meteor shower this weekend

[Rugaar]

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[Matt_W]

I hope I manage to get to see that, cheers for the heads up.

 

[Bryan316]

Ooooo.


I'ma drive out way West into Jackson or somewhere like that, and camp out.

 

[Linas]

Right on. I love meteor showers. Maby ile take a drive away from the city because theres no chance ile see even one with the light polution here. I think i saw this one last year.

 

[hbarcat]

+1 to meteor shower this weekend. There will also be a total lunar eclipse on the 28th of Aug. It will be early AM hours, though.

 

[FL Knifemaker]

I'm not waiting until the weekend for a shower.

 

[bigfatbass]

Los Blancos was in rural VT over the weekend. Spectacular view of the first waves, with city lights miles away and not a cloud in the sky. I hope we are as lucky this weekend!

 

[Chriss62]

I played a show during this time of last year. Cosmic meadows it was called. Cool show, but a terrible experience for me...

Meteorz were hard to find.

 

[Baryonyx]

Sounds like a good watch.

 

[Fassa Albrecht]

I've seen three comets, including Halley's Comet and Hallebopp.

 

[Masher88]

Cool! thanks for the heads up!!

 

[Chunk-O-Funk]

Cool! thanks for the heads up!!

+1


Besides being in a dark place, any tips on photographing this?

 

[Rugaar]

Besides being in a dark place, any tips on photographing this?

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[Munjibunga]

I gotta get me a bar of some Meteor Soap.

 

[pilotjones]

Currently staying up for it, will wake up my daughter and her sleeping-over friend at 3am if the sky is clear enough to justify driving a few miles out of the city to watch. Otherwise, sleep.



Did anyone else see the amazing meteor shower about four years ago? It was absolutely ******* insane. Like one every few seconds, often a few at once. It was said to be a once-in-a-lifetime event.

 

[joelb79]

I already saw one this night after it got dark. Nice big brilliant blue/green meteor. Awesome trail that seemed to stay lit for a while. You could see the burning happening on the meteor itself.

Needless to say I made a wish and I really hope it comes true.

 

[ʎnb_uʍop_ǝpısdn]

Only a few hours left, depending where your located.

"By 2 am on Monday morning, August 13th, dozens of Perseids may be flitting across the sky every hour."
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[Linas]

Saw a few good ones tonight. Unfortunatly the sky was kinda cloudy.

 

[Baryonyx]

I'm sure my little brother was watching this last night.

 

[pilotjones]

It was pretty cool. Drove about 25 miles out to escape the city lights. There was some ground haze, but no clouds. We saw maybe one a minute. Mostly white to yellow, some long tailed, some no tail at all. A few bluish, and a few late ones that were definitely red. And as we drove home in the dawn, a final one bright enough to see against the brightening sky.

My daughter and her friend were really excited. There were at least a dozen that got "wow"s from all three of us.

We also saw a bunch of satellites, and one of what was probably an Iridium flare.