last night, the 13th of december was the peak of the Geminids meteor shower and me being the geeky amateur stargazer..decided to spend most of last night..sometimes sitting sometimes standing..mostly subjecting my neck to funny angles..in order to peer out into the night sky for a view of the sky..at my house balcony hoping to at least catch ONE meteor.
it was a pretty clear night..much of the constellations were visible and my hopes were high.
minutes passed..nothing
my sister on the other hand..was luckier and possibly also less blind than me
she spotted the first meteor of the night! which happened during the few minutes where i was away from any window
later on, from about 1130 to 1230..i was with her at the balcony..just staring into space..after some time..i got pretty tired so i decided to take a short break and i casually commented that "there's probably gonna be one while i'm gone"
so true enough..i missed one
-_-!
so throughout the rest of the night..i pretty much missed all those my sis spotted
the most irritating moment was when i some how..for reasons unknown to me..missed this one that was quite bright according to my sis!! i mean if we were standing at different parts of the balcony or looking at different directions..i would understand why i missed it but we weren't!! we were side by side
so yeah..by 1240 and after like 3 or 4 more missed meteors..i gave up
was heading back to my room to sleep when i heard her exclaim...twice..in the short span of abt 5-10 mins..of more geminids sightings
*sigh*
i don't seem to have alot of luck with meteor showers..coz the last time i did that..the leonids of 98 if i remembered right..i saw one while everyone else who was there with me saw more than that!
*sigh*
maybe next time..
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