Geminids 2012 - a spectacular show from Oman
Abstract
The Geminids are the most reliable prominent meteor shower currently visible. They can be observed from the whole northern hemisphere and even low southern latitudes as well. Nevertheless, as the weather is often unfavourable in Central Europe during December, a six-day-long visual observing campaign was carried out from Oman in 2012. There observing conditions were nearly perfect, especially in the Rub al-Khali desert in the western part of the country. As a consequence, we managed to record more than 1800 Geminids within almost 45 hours of effective observing time. An impression of the campaign together with a summary of the results is given.
- Publication:
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Proceedings of the International Meteor Conference, Giron, France, 18-21 September 2014
- Pub Date:
- February 2014
- Bibcode:
- 2014pim4.conf...89W