Go outside NOW, Perseids meteor shower

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

best to get away from city lights, my friend in westchester just saw a whole bunch. We've got too many darn trees, but may head out to the beach later. Expected to peak around 2 am EST or so, but there are plenty now if you can get a good vantage point:

NASA - Great Perseids

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

I just went out and looked, and couldn't see anything. Too many trees here, too. Although, I only looked for a minute, or two. Maybe I'll check it out again, closer to 2.

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

I just went out and looked, and couldn't see anything. Too many trees here, too. Although, I only looked for a minute, or two. Maybe I'll check it out again, closer to 2.

If you're up to it, you should drive over to the beach, or the high school football field.. not sure I'm going to make it, we're still kind of jetlagged and DS12 just got back from camp yesterday, so he's fried.

[Luanne Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Luanne]

We're going to watch it in a bit (when it gets dark) from the golf course at Paniolo Greens on the Big Island.

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

We're going to watch it in a bit (when it gets dark) from the golf course at Paniolo Greens on the Big Island.

Coool. I hope you have fewer clouds than we do tonight

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

Cloudy here, can see a few stars but no meteor showers- I quit before my neck got stiff.

[Luanne Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Luanne]

Coool. I hope you have fewer clouds than we do tonight

Last night was fantastic. Hope it's as clear tonight.

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

I was planning on going back out closer to 2, but I fell asleep. I think it may have been too cloudy anyway.

[mshatty Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close mshatty]

I was planning on going back out closer to 2, but I fell asleep. I think it may have been too cloudy anyway.

No, that was just the sleep in your eyes.

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

No, that was just the sleep in your eyes.

You're probably right.

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

Tonight should be a better night for viewing here in the Lower Hudson Valley. Of course there will be far far fewer...if any.

Most of us will miss this one: The Aurigid shower will last only an hour and a half, with a bright Moon in the sky. The Moon is not expected to dim the spectacle much, however, because most Aurigids seen in the past were relatively bright -2 to +3 magnitude meteors. My colleague, Jeremie Vaubaillon of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, and I have performed detailed predictions of the dust stream's orbital evolution. The August 7 issue of the journal EOS, Transactions of the AGU, gives details of the encounter.

We predict that the shower will be visible by the naked eye from the western United States, especially in California, Hawaii, Alaska, other western states and from Mexico and the western provinces of Canada. Prime viewing time will be on Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007, a half hour on either side of 4:36 a.m. PDT. The whole event will last no longer than one-and-a-half hours. Twenty-five minutes long rates will be above half the peak rate.

One of my favorite Thanksgiving trips to St John I was up at 3AM on the deck watching the Leonids. They were spectacular.

[taffy19 Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close taffy19]

We went to look a few times during the night but we saw nothing but a few regular stars. One year, we saw it pretty good when it was very clear.

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

DH took middle DD to go look and they didn't get back home till after 1:00. He said they saw a few, but there were clouds and of course we have to look toward New York City, so there you are.

[Faust Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Faust]

It’s been pretty fogy here in SF; I would have to drive a good 20miles just to get away from the city lights and fog. no meteor shower for me. I will be