So Who's Going To Watch The Meteor Shower Tonight?

[Iron Woode]

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/perseids-meteor-shower-2015

I am going to be checking it out in about an hour.

I haven't seen one since around 1980.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

I'll go out around midnight. I live in an area with awful light pollution and won't get the best show, but I've watched the Perseid shower before and even here you can get some nice bright long streaks. It's a clear and very dark night, that's going to help a lot.

 

[keird]

Wife, kid and I went out to our back field. We lied on a wool army blanket and discussed the cosmos until her first meteor shower began. It was magical. We could also see the Milky Way. I didn't get too far into galaxies; trying to keep it simple.

 

[ImpulsE69]

We're planning on it. I think my father in law is going to be at his observatory trying to get some pics of it (not really sure how well that will work). It is a gloriously dark clear night here.

 

[SKORPI0]

Webcast --> http://www.space.com/19195-night-sky-planets-asteroids-webcasts.html

 

[KMFJD]

that was cool, thanks for the heads up

 

[John Connor]

You know what's so funny about these meteor showers they always talk about? I seen more meteors when there wasn't a shower! I have even seen one bounce off the atmosphere and one come straight down. Thought it was a missile!

Hear 'em! http://www.livemeteors.com/

 

[Ken g6]

They say there's about one an hour even without a shower.

 

[DrPizza]

Year round, we see at least 1 or 2 when we're in the hot tub at night, provided it's not cloudy.

Last night, I'd estimate the rate to be about 40 per hour visible from my back yard. Tonight - the peak? I saw 1 in almost 10 minutes. Though, as I type this, perhaps there are dozens more. Think I'll grab a beer & go out and watch the show for another 10 or 15 minutes; gotta be up early this morning so can't stay up too much later.

 

[Iron Woode]

Year round, we see at least 1 or 2 when we're in the hot tub at night, provided it's not cloudy.

Last night, I'd estimate the rate to be about 40 per hour visible from my back yard. Tonight - the peak? I saw 1 in almost 10 minutes. Though, as I type this, perhaps there are dozens more. Think I'll grab a beer & go out and watch the show for another 10 or 15 minutes; gotta be up early this morning so can't stay up too much later.

too many clouds here.

I'm calling it a night.

 

[WHAMPOM]

This fifty or more an hour meteor shower I will miss because as usual my sky is cloudy. Yep, good and overcast.

 

[OverVolt]

Yea I saw a meteor tonight and just gawked at the sky for another 10 minutes and didn't see anymore. It was a fast'un though.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Holy crap for once we have clear skies, I might go check it out. Or am I too late? How long does it last?

 

[Red Squirrel]

Might set my camera on long exposure time lapse mode and just stick it outside in the yard, at least till I go to bed.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I just came back from taking pics of the stars, I saw a few, I saw one that was super awesome, it left a trail and everything. Missed them all with the camera though, it's kinda luck of the draw. I now left it in my patio door pointing at the largest sky area I could manage to capture from that angle and let it take 30s exposure every minute. Whether or not I catch any that should make an awesome time lapse. It's kinda late though, sun is going to start coming up soon. Can tell winter is coming though as it would be up by now at this time a month ago.

From my understanding these last a few days, so if I get lucky and it's not cloudy tomorrow I'll start it earlier.

 

[OverVolt]

Sounds good we'll have a beer and catch them next time in 130 years.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Arnt these every year?

 

[John Connor]

In the Northern Hemisphere, the annual August Perseid meteor shower probably ranks as the all-time favorite meteor shower of the year

http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-perseid-meteor-shower

Seen four in the span of 20 minutes. It's nice and clear here and it will be another hot day today. Thank god for the pool!

 

[John Connor]

During the Leonids of November 13, 1833 I guess you could see 100 a minute.

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/wp-content/uploads/LincolnandLeonids.pdf

"On the night of November 12-13, 1833, a tempest of falling stars broke over the Earth... The sky was scored in every direction with shining tracks and illuminated with majestic fireballs. At Boston, the frequency of meteors was estimated to be about half that of flakes of snow in an average snowstorm. Their numbers... were quite beyond counting; but as it waned, a reckoning was attempted, from which it was computed, on the basis of that much-diminished rate, that 240,000 must have been visible during the nine hours they continued to fall." - Agnes Clerke's, Victorian Astronomy Writer

http://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/history.html

Holy shit!

An annual Leonid shower may deposit 12 or 13 tons of particles across the entire planet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonids

 

[ImpulsE69]

Yea it was a bit disappointing. It always seems the 'big' ones never are. I will say there were 6-7 really large ones (fireballs) where you could see the trail compared to normal and there were some cool 'awe' moments, but it was few and far between.

 

[skyking]

we missed this one.
Coolest thing we saw "burn in" was probably a satellite. My wife and I were returning from a family gathering in one of the work planes, at about 3500 feet and 70 miles south of the bright lights of Seattle. It burned in for what seemed like ages, from overhead stretching out in front of us. We were lucky to be there.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Going through my time lapse pics I left overnight and I managed to capture one!

Would probably have been around 6am so it was getting bright out. If the skies clear up I'll set it up again while I'm gone for my night shift.

Managed to capture a lot of nice star images in general too, it was a good night for it. Clear skies and no moon.

 

[Rydia]

You guys just don't get it. Can you not notice the approaching Moon? OMG. you'd think those scientist would notice by now that the Moon is getting closer and closer to earth everyday.

But no, we is here glazing our eyes out about some ratchet "meteor shower and shit!!! well, if that meteor were to strike this damn earth, I'd bet we'd get some sense then. dammit.

No one understands the moon. I'm only person on this earth who knows something's not right. :hmm:

 

[Spacehead]

Last night was kind of a bust for me. Went out around 4am but it was still partly cloudy. Saw 7 in 45 minutes then it got cloudier so i went back inside.

How long does it last?

Peak was last night(night of 12-13) but might be good for another night or so. You can see Perseids for about 2 weeks before & after the peak

Arnt these every year?

Yep, all the meteor showers repeat every year as the Earth passes through the debris trail left by the parent comet. Some years are better than others for various reasons.

During the Leonids of November 13, 1833 I guess you could see 100 a minute.

That would have been cool to see.
In the early 2000's(02?) there was a good one. I took the next day off work so i could stay up all night to watch. Started seeing meteors around 11pm. From about 4am till daylight i could see one every second or 2. The fireballs were bright enough to cast a shadow & left visible smoke trails.

 

[Rydia]

Last night was kind of a bust for me. Went out around 4am but it was still partly cloudy. Saw 7 in 45 minutes then it got cloudier so i went back inside.




Peak was last night(night of 12-13) but might be good for another night or so. You can see Perseids for about 2 weeks before & after the peak




Yep, all the meteor showers repeat every year as the Earth passes through the debris trail left by the parent comet. Some years are better than others for various reasons.




That would have been cool to see.
In the early 2000's(02?) there was a good one. I took the next day off work so i could stay up all night to watch. Started seeing meteors around 11pm. From about 4am till daylight i could see one every second or 2. The fireballs were bright enough to cast a shadow & left visible smoke trails.

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