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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2012 15:59:58 GMT -6
Saturday night will be the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower. You can begin seeing meteors after 12 p.m. but they can be best viewed in the Eastern sky between the hours of 1 a.m. until about 45 minutes before sunrise.
Intensity at maximum should reach about 40 per hour but will vary each year. The meteor storm has already been taking place for several days now and will continue for many nights after saturday as well. I have seen many perseids for the last several nights already.
Hope you have fun and enjoy one of the best meteor showers of the year !
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2012 16:28:44 GMT -6
The Perseids, and the Leonids are the best 2 meteor showers Imo.
This was the shower that Ray and I were watching while fishing late one night several years ago. I pointed out the constellation Perseus and Cassiopeia to him and as soon as I did an object came out of space and quickly shot to the lower atmosphere . It displayed a zig zag motion right left right and back many times and then shot back into space right from where it came.
This display of technology was incredible and a moment of awakening for me after what had happened then and a few years prior.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2012 12:25:02 GMT -6
I saw some beautiful meteors last night right around the constellation of Perseus . One of them was especially bright, a magnificent fireball which left a trail. Look in the east, northeast sky after midnight or especially around 1 a.m.on til sunrise. An observation area away from trees is better if you can .The moon will be out but it shouldn't be too much of a hindrance. Estimates for how many will radiate late Saturday night are between 60 - 100 / hr. or maybe more or less, depending. I'll try to post at least one more time during the day on Saturday as a reminder for this event. Happy gazing and enjoy the show ! Oh yeah, some parts of the world will be able to see an occultation of the planet Venus behind the moon on the 13th. I'll have to check but North America might be able to see this also. I'll try to get more details.
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Post by auntym on Aug 11, 2012 15:39:46 GMT -6
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48619947/ns/technology_and_science-space/#.UCbN46CnKNu
Can't get out to see Perseids? Here's how to watch 'em online[/color] NASA invites people to stay 'Up All Night' — and will answer your questions, too updated 8/10/2012 The annual Perseid meteor shower peaks this weekend and if you can't catch the "shooting star" spectacle in person, have no fear. You can tune in online for live views of the meteor display from NASA. NASA is inviting people to participate in its "Up All Night" live chat with astronomer Bill Cooke and his team from the Meteoroid Environment Office at the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., on Saturday night from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. EDT. Cooke and his colleagues will answer peoples' questions, while participants enjoy live video and audio feeds of the Perseid meteor shower from a camera mounted at the Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA officials said. NASA / MSFC / Meteoroid Environment Office A Perseids composite as seen on Aug. 12-13, 2011. Concentric circles are star trails. Experts predict this year's Perseid meteor shower will be an impressive sky show, with a waning crescent moon expected to interfere only slightly with the night sky display. During the meteor shower's peak this weekend (late Saturday night and into early Sunday morning), many fireballs may also visible in the night sky, NASA officials said. "We expect to see meteor rates as high as a hundred per hour," Cooke said in a statement. "The Perseids always put on a good show." The Perseids are actually bits of rock and debris from the comet Swift-Tuttle, which was discovered in 1862. The comet orbits around the sun once every 133 years, but every August, Earth passes through a cloud of its debris, and as the bits of ice and dust burn up in Earth's atmosphere, they create the spectacular Perseid meteor shower that we are familiar with now. [ Amazing Perseid Meteor Shower Displays ] The Perseids are so-called because they appear to radiate from the direction of the constellation of Perseus. The meteor shower can be seen all over the sky, but the best places to view Perseids will be across the northern hemisphere, according to NASA. Advertise | AdChoices To view the Perseid meteor shower webcast, and to take part in NASA's "Up All Night" chat, visit their website on Saturday night at 11 p.m. EDT. www.nasa.gov/connect/chat/perseids_2012.htmlThe Perseids video feed will be embedded below the chat box. The camera is light-activated and will turn on at dusk. During the day, viewers will see a dark gray box, but at night, the white points of stars will be visible on a black background. CONTINUE READING: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48619947/ns/technology_and_science-space/#.UCbN46CnKNu
