Author Topic: Meteor shower in progress (Read 7046 times)

rodekyll · « **on:** August 11, 2015, 09:32:16 PM »

Tonight and the next two nights are the Perseid meteor shower. Best visible 1 - 3AM, your local time. 12/13 is the peak.

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #1 on:** August 11, 2015, 09:43:27 PM »

W/O pictures it never happened

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #2 on:** August 11, 2015, 09:53:03 PM »

Quote from: oldbike54 on August 11, 2015, 09:48:19 PM

So... everything before the camera didn't actually happen ? Hmm , that does explain a few things

Dusty

It's just that there's no PROOF it ever happened. (worth a thousand words they say ) Maybe we should get you a camera

rodekyll · « **Reply #3 on:** August 11, 2015, 09:54:21 PM »

Quote from: Guzzistajohn on August 11, 2015, 09:43:27 PM

W/O pictures it never happened

Nice of you to volunteer!

All I can prove here is that the rain might not stop until next June.

So you best get on it!

Wildguzzi.com · « **Reply #3 on:** August 11, 2015, 09:54:21 PM »

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #4 on:** August 11, 2015, 09:58:04 PM »

I'll go out and look, I'm too close to town to get good night sky photos. We are having a good clear night and cool temps, took the old LeMans out for a flogging, she sure likes to fill her lungs with cool night air.

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #5 on:** August 11, 2015, 09:59:05 PM »

Quote from: oldbike54 on August 11, 2015, 09:57:33 PM

Won't work , all of the pics would be of rabbits , trees , and other stuff no one cares about

Dusty

I wike wabbits!

Sasquatch Jim · « **Reply #6 on:** August 11, 2015, 10:07:26 PM »

Quote from: oldbike54 on August 11, 2015, 10:04:18 PM

Several years ago a friend bought a new movie camera to take on a long trip we were taking . He shot hour upon hour of video , most of it was so boring we only watched about 3 minutes

Dusty

Woasted or waw?

steven c · « **Reply #7 on:** August 12, 2015, 07:52:02 AM »

Went out, looked up ,got wet, went back inside. Tonight should be clear.

rdbandkab · « **Reply #8 on:** August 12, 2015, 07:54:27 AM »

We saw 2 satellites and 1 meteor. We were going for the Space Station also, but the ISS was 10 degrees above NNW....(behind the trees!) It was early though....about 9:15 - 10:00pm.

rodekyll · « **Reply #9 on:** August 12, 2015, 04:59:32 PM »

The peak is tonight. 1:AM - 3:AM. Look NE.

RinkRat II · « **Reply #10 on:** August 12, 2015, 11:50:05 PM »

Greetings from northern Arizona. Eighteen so far in the last hour, five satellites,can't wait till it starts to really get going... most seem to follow along the Milky Way's path
