Comments on: Quadrantid meteor shower peaks tonight!

By: Sandi

Sandi — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:39:54 +0000

Columbus, Ohio my back yard 6:00 am. In the 20’s. Brrr In 35 minutes I saw 16. Two were so beautful and long. Question? Where did these Meteors land? I was hoping one would land in my back yard.

By: Merl

Merl — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:29:56 +0000

I think the peak time to view meteors on the east coast is between 3:00 am and predawn; about 6 a.m. However, I have seen meteors mostly in the winter months just driving in my car in the early evening hours. The peak time is 3 am – 6 am Jan 3 EST for the Quads.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:26:17 +0000

I was just outside 8:00 PM in Freehold, NJ and saw a huge meteorite looked like it was right next to me unreal

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:40:52 +0000

The quadrantids were a total disappointment in 2008, despite there being perfect conditions, with totally clear skies

I live on Long Island in New York. I was on the ocean side of Fire Island from 9:20 p.m. on Thursday January 3rd until 3:50 a.m. on Friday, January 4th. I saw only 1 possible meteorite during this time period. There was so much hype about this being potentially the best meteor shower of the year. All the experts were saying that the peak viewing time on the Northeast coast saying that the peak viewing time would be around 1:40 a.m. There never was a peak of any kind, It was a total bust from my viewpoint.

Do you know if anyone else on Long Island or in New York had the same or different experience than me?

Best regards,

Ken
Dix Hills, New York

By: Rosa W.

Rosa W. — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:45:09 +0000

http://www.space.com/spacewatch/meteor_showers_2008.html has a nice little summary of upcoming showers.

By: lee

lee — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:06:45 +0000

visually was pretty good from 15 miles outside of cleveland, OH
i was outside for about a half an hour and saw one about every 5 minutes, though most were out of the corner of my eye.

wondering if anyone here knows when some upcoming major meteor showers will be?

thanks

By: RBH

RBH — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:59:22 +0000

Between 0200 and 0230 Eastern, cold and clear, but just two fairly bright and a couple of corner of the eye flickers. The two good ones were in the Big Dipper vicinity. Mars, on the other hand, was spectacularly bright.