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SPACE.COMPerseid Meteor Shower: August's 'Fireball Champion' Should Dazzle Stargazersby Miriam Kramer, Staff Writer | August 06, 2013 08:24am ET Gear up to see some great balls of fire flashing through the sky this month. According to NASA research, the upcoming Perseid meteor shower produces more fireballs — bright meteors that streak across the sky — than any other annual shower, earning it the title of "fireball champion". During the peak of the Perseids, stargazers under dark skies could see more than 100 meteors per hour, but some bright fireballs can also be spotted in urban, light polluted areas. "We have found that one meteor shower produces more fireballs than any other," Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office said in a statement. "It's the Perseid meteor shower, which peaks on August 12th and 13th." Cooke and his team of scientists have used meteor cameras around the southern United States to track fireballs since 2008. The Perseids produced 568 tracked fireballs while the Geminid meteor shower came in a close second, producing 426 from 2008 to 2013. The Geminid fireballs, however, are not quite as bright as the Perseid-produced streakers. Scientists use a magnitude scale to rate the brightness of objects in the night sky. Lower numbers mean brighter objects, with negative numbers denoting exceptionally bright events. "The average peak magnitude for a Perseid observed by our cameras is -2.7; for the Geminids, it is -2," Cooke said. "So on average, Geminid fireballs are about a magnitude fainter than those in the Perseids." The high rate of fireballs could have something to do with the meteor shower's progenitor: Comet Swift-Tuttle. Every year, the Earth passes through a trail of dust left behind in the comet's wake. The dust burns up in Earth's atmosphere, creating the brilliant shower. Continue Reading Here :www.space.com/22245-perseid-meteor-shower-fireball-champion.html
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Post by auntym on Aug 9, 2013 10:58:04 GMT -6
www.davidreneke.com/best-meteor-shower-starts-august-10/Best Meteor Shower Starts August 10.by Dave Reneke This is one show the entire family can enjoy. Here’s something you don’t need a telescope ,or binoculars for and can be enjoyed by the whole family. It’s meteor watching and it requires patience, not a telescope. So, let’s go! August 10/11, 11/12, and 12/13, 201 Perseids: Meteors are typically best after midnight, but in 2013 with no moon to blot out the sky, you might want to watch in late evening as well. You can get moonrise times via an iphone app called ‘MoonPhase.’ As seen from around Australia’s east coast, the waxing crescent moon will set an hour or two after sunset on any of those mornings, moonlight shouldn’t be so overwhelming as to ruin the show. How many will you see? Impossible to predict, maybe 25 -40 per hour? Maybe a fireball too! (Read On) It’ll be a beautiful early morning scene. The Perseids are typically fast and bright meteors. They radiate from a point in the constellation Perseus the Hero. You don’t need to know Perseus to watch the shower because the meteors appear in all parts of the sky. The Perseids are considered by many people to be the year’s best shower. Although favouring the Northern Hemisphere a little more, the Perseids tend to strengthen in number as late night deepens into midnight, and typically produce the most meteors in the wee hours before dawn. These meteors are often bright and frequently leave persistent trains. Starting in late evening on the nights of August 10-13 the Perseid meteors will streak across these short winter nights from late night until dawn. Make sure to get away from any streetlights OK. Best morning to watch?