The Meteor Shower thread (1 Viewer)

[Clarkey]

Anyone else checking out tonight's cosmic dance?

How to See the 2018 Perseid Meteor Shower

 

[UncleTrvlingJim]

Yep, I’m up at Acadia National Park. Some clouds rolling in but a pretty good view

 

[superchuck500]

I’m gonna go take a peak in the yard but we have some local light pollution - I don’t expect to see much.

 

[superchuck500]

Well hell, just saw two in about five minutes

 

[superchuck500]

Yep, I’m up at Acadia National Park. Some clouds rolling in but a pretty good view

That’s probably an amazing spot to see it if the clouds cooperate

 

[UncleTrvlingJim]

That’s probably an amazing spot to see it if the clouds cooperate

It was for a bit but some low level clouds eventually blocked the view. Got a decent hour in though

 

[lades]

Up in the mountains in North Carolina. Wasn't the best viewing and then right before we called it a night, a huge single streak that took up a quarter of the sky. It was amazing.

 

[superchuck500]

I went out two different times, for about 30 minutes each. I saw seven altogether, two of them were really bright.

We had pretty clear skies and I'm away from typical city lighting, but there is a container port not far away and that orange glow is a problem for true night sky viewing. I could drive over to the beach, 15 minutes away, but I wasn't going to do that at midnight on a Sunday night.

 

[MLU]

Saw a few last night driving from LA to Phoenix...

 

[Zztop]

How to watch the Perseid meteor shower live online tonight

Conditions look great for this year's Perseid meteor shower so why not sit back, relax and enjoy the show!

www.space.com

The Perseid meteor shower peaks overnight on Aug. 11 and Aug. 12, the best time to look for Perseids is in the predawn hours.

If you are unable to look for Perseids in person, check out these two free livestreams hosted by astrophysicist Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project. The livestreams will use the project's all-sky camera, giving you a front-seat view of the dark skies over Maciano, Italy, weather permitting of course.

The first livestream will begin at 9 p.m. EDT on Aug. 11 (0100 GMT on Aug. 12,) the second will begin at 9 p.m. EDT on Aug. 12 (0100 GMT on Aug. 13)

 

[Madmarsha]

I was just out there and I didn't see nothing.

 

[saintmdterps]

I was just out there and I didn't see nothing.

Were you looking up?

 

[efil4stnias]

I was just out there and I didn't see nothing.

i saw 2 around 1030pm - about 5 min apart

none this am when i went to gym about 5am

i was hoping to see a flurry of streaks/light.

 

[superchuck500]

Orionid peaks tonight - supposedly this year has been really good