The Perseid meteor shower starts tonight and ends Tuesday morning with the peak being Monday night. Those who want to see the show should look at the Northeastern sky and thank the fact that we are at the new moon!
Bummer, I missed it last night. Thanks for the reminder.
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roger
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Sat 11 Aug, 2007 10:45 am
Is there one time that is better than others?
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littlek
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Sat 11 Aug, 2007 10:47 am
Roger - monday night, they said.
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Quincy
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Sun 12 Aug, 2007 06:26 am
IS there, by any vanishingly smal chance, that it can be seen from the southern hemisphere?
Sad puppy^^
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littlek
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Sun 12 Aug, 2007 08:48 am
Quincy - I don't know. Check your local news web site and or look at something like space.com
Did anyone see anything last night? We're having a small party tonight and we may head over to a nearby open space (I'm in a city and can see only buildings and tall trees to the NE) to see if we can see anything.
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FreeDuck
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Sun 12 Aug, 2007 08:59 am
I forgot to look up last night. And I was up late too -- couldn't stop watching a show about Elephant attacks. I was kicking myself this morning when I remembered.
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littlek
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Sun 12 Aug, 2007 09:04 am
Last night was just the beginning, FreeDuck.
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FreeDuck
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Sun 12 Aug, 2007 09:08 am
Yep. I'll be trying again tonight and tomorrow.
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Francis
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Sun 12 Aug, 2007 09:32 am
littlek wrote:
Did anyone see anything last night?
Not last night but last Tuesday.
It was a magnificent falling star, which trace lasted for at least five seconds.
I saw it towards the Perseids..
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akaMechsmith
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Mon 13 Aug, 2007 05:06 pm
In about fifteen minutes last night (Sun) I didnt see any. (10:30) Lat 39N
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InfraBlue
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Mon 13 Aug, 2007 05:48 pm
I went out eastward to the desert with my girlfriend at around 10:30 MDT, and saw a steady stream of meteorites. There were a few that were very big and lasted a few seconds. There was one that you could actually see that had broken up into four large pieces as it burned up in the atmosphere.
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littlek
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Mon 13 Aug, 2007 06:57 pm
I went out alone at around midnight and saw nothing! I didn't wait around to long, though.
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