…our guess would be the 11th or 12th. Perseid fireballs are already arriving!fireballs Bill Cooke, head of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office, has been seeing Perseid fireballs since July 30, 2013. The Perseid meteor shower is just beginning now, with its peak on the mornings of August 11-13. In other words, Earth is already passing through a stream of icy debris in space, left behind by Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. And the fireballs are already arriving, too. Cooke said that, since July 30, his group’s cameras have detected six Perseid fireballs. He made this plot showing the orbits of the meteoroids: What are Perseid fireballs? New research by NASA scientists has revealed them. Using a network of meteor cameras distributed across the southern USA, Cooke’s team has been tracking fireball activity since 2008, and they have built up a database of hundreds of events to analyze. The data point to the Perseids as the ‘fireball champion’ of annual meteor showers. A fireball is a very bright meteor, at least as bright as the planets Jupiter or Venus. Fireballs can be seen on any given night as random meteoroids strike Earth’s upper atmosphere. One fireball every few hours is not unusual. Fireballs become more numerous, however, when Earth is passing through the debris stream of a comet. That’s what will happen this August. Cooke thinks the Perseids are rich in fireballs because of the size of the parent comet. He said: “Comet Swift-Tuttle has a huge nucleus–about 26 km in diameter. Most other comets are much smaller, with nuclei only a few kilometers across. As a result, Comet Swift-Tuttle produces a large number of meteoroids, many of which are large enough to produce fireballs.” Cooke recommends looking on the nights of August 10 to 13 between the hours of 10:30 PM to 4:30 AM local time. Before midnight the meteor rate will start out low, then increase as the night wears on, peaking before sunrise when the constellation Perseus is high in the northern hemisphere sky. Don’t wait until the peak nights to watch for the Perseid meteors. You can start watching a week or more before the peak nights of August 11-12 and 12, assuming you have a dark sky. If fortune smiles upon you, you could catch an earthgrazer – a looooong, slow, colorful meteor traveling horizontally across the evening sky. Earthgrazer meteors are rare but most exciting and memorable, if you happen to spot one. Perseid earthgrazers can only appear at early to mid-evening, when the radiant point of the shower is close to the horizon. CONTINUE READING: www.davidreneke.com/best-meteor-shower-starts-august-10/
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Post by lois on Aug 9, 2013 15:50:04 GMT -6
www.davidreneke.com/best-meteor-shower-starts-august-10/Best Meteor Shower Starts August 10.by Dave Reneke This is one show the entire family can enjoy. Here’s something you don’t need a telescope ,or binoculars for and can be enjoyed by the whole family. It’s meteor watching and it requires patience, not a telescope. So, let’s go! August 10/11, 11/12, and 12/13, 201 Perseids: Meteors are typically best after midnight, but in 2013 with no moon to blot out the sky, you might want to watch in late evening as well. You can get moonrise times via an iphone app called ‘MoonPhase.’ As seen from around Australia’s east coast, the waxing crescent moon will set an hour or two after sunset on any of those mornings, moonlight shouldn’t be so overwhelming as to ruin the show. How many will you see? Impossible to predict, maybe 25 -40 per hour? Maybe a fireball too! (Read On) It’ll be a beautiful early morning scene. The Perseids are typically fast and bright meteors. They radiate from a point in the constellation Perseus the Hero. You don’t need to know Perseus to watch the shower because the meteors appear in all parts of the sky. The Perseids are considered by many people to be the year’s best shower. Although favouring the Northern Hemisphere a little more, the Perseids tend to strengthen in number as late night deepens into midnight, and typically produce the most meteors in the wee hours before dawn. These meteors are often bright and frequently leave persistent trains. Starting in late evening on the nights of August 10-13 the Perseid meteors will streak across these short winter nights from late night until dawn. Make sure to get away from any streetlights OK. Best morning to watch?…our guess would be the 11th or 12th. Perseid fireballs are already arriving!fireballs Bill Cooke, head of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office, has been seeing Perseid fireballs since July 30, 2013. The Perseid meteor shower is just beginning now, with its peak on the mornings of August 11-13. In other words, Earth is already passing through a stream of icy debris in space, left behind by Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. And the fireballs are already arriving, too. Cooke said that, since July 30, his group’s cameras have detected six Perseid fireballs. He made this plot showing the orbits of the meteoroids: What are Perseid fireballs? New research by NASA scientists has revealed them. Using a network of meteor cameras distributed across the southern USA, Cooke’s team has been tracking