Anonymous Coward User ID: 61383572 India 08/09/2014 03:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The full Moon of August 10th is the biggest and brightest of 2014. PERSEID FIREBALLS: The full Moon of August 10th is no ordinary full Moon--it's a supermoon, the biggest and brightest of 2014. This has raised concerns that bright moonlight will outshine the Perseid meteor shower, underway now as Earth moves into the debris stream of parent Comet Swift-Tuttle. So far the Perseids are holding their own. In recent nights, observers have reported dozens of Perseid fireballs cutting through the glare. This one, photographed by Thomas Ashcraft in New Mexico, came with sound effects: Play it again. The ghostly warbling sound you just heard was a terrestrial radio signal bouncing off the ionized trail of the fireball. This method of detecting meteors is called "forward scatter radar." Ashcraft, who is an amateur radio astronomer, routinely uses this method to monitor meteor activity over his observatory not far from Santa Fe. Lately, he has been recording lots of echoes. "My radio fireball array and all-sky camera caught this Perseid earthgrazer at 11:30 pm here in New Mexico as the constellation Perseus was coming up over the northern horizon," says Ashcraft. "It caused a dynamic dopplering forward scatter reflection in stereo on two of my radios." "Even though there is a bright moon at the moment, there will still be some beautiful Perseids over the next few nights," he predicts. Got clouds? You can listen to more meteor echoes, live, on Space Weather Radio. [ link to www.spaceweather.com] |
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User ID: 60393587 Malaysia 08/09/2014 03:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The full Moon of August 10th is the biggest and brightest of 2014. Tomorrow looks likely to be a big day.... |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 55273555 New Zealand 08/09/2014 03:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The full Moon of August 10th is the biggest and brightest of 2014. Tomorrow looks likely to be a big day....
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 61383478 United Kingdom 08/09/2014 04:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The full Moon of August 10th is the biggest and brightest of 2014. All the wizards will be doing their rituals.
The archetypes will be battling.
The lunatics will be out in droves.
The sacrifices will be in abundance. |