Here are some shots for this year’s Perseid showers so far, some folks are snapping long exposure shots and getting great results.
http://www.spaceweather.com/meteors/gallery_12aug07.htm
also a
Nasa link
Great Perseids
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/11jul_greatperseids.htm
July 11, 2007: Got a calendar? Circle this date: Sunday, August 12th. Next to the circle write “all night” and “Meteors!” Attach the above to your refrigerator in plain view so you won’t miss the 2007 Perseid meteor shower.
“It’s going to be a great show,” says Bill Cooke of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office at the Marshall Space Flight Center. “The Moon is new on August 12th—which means no moonlight, dark skies and plenty of meteors.” How many? Cooke estimates one or two Perseids per minute at the shower’s peak.
Great!
As expected, the clouds have rolled in. They’re in front of a cold front so could be clearing later. I’ll check about midnight.
Still cloudy and not even the rain the radar showed. >:(