Posted on 08/12/2015 5:41:49 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
Might be better if you try again tonight since they weren’t happening last night.
“Step 1: Live some place that’s not overcast for almost every astronomical event.”
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“Step 1: Live some place that’s not overcast for almost every astronomical event.”
I share your pain...but...
There is a really big , dry high in the center of the country that should make a good part of the center of the US excellent for viewing, especially when combined with essentially no moon. This is fairly rare. I was out at about 2:00 last night in the outskirts of a city and saw two within 10 minutes, as bright as the brightest stars visible in the northeast.
It was the same with Sky and Telescope editor who was interviewed on a site I saw, didn’t even mention to look east;
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It’s tricky to say “where to look”. They seem to come from a “radiant” in the sky, the point where the orbit of the meteors intersects the Earth’s orbit. You don’t want to look “right there”, because most meteors don’t begin heating up/glowing/streaking until they are quite a way from that point. If you look on the Internet at a time-lapse photo of a shower, you will see what I mean.
Thank you, I stand corrected.
With the Perseids, you really do just lie down and look up. They flash from all across the sky. If you face one direction, you’ll miss some of them.
I watched for an hour or so last night and didn’t see many bright ones. Most were dim little flits. This article says to expect up to 100 an hour but most are saying maybe 60 per hour. And they’re including the dim ones.
We’ll see how it goes tonight. I’m not expecting anything spectacular. At least we have crystal clear skies in TN for a change. It’s usually cloudy when we have something going on in the skies.
I’ve been seeing more meteors in the last 6 months than during the last 30 years combined. I’m also getting many more meteor trails on my astrophotos. Nearly every photo I take now has one or more meteor trails. I’m not sure what’s up with that.
Acts 2:17-21
Saw a beautiful, low in the sky cream orange meteor at 4:30 AM (DC vicinity). Too many clouds all night but tonight could be special.
As the late Jack Horkheimer used to say, “Look up”.
Miss the guy. He made astronomy interesting and fun, the exact opposite of Bill Nye the Pseudoscience Guy.
Actually I think the reason is that we see a lot more space junk deorbiting and falling back to Earth these days.
Just saw two in 20 minutes in Connecticut at around 10 p.m.
Fun,I just saw 4.One was bright.Little cloud cover here.Thanks:)
Congrats.
It is a bit soupy here, but I’ll go out after Perry Mason and see if it is clearer. At least there is no moon out.
I've seen them!!
[ At least we have crystal clear skies in TN for a change. It’s usually cloudy when we have something going on in the skies.]
I’m going outside right now.
Managed to see one nice bright streak here in upstate South Carolina, but the clouds have moved in :(
Going to try again in an hour or so hopefully it will clear up.
Awesome one about 10:25 pm EST - all the way across the sky
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