Perseids peak Sunday night! *60-70* Meteors per HOUR!

We Has telescope, field glasses and a lot of raspberry cookies and tea.

My favorite time of the year...

Never had Grapenuts?

So nothing on Saturday night?

Asking from Michigan.

:drevilno:

Any good? Can't even recall seeing it in stores...

One light streak every minute is not exactly a shower.
I would not want to take a water shower where I get one drop per minute. When I was much younger I enjoyed laying back on summer nights swatting clouds of bugs while trying to watch the sky. The rest of the year it is to cold to watch the sky for very long. Post the event on Youtube and post the link here.

Yes...you should be able to see some tonight (Saturday) and Monday as well.

I think I read they actually start ~20 July and go thru the beginning of Sept, but peak this weekend.

You're such a ray of sunshine.

No. Do they make them any more?
They seem like an old-timey thing.

The size of sunflower seeds?

I just want to see one very large one
park itself in the appropriate shit hole
here. China would be my first choice.

Too overcast to see anything, good job on that. The clouds are so low.

About 70% clear here.

What is lacking in quantity is made up for by quality...quite long streaks across the sky.

Can't wait until tomorrow. Going to find an area with less light pollution. Country road probably.

Is that 4PM - 4AM time period communicated in Eastern Standard Time?

Clouds rolling in dam it!

Hey WOLF. Most of the sources I'm finding now are saying dusk to dawn...I guess it would depend on how clear your skies are.

There is a photo at this link that shows how the viewing should be in your area (N America only...sorry Europe / Asia / Aussies).

[link to www.accuweather.com (secure)]

I will see if I can take a snip of it and upload it.

A few years ago one was so big and came so close it lit up the sky so bright it was like a flash of day time.

I think, they need to re think the dates. Two or three days ago I went out and there were falling stars all over. Tonight for the big night I set up a hot tank and laid out for three hrs in a make shift hot tub, not a one.

I had a great time, set up a fence around the tub, I have a lot of wild critters in the deep remote woods. Then all the animals set off the panic alarm for me to come in.

even in the day time all the critters talk to each other. I have learn to listen.

Checked a few times tonight, clear here but haven't seen a single one.

I wish I could tell you how much they speak if you listen. When the cat gets a mouse all the other critters hear about it. Even the wild birds let me know when my young hens have gone off to far.

Indeed

Thread: Perseid Meteor Shower!!!!

I saw a few not that long ago. Gonna head back out in a while and watch for a few cigs length of time before bed.

Most meteor showers I don't see anything. This one hasn't been too bad.

Yeah. I agree. My sister said she saw a few dozen 3 nights ago and was looking forward to tonight's "show."

We ended up with ~60% cloud cover tonight after weather station saying it was supposed to be clear. I've got light pollution to begin with, so the clouds only reflected it back and made it worse.

That said, it was amazing to lie in the yard staring up at the sky, in awe of just how many stars, constellations, galaxies are out there. I feel the need to get my old telescope out of the attic now.

If nothing else, the last couple nights have been a good reminder to stop and enjoy the simple things.

They tell the rooster and he goes off.

Cool that you are that in tune with all the creatures you share your neighborhood with! I love how in nature, how loud it can be in the quiet, if you know what I mean.

I got some cheep electronic plug in things to repel mice, three for like 10 $, they work great for bees and skeeters, black flies/ no see ums, out side and moles eating my garden. Just water proof your out side plug in connections.

These cheep plug in things for mice still work great after 5 years, no skeeters out side when plugged in out side. You would be eaten alive in less than one min without them.

It is a lot less toxic than bug spray and the disease they carry.