fireball activity since 2008, and they have built up a database of hundreds of events to analyze. The data point to the Perseids as the ‘fireball champion’ of annual meteor showers. A fireball is a very bright meteor, at least as bright as the planets Jupiter or Venus. Fireballs can be seen on any given night as random meteoroids strike Earth’s upper atmosphere. One fireball every few hours is not unusual. Fireballs become more numerous, however, when Earth is passing through the debris stream of a comet. That’s what will happen this August. Cooke thinks the Perseids are rich in fireballs because of the size of the parent comet. He said: “Comet Swift-Tuttle has a huge nucleus–about 26 km in diameter. Most other comets are much smaller, with nuclei only a few kilometers across. As a result, Comet Swift-Tuttle produces a large number of meteoroids, many of which are large enough to produce fireballs.” Cooke recommends looking on the nights of August 10 to 13 between the hours of 10:30 PM to 4:30 AM local time. Before midnight the meteor rate will start out low, then increase as the night wears on, peaking before sunrise when the constellation Perseus is high in the northern hemisphere sky. Don’t wait until the peak nights to watch for the Perseid meteors. You can start watching a week or more before the peak nights of August 11-12 and 12, assuming you have a dark sky. If fortune smiles upon you, you could catch an earthgrazer – a looooong, slow, colorful meteor traveling horizontally across the evening sky. Earthgrazer meteors are rare but most exciting and memorable, if you happen to spot one. Perseid earthgrazers can only appear at early to mid-evening, when the radiant point of the shower is close to the horizon. CONTINUE READING: www.davidreneke.com/best-meteor-shower-starts-august-10/ We are going to be clear on the 10th Cliff. Hooray Hooray. The night of my abduction. I been sitting out this night since I was 21 years old. Unless poor weather. I don't think watching it on a computer I would spot a ufo . Our local weather man back in the 60s would say to go out on the tenth but in one of my books I had around 1972 told me it was the 11 . So I would go out both nights. This is why I never knew which night it was in 1972. Sky says the tenth was on Friday in 72, I knew then it was the tenth as Saturday morning cartoons were on when I woke in the morning. Is't that odd I would remember about the cartoons? After 72 I had to have someone go out with me but now I have finally started going out by my self. For years it was only from my porch. I have seen other ufos on the tenth but never had a camera. I would come down Cliff if I could. Where I'm is not a good location. How large is the moon this night? That moon really dampens it for me. There was no moon in 72, it was pitch black. Sky also told me hardly any moon at all. See what I have always remembered has always been right all these years . Too bad there has never been more memories aboard that ship. Have fun whoever plans on watching this meteorite shower. If I cannot watch every night at least I will have clear skies for two nights.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2013 0:41:16 GMT -6
I'm glad it will be clear Lois. It must have been quite an experience to see the ship that night. Enjoy the shower Lois. I've already spotted a nice fireball the other night from the Perseids. I have a feeling it's going to be a good one this year.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2013 2:50:53 GMT -6
It remained mostly cloudy here until about 2:30 a.m. and then it cleared. This event was worth staying up for. Some of the fireball meteors hit extreme negative magnitudes ( one of them at 3:15 especially) . I saw many. Because of the weather situation and the amount of time I had to observe, I stayed at home and watched from the front yard rather than driving to the lake and costing even more time with such a narrow window of opportunity to view. This shower is very active.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2013 19:56:11 GMT -6
Just a reminder - Tonight is the peak night for the annual Perseid meteor shower ! Last night it put on an amazing show but tonight should be even better ! I'm ~ hoping ~ the clouds clear up here again like last night. It is definitely worth staying up for and watching. For those wanting to watch - Find a safe, dark site away from city lights and look to the Northeast after midnight. Throughout the night and into the early morning hours the constellation will rise and the meteors will be seen even more. LAST NIGHT THERE WERE SOME EXTREMELY BRIGHT ONES,,,(ABOUT 50/HR.),,, TONIGHT SHOULD BE EVEN BETTER ! www.space.com/22330-perseid-meteor-shower-dust-atmosphere.htmlEnjoy !
