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  1. 19-May-2014 #1
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    Camelopardalid meteor shower - Lucky North Americans

    So there could be a good meteor shower Fri night/Sat morning for you lucky North Americans. Unfortunately it is schedule to occur after sun rise in the UK

    http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...dalid/9128245/
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    Wow.....this is good news for me. The girlfriend and I were already planning on taking the kids camping this Friday, so this is just like the icing on the cake. My grandmother owns a huge farm with a back pasture that's miles and miles away from any city lights, so we should have a decent view. The article also says Florida will have the best view and I'm just one state North of Florida, so hopefully we'll get a good show.

    Thanks for the heads up, Neil!
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    Quote Originally Posted by bassman View Post
    Wow.....this is good news for me. The girlfriend and I were already planning on taking the kids camping this Friday, so this is just like the icing on the cake. My grandmother owns a huge farm with a back pasture that's miles and miles away from any city lights, so we should have a decent view. The article also says Florida will have the best view and I'm just one state North of Florida, so hopefully we'll get a good show.

    Thanks for the heads up, Neil!
    OK - I f***ing hate you!

    Fingers crossed you get something spectacular! Just make sure you take a couple of picnic blankets or something you can lie on... and voila!
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    Bassman - Hope you have good weather! Let me know how you get on!
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    Oh! - http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/rare-...ions-1.1836489
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    I forgot about this thread....

    We were a bit let down by the meteor "shower". We only saw about 15-20 within the course of three hours. It was nice to see and we still enjoyed it because we were camping anyway, but I was hoping for a bit more.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bassman View Post
    ...I was hoping for a bit more.
    You and the rest of the world
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