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 Message 609 
 Roger Nelson to mark lewis 
 Re: The "Magic Hour" for Geminid Meteors 
 13 Dec 13 16:04:50 
 
ml> On Fri, 13 Dec 2013, Roger Nelson wrote to All:
 
ml>RN> Dec. 13, 2013:  As arctic air and record cold sweeps across the
ml>RN> USA, amateur astronomers are looking at their calendars with a
ml>RN> degree of trepidation. A date is circled: Dec. 14th. And below it
ml>RN> says: "Wake up at 4 AM for the Geminid meteor shower."
 
ml> i saw 50+ meteors this morning between 0300 and 0530... it was a li'l
ml> chilly in my area ;)
 
I'm sure that it was colder there than the 39F we had this morning, but there
is no way I was going to even look out the window for that.  I'm fighting off
a chest cold as iit is.
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

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