Hum Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 The Perseid meteor shower that will peak Thursday night and Friday morning is expected to be unusually bright and visible in the night sky this year because moonlight won't be hampering the celestial show. The best time to watch will be from midnight to dawn, and the best place to watch will be any dark-sky spot you can find. Lake Tahoe, and Joshua Tree National Park east of Palm Springs, are said to be good viewing spots. Check out the Fluxtimator, a Java application on NASA's website that claims to allow you to calculate the expected shower rate for a given date and a location. Using that application, I found that the the most meteors per hour are expected to occur at 5:08 a.m. Friday. If you're in downtown Los Angeles, it indicated that you can expect to see fewer than seven meteors per hour. if you're on a mountaintop somewhere near L.A., you could see as many as 96 per hour. Online chat: Got questions? NASA astronomer Bill Cooke at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., will conduct an hourlong online chat starting at noon Thursday. Sign up for the chat here. more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phenom II Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 GOnna be looking for them tonight Charging up the batteries for the camera, see if I can get any shots or video of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambroos Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 I've already seen some the past few nights! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phenom II Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 Really? I have not been looking Not great in the UK for dark skies, too many street lights and clouds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambroos Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 Really? I have not been looking Not great in the UK for dark skies, too many street lights and clouds Belgium is worse, trust me :p Map of Visible Stars, some institute made it. The complete Flemish part of Belgium (where I live) is already too bright to be able to see the Milky Way :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalE Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 I saw quite a few last night already. I'll probably go out again tonight :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaJoR ChAoS Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 Here is the world map of visible stars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted August 13, 2010 Member Share Posted August 13, 2010 Not much to see here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaris Veteran Posted August 13, 2010 Veteran Share Posted August 13, 2010 It was too cloudy in the south of england, I couldn't see a damn thing :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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