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2013 21:52:57 GMT -6
While I'm waiting for Perseus to rise I figured I'd share what happened last year with Y'all. I was out back with the telescope observing and watching the meteor shower in between and one of Kelly's friends came to the back yard fence and was talking about how she was wanting to watch the event some time and had never seen one. Her back was turned from the event facing me. Just as she said that, one of the most memorable meteors streaked across the sky right behind her. I didn't have the heart to tell her.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2013 12:08:33 GMT -6
I was up at 3:30 am this morning, and seriously considered "sneaking out". I might try tonight!
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Post by auntym on Aug 12, 2013 12:28:32 GMT -6
www.space.com/22335-perseid-meteor-shower-photos-wow-stargazers.html?cmpid=514648Amazing Perseid Meteor Shower Photos: Celestial Fireworks Wow Stargazersby Miriam Kramer, Staff Writer August 12, 2013 Astrophotographer Cody Limber sent in a photo of some early Perseid meteors that he caught from his deck on Orcas Island in Washington. The shot combines images taken over the course of four days in August 2013. Credit: Cody Limber The annual Perseid meteor shower is dazzling stargazers around the world, and it's not over yet. The 2013 Perseid meteor shower is peaking now and could light the night sky with as many as 100 meteors per hour for viewers in dark areas. The cosmic light show is expected to remain at its best through the overnight hours tonight (Aug. 12), but for the most spectacular views stargazers must be sure to get away from bright city lights. If bad weather gets in the way of your Perseid watching, you can check out a live webcast featuring views of the meteor shower from the Canary Islands off the west coast of Africa tonight beginning at 7 p.m. EDT (2300 GMT). You can watch the meteor shower webcast on SPACE.com, courtesy of the Slooh Space Camera — an online skywatching website. Some stargazers have already seen a great display, however. [How to see the 2013 Perseid meteor shower] "I spent the evening easing back in a lawn chair waiting for the typical British clouds to pass in order to have a peak at some meteors," David Firstbrook, a skywatcher who photographed the the shower Sunday from the Isle of Wight, U.K. wrote in an email. "I live in London most of the time, so getting out into a remote area away from the lights and pollution is definitely a treat, I even managed to get a good view of the Milky Way!" 2013 Perseid Fireball Over McDonald Observatory, TX Perseids = "awesomeness" Astrophotographers in the United States also managed to catch some Perseid meteors. MORE: www.space.com/22335-perseid-meteor-shower-photos-wow-stargazers.html?cmpid=514648
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Post by auntym on Aug 14, 2013 11:34:58 GMT -6
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Post by niki on Aug 14, 2013 11:43:37 GMT -6
Oh, how beautiful! We had four days of clouds here...Adam and I woke up several times to check and nope, no meteors to be seen
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Post by skywalker on Aug 17, 2013 18:42:35 GMT -6
It's been very cloudy and hazy where I have been too but I did manage to see one meteor even with the clouds. It was bright enough for me to notice it. I bet it would have been spectacular if those darned clouds hadn't of been in the way.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2014 15:24:47 GMT -6
It is once again time for the annual perseid meteor shower. I have noticed several good ones and the peak nights will be August 10-12. Unfortunately the full moon will drown out many of them but they will still be noticeable and worth staying up for. Look to the East,especially after midnight. Enjoy !
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Post by lois on Aug 6, 2014 18:34:58 GMT -6
It is once again time for the annual perseid meteor shower. I have noticed several good ones and the peak nights will be August 10-12. Unfortunately the full moon will drown out many of them but they will still be noticeable and worth staying up for. Look to the East,especially after midnight. Enjoy ! Cliff . I told myself last night: If cliff does not come on to announce This I'm going to . It marks the night of my missing time and green beam ufo encounter. I will be out there. Are we still going to be cloudy this weekend? I ween lots of shooting stars in the East two nights ago.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2014 15:23:39 GMT -6
It is once again time for the annual perseid meteor shower. I have noticed several good ones and the peak nights will be August 10-12. Unfortunately the full moon will drown out many of them but they will still be noticeable and worth staying up for. Look to the East,especially after midnight. Enjoy ! Cliff . I told myself last night: If cliff does not come on to announce This I'm going to . It marks the night of my missing time and green beam ufo encounter. I will be out there. Are we still going to be cloudy this weekend? I ween lots of shooting stars in the East two nights ago. It's been cloudy here Lois but there are still a few nights left for maximum. Yep, I always think about that encounter you had during this meteor shower. It also takes me back to what Ray and I saw years later. Enjoy !
