Meteor Showers

Well, I am putting together everything into my car to take to my workshop on photographing the Geminids meteor shower tonight.  The Geminid meteor shower is scheduled to peak late tonight into tomorrow morning.

However, I have also gotten information of a second meteor shower that can occur earlier tonight.  This meteor shower, if it occurs, is from the  Comet Wirtanen.  The radiant point of this shower will be in the constellation Pisces, which is up when darkness is falling and will be setting in the West as Gemini is ascending in the East.

So if you can get into a dark area without a lot of city lights had starts watching the sky, starting at between 8 and 9 PM and continuing into early morning you should be able to enjoy a beautiful show in the sky.

The Geminids Meteor Shower and Workshop

The last meteor shower for 2012, the Geminids, will be coming up on starting on the evening of December 13 and continue into the early morning on December 14.  I will be holding a workshop on how to photograph meteors along with enjoyable hours of photographing the sky that night , at the Stone Barn, Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary, Dartmouth Massachusetts.  Afterwards we will also do some post processing.

This program is sponsored by Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary and you can sign up online at: https://www.massaudubon.org/catalog/listing.php?program_code=265-AP12FA1 or call 508-636-2437 to register by phone.

Thu, Dec 13, 2012 9:30 pm - 2:30+ am

Location: Stone Barn Farm, 786 Horseneck Road, Dartmouth MA
Instructor: Myer Bornstein - Photographer & Naturalist
Audience: Adult
Fee: Adults $24.00m/ $30.00nm

Get ready for an amazing nighttime photography workshop! The Geminids meteor shower is approaching and you won't want to miss the chance to take some amazing shots! Be sure to take a late afternoon nap as the start time for the program is 9:30pm! We'll start with a hot cup of coffee/tea/chocolate in the Stone Barn as we discuss the shower and how to best photograph it and then will head out into the field. There will be time afterwards to review shots and discuss best practices and the experience.

Instructions and Directions: The Stone Barn is located at 786 East Horseneck Road in South Dartmouth, MA. If you're headed towards the field station, take a left onto East Horseneck Road and continue down the hill, past Quansett Nursery and you'll see the driveway marked for the Stone Barn.

Registration is required.

Anybody would like to come and just through the sky watching for the meteors.  I welcome, however, registration is also required.

The forecast is predicting 50-60 meteors per hour at the height of the shower.  If the weather holds out, it should be a great evening.