meteor shower tonight
 

Tonight the Perseids Meteor Shower will hopefully be one of the best meteor showers of 2010 due to a couple of facts; a stronger stream of meteoroids and minimal light in the sky from the Moon.

Thanks for reminding me, I forgot this was tonight, sounds like a great night for them.

ahhh damn I wish I was up north with no ambient light...

Waiting for pics from actual witnesses.

we've noticed an increase in meteorites over the past two days and will be on the lookout tonight :)

looking forward to it. hope to see a few. :)

Yep it would be great to see the pics :)

weve had clear skies for weeks, its darn cloudy tonight :(

When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are... nothing happens.

haha, just kidding. I'll be wishing upon them if I can see them. Good luck.

damn going to be cloudy tonight here in Boston tonight, so have to check it out tomorrow night for sure

We are quite far south but will hit he roof tonight and see what we can see.

too lazy to google, anyone know what the best times will be for Michigan to see this? if it's not toooooo late I'll drag the kid out back and let her watch too

-Loki-

anytime when its dark, preferably after midnight, give your eyes time to adjust, pupil dilation 5-10 mins and turn off all the lights including the neigbors lol :thumbsup

No worries there Casa-Del-Loki is out of town, away from all the lights out in the woods, can always see millions of stars (as long as the sky is clear)

-Loki-

perfect, buena vista out in the sticks :thumbsup

I'm gonna try set up and catch some on camera if I can.

A meteor shower is an interesting sight.
Some say the surface of the moon has craters, because meteors crashed into the moon.

Just spent about 30 minutes laying down in the back yard. Saw a few little ones and a few really big, bright ones. You really just need to relax your vision and not focus on any one part of the sky because they are gone almost as quick as they appear. It was kind of a rush when I saw the first really bright one. I'll probably go back out after midnight and see what's up.

Took the oldest (10y/o) out to the back porch around 1:15am or so, we laid out there for about 20 mins, saw maybe 6 or 7 but there was a few clouds rolling (SLLLLLLLOWLY) through so that was a bummer, (and she got tired of the clouds lol)

normally the later the better, IF I'm still up about 3am or 4am I'm going to go out and check, if there is better action then at 1am I'll wake up the kid and drag her out to the porch lol.

-Loki-

I've been outside a couple times looking, but it's overcast and sprinkling here and I don't think I'll get a chance before I go to bed.

Spotted a few light ones off the deck, but there's some bad light pollution here. Was planning on a midnight mountain hike which would have been great, but spent the day cleaning, and the wind is high, so i bailed last minute. Will probably head out again a little later in the night when things are supposed to pick up. Hopefully thw wind dies down a bit.

I was outside with my dog, to take him to the washroom and I saw one after looking in the sky for 5 seconds. It's super clear out where I am, in the area surrounding Vancouver , B.C

Didn't care enough to continue watching, feels weird to do it alone, haha

Did you feel like a dirty old perve? A dogger? :winkwink:


You shouldnt worry about what others think of you.... You were only trying to see the meteors mate. I love looking at the night sky. I do it quite a bit as its very relaxing.


Lokking forward to someone posting pics of the shower :2 cents:

hmm, I smoked a bunch o' green and forgot completely about all this. :1orglaugh

Damn will it happen tonight im in virginia :( FUCK I at missing things like this!

its visible all over the world, better in the northern hemisphere. if anyone missed it last night there will be plenty more tonight :thumbsup

Saw a few good ones - I dozed off under the stars, that was nice. :)

After watching it on the news yesterday saying that it was gonna happen, i went to bed last night and forgot all about it. I wouldn't have bothered normally but where we are, they predicted we would have some of the best views of it, with nice clear skies. Dammit!

how else would craters get there? acne?

gotta stay up for this one - was too damn cloudy in Boston last night to see them - have to travel to a suburban beach where there's no light pollution

the optimum was supposed to be around 3.30 am , I was outside , clear sky didnt even see a drop, never mind a shower ;) and it was a clear sky as well:disgust

caught a few before hitting the sack

Fug. A day late and a dollar short.

You should see some tonight as well, With the small amount that was seen last night, good Luck tonight.

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I kept checking last night, but it was too overcast. :(

that would be cool to see all those meteors up in the sky..........post some pics, pls