I missed it last year so I better get to see this one.
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http://www.space.com/spacewatch/perseid … 00809.htmlThe Perseid meteor shower is peaking this week and announced its annual August arrival with a bright fireball over Alabama, NASA officials say.
A small 1-inch (2.5-cm) wide meteor caused the fireball when it met a fiery demise Aug. 3 while streaking through Earth's atmosphere, according to officials at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. The fireball was observed by skywatching cameras operated by the space center. [Perseid meteor shower fireball photo.]
"It's a very good start to this year's Perseid meteor shower, which will peak on the night of Aug. 12-13 between midnight and dawn," explained NASA spokesperson Janet Anderson in a statement from the space center.
The fireball occurred at about 9:56 p.m. local time and was low in the sky when it entered Earth's atmosphere about 70 miles (112.6 km) above the town of Paint Rock. It appeared about 9.5 degrees above the horizon. For comparison, your fist held at arm's length is equal to roughly 10 degrees of the night sky.
NASA observations found the meteor to be hurtling through the atmosphere at a phenomenal 134,000 mph (215,652 kph).
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Plan to watch tonight, would be really to see.
hopefully one lands on pace51's head.
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not that cloudy but the roof is wet
I saw one a few days ago, can't see shit today though. Meh, at least I saw one. They said it goes at a rate of 60-ish an hour. That's one for every minute. That's still long and not really spectacular, plus you need to know where you're looking.
60-80 an hour. The moon will be down this year, which is awsm. They can appear anywhere in the sky.. the tails streak back to Perseus however
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so its midnight here can i just look up randomly or what?
seen a few, fucking light pollution. and shit Jupiter is bright today
It's not gonna get dark for another 5 hours you think I'll still get to see some?
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I think I saw one, I have no idea where to look. I can see Ursa Major (Big Dipper/Bear) easily, but where do I look from there?
generally just get yer iphone out with the compass, lie on your back with your feet pointing south and look upMekstizzle wrote:
I think I saw one, I have no idea where to look. I can see Ursa Major (Big Dipper/Bear) easily, but where do I look from there?
northern hemisphere sees it best
as kmar said they streak randomly anywhere in the half-way above horizon scope... all leading back to the star-constellation, though
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yesBlade4509 wrote:
It's not gonna get dark for another 5 hours you think I'll still get to see some?
Its cloudy and there's a streetlight across the road
Lolz.
Lolz.
Saw a big green one in my top 3 best meteors
i wish i had a chick to watch something like this with, how romantic
she would also suck my dick every time we saw one, no everytime I saw one
she would also suck my dick every time we saw one, no everytime I saw one
it is getting cloudy
going out now.
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Just saw like 5 sweet blue and green ones over about a 10 minute period. Pretty freakin sweet.
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Well I'm in ND and I saw them from the south east heading south westish.
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there is the worst possbile cloud cover tonight. fml
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RIGHT? i was just at a party and we were all going to go outside and watch... too cloudy.Brasso wrote:
there is the worst possbile cloud cover tonight. fml