anyone watching for the meteor shower?

[LongCoolMother]

its supposed to be real big right now, but i cant see a thing. too many lights in the city i guess. i have no idea which way to face. maybe ill go watch tomorrow with my cousin in the hills. anyone else trying or seeing anything?

 

[bacillus]

it's supposed to be best at after 10pm tonight on this side of the pond!

 

[Kadarin]

What was it, about a year ago or so we had that huge meteor shower? I was in Santa Barbara at the time, and we drove up in the hills and watched it.. it was pretty amazing. Not able to watch this one, however...

 

[Spacehead]

I just came back inside from watching (5am EDT.). The peak of the storm is Monday night/early Tuesday morning, but i went out tonight because it looks pretty bad weather wise tomorrow.
I was out for almost 2 hours & saw a few bright ones. Probably saw about 15 total.

 

[Fjive]

go somewhere dark...where they sky is clear....and it depends from where you are looking at it...
for me...i have to look north because i stay near the equator (i hope this is what they call it)....this will give you a clearer picture...
Perseids Meteor Shower

 

[The Stigenator]

good i will watch it tommorow then....


goodnite folks.. its 3:30 am pdt.. and i just finished watching supertroopers.. hehehe.. snotsberries... heheheheh

 

[ScottMac]

This is an annual event. There's (at least) three meteor showers a year.

This one is the Perseids, this year it peaks on the 12th & 13th.

Best viewing is between 1:00am and dawn.

The other showers are the Hominids and Geminids, I think.

FWIW

Scott

 

[yakko]

I will try and watch it tonight at work.

 

[LordJezo]

Hmm..

I was out last night looking for some but didnt see anything. Saw a bright one a few days ago though.

I will try again tonight.. hopefully I will have better luck.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33
What was it, about a year ago or so we had that huge meteor shower? I was in Santa Barbara at the time, and we drove up in the hills and watched it.. it was pretty amazing. Not able to watch this one, however...

That was the Leonids, it was back in either last October or November. The buzz was that is was going to be the best one in 50 years, so I dragged my girlfriend out at 2am for a ride to the country to watch it. It was pretty amazing, at the peak around 4:30am there were 50-100 meteors per minute, like watching a fireworks display. I'm not going to bother with any of the others for a while because they're just not going to measure up.

 

[SWScorch]

I watched on Friday night, saw about a dozen in a few minutes, one real big one.

 

[Fjive]

just came back from watching perseids...quite dissapointing...only manage to see a few...probably because of the location...
but i did mange to see the milky way....for the first time...it was so beautiful....
i swept through it with a pair of binocular....it was amazing....i was speechless for awhile then....