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2014 18:28:57 GMT -6
We (me and our bass guitarist) saw some good ones last night shooting in different directions. I also had the scope out looking at the moon and other cool stuff every now and then. It's amazing how high some birds fly.....
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Post by auntym on Aug 11, 2015 14:40:17 GMT -6
www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-tv-to-host-perseid-meteor-shower-programAug. 11, 2015 NASA TV to Host Perseid Meteor Shower Program / August 11 & 12, 2015Astronomer Fred Bruenjes recorded a series of many 30 second long exposures spanning about six hours on the night of Aug. 11 and early morning of Aug. 12, 2004 using a wide angle lens. Combining those frames which captured meteor flashes, he produced this dramatic view of the Perseids of summer. There are 51 Perseid meteors in the composite image, including one seen nearly head-on. Credits: Fred Bruenjes Thanks to a new moon, this week’s Perseid meteor shower is expected to be one of the best in years, and NASA Television will bring viewers a front row seat. NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, will broadcast a live program about this year’s Perseid meteor shower from 10 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Aug. 12 to 2 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 13. The event will highlight the science behind the Perseids, as well as NASA research related to meteors and comets. The program will air on NASA TV and NASA’s UStream channel. The Perseids have been observed for at least 2,000 years and are associated with the comet Swift-Tuttle, which orbits the sun once every 133 years. Every August, the Earth passes through a cloud of the comet’s orbital debris. This debris field -- mostly created hundreds of years ago -- consists of bits of ice and dust shed from the comet which burn up in Earth’s atmosphere to create one of the premier meteor showers of the year. The best opportunity to see the Perseid meteor shower is during the dark, pre-dawn hours of Aug. 13. The Perseids streak across the sky from many directions, with theoretical rates as high as 100 per hour. The last time the Perseids peak coincided with a new moon was in 2007, making this one of the best potential viewings in years. Special guests on the live NASA TV broadcast include meteor experts Bill Cooke, Danielle Moser and Rhiannon Blaauw, all of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office, located at Marshall. They will provide on-air commentary, as well as answer questions online. Also scheduled to join the broadcast are experts from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, the American Meteor Society and others. Anyone can join in the conversation by tweeting questions to @nasa_Marshall with the hashtag #askNASA. Social media users may also post questions to Marshall’s Facebook page by replying to the Aug. 12 Perseid Q-and-A post. Watch a NASA ScienceCast video on the 2015 Perseid meteor shower here: www.youtube.com/user/ScienceAtNASAFor more information on NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office, visit: www.nasa.gov/offices/meo/home/For the latest in “Watch the Sky” news, visit: www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/watchtheskies/-end- Dwayne Brown / Laurie Cantillo Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 / 202-358-1077 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov / laura.l.cantillo@nasa.gov Janet Anderson Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-6162 janet.l.anderson@nasa.gov www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-tv-to-host-perseid-meteor-shower-program
MORE: news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/08/150811-perseid-meteor-shower-sky/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_tw20150811news-perseid&utm_campaign=Content&sf11853678=1 LOTS MORE: www.space.com/30216-perseid-meteor-display-moon-jupiter-boost.html?cmpid=514648_20150811_50640866&adbid=631155666753732608&adbpl=tw&adbpr=15431856
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Post by lois on Aug 11, 2015 22:54:54 GMT -6
I been outdoors. Did not see but one. I have neighbors who leave outdoor porch lights on but I can still see very well. 48 years ago I started sitting out on August 11. Until 43 years ago on this date sitting out I got abducted . So I skipped a few years for awhile. Only one time five years ago on this night there was a white orb which kept coming on at intervals . So I got my flashlight and flashed back at it. It was not very high above the backyard tree. After several minutes a jet came across it's path very low from the airport . The a huge light streamed from the top of the trees very fast to the south.
In my 20s I read about this shower so I started watching it. I cannot stay up til 3 am any more
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Post by auntym on Aug 12, 2015 15:00:40 GMT -6
www.space.com/30230-perseid-meteor-shower-peak-webcast.html Promising Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight: How to See Itby Geoff Gaherty, Starry Night Education August 12, 2015 This sky map shows the radiant of the Perseid meteor shower from the constellation Perseus in the northeastern sky during the meteor display's peak on Aug. 12 and 13, 2015. The Perseids appear to radiate out from a point on the border of constellations Perseus and Cassiopeia. Credit: Sky & Telescope Magazine Illustration The potentially dazzling meteor shower will reach its peak in the overnight hours tonight, and you can watch it live online - courtesy of NASA - if bad weather rains out your view. The annual Perseid meteor shower will be at its best late tonight (Aug. 12) and early tomorrow, with the best time to catch the celestial fireworks display coming at 2 a.m. EDT (0600 GMT). NASA will host at free webcast of the meteor shower beginning at 10 p.m. EDT (0200 GMT) on NASA TV. You can also watch it live here on Space.com. You can watch the Perseid meteor shower webcast here, courtesy of NASA. The webcast will feature commentary from meteor experts from four NASA space centers, as well as the American Meteor Society. Meteors, popularly called "shooting stars," are caused by small pieces of interplanetary matter known as meteoroids. These objects are smaller than asteroids, ranging in size from 40 inches (1 meter) down to objects as small as a grain of sand. These are heated to fluorescence when they encounter the Earth's atmosphere, and observers on the ground see rapidly moving bright points of light. [Sky Maps to See the Perseid Meteor Shower] If the meteor is large enough, it may leave a train of glowing particles in its wake, which usually fades within a few seconds. Meteors do not have tails; this misconception comes from confusion with comets, which move far more slowly and do have tails. A comet is visible for weeks or months, whereas a meteor is gone in a second or two. WATCH VIDEO & CONTINUE READING: www.space.com/30230-perseid-meteor-shower-peak-webcast.html MORE: blog.simulationcurriculum.com/articles/2015/8/12/most-amazing-meteor-shower-of-the-year-peaks-tonight
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2016 22:24:23 GMT -6
SEE IT NOW !!! ( AUG 12TH 1 AM - 5 AM IS MAX ) POSSIBLY 150-200 / HR. IT WILL BE BETTER THAN USUAL...EARTH ENTERS AT LEAST 3 CLOUDS OF COMET DEBRIS... ENJOY ! THURSDAY NIGHT / EARLY FRIDAY MORNING IS PEAK...AFTER 1 A.M.
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Post by skywalker on Aug 10, 2016 22:41:09 GMT -6
Cool! I should be out camping this weekend. I'll get my catchers mit and see if I can catch a falling star.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2016 8:24:54 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2016 20:40:35 GMT -6
BUMP....TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT (AFTER 1 AM ESPECIALLY ) I SAW SEVERAL LAST NIGHT....IT'S GONNA BE GOOD.....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2016 18:10:17 GMT -6
I saw a few but the darn clouds rolled in when it was gettin good.... Darn clouds !
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Post by skywalker on Aug 12, 2016 19:03:25 GMT -6
Yup. It's raining down here
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2016 11:55:33 GMT -6
Yep. I was awake Thursday night the 11th into Friday morning the 12th, until approx 4 am. 😀 At 2:00 am we had lightening, followed by thunder, and then it rained. Just a nice shower here; nothing major. We need the rain! But sorry it messed up some viewing!
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