickdodge®
10-20-2009, 06:10 PM
aww shit. how does this relate to me? im 5 hrs ahead, so i guess i wont get to see it at its peak, 6 am for yall is 11 am for me. i guess i can maybe see some shit at 6 am my time?
hope so.

Have I told you recently that I still love you? Later, QD.
americanctm
10-20-2009, 06:13 PM
aww shit. how does this relate to me? im 5 hrs ahead, so i guess i wont get to see it at its peak, 6 am for yall is 11 am for me. i guess i can maybe see some shit at 6 am my time?
hope so.

:lmfao: See QD!? This is exactly what I am talking about!
DB4LYFE ™
10-20-2009, 06:57 PM
Sweeet!

~DB4LYFE
Ziptied
10-20-2009, 08:05 PM
so how many IA members are going to put on matching tennis shoes, take poison and put purple sheets over themselves so the aliens can pick you up?

lol
x Resilience
10-20-2009, 08:52 PM
It has actually been circulating in the scientific community for quite some time that perhaps space is the object that is moving. With the dimensions of space/time and the infinitely expanding universe smaller objects such as meteors can change direction or accelerate by making use of the law of conservation of linear momentum and can perhaps stay at a constant speed while traveling through space/time at quicker rates as both the object and space travel simultaneously. So in fact, meteors do not get scooped up like bugs on a windshield.

Have fun watching the meteor shower though.


Shuuuuuuuuut the fuck up!
Ziptied
10-20-2009, 10:00 PM
Shuuuuuuuuut the fuck up!

QFT!!!! Reps! :goodjob:
americanctm
10-20-2009, 10:43 PM
Shuuuuuuuuut the fuck up!

Lol it was a joke. Probably made your head hurt though because you couldn't understand a single word.
Stormhammer
10-20-2009, 11:06 PM
there's a host in Auburn, GA hosting a viewing for it at like 5am
nreggie454
10-21-2009, 06:41 AM
Woke up early for this, saw a few meteors. It was cool. Thanks for the heads up.

I wish I could have gone further out into the country, but I probably would have got lost if I tried.
Halfwit
10-21-2009, 07:07 AM
I saw a few as I was about to leave for work. Saw them by the big dipper
qwick
10-21-2009, 07:23 AM
I have been up sine 1am and didnt see a fuckin thing.

:dunno:
punkr6
10-21-2009, 07:25 AM
Totally missed the whole thing...Damn it.
thegovanator
10-21-2009, 07:26 AM
I didn't see anything either
Lankhoss
10-21-2009, 07:28 AM
I didn't see anything, damn it!
quickdodge®
10-21-2009, 08:45 AM
Totally missed the whole thing...Damn it.

I fucking forgot and slept right through the fucking thing. Later, QD.
RandomGuy
10-21-2009, 11:15 AM
went out around 2am, stayed for like 15 minutes, saw nothing
quickdodge®
10-21-2009, 11:18 AM
stayed for like 15 minutes,

That's why, lolol. Later ,QD.
nreggie454
10-21-2009, 11:36 AM
That's why, lolol. Later ,QD.

Yup. I was outside for around 30-45 minutes and I saw maybe 5 (still a decent amount of light pollution where I was), and most were out of the corner of my eye. I was lucky enough to see two good ones in the middle of my field of view, but got too cold to hang around longer. Also, more cars were driving by where I was and their lights were messing with my vision.
Maniacc
10-21-2009, 11:45 AM
There is no way anyone that lives in Gwinnett or close to Atlanta's fucking lights could have seen this shit. FUCKING GAYNESS TO LEVEL 74!
DarKStaR
10-21-2009, 11:57 AM
Damn Nyquil made me miss it! QD make another post when that big one in 2 months is supposed to happen.
quickdodge®
10-21-2009, 12:04 PM
^^^ Gotcha! Later, QD.
Ziptied
10-21-2009, 12:05 PM
I went out at around 1:30 for an hour and saw about 20 in that hour. went back out at 3:30 for an hour and only saw two. All were like orion was shooting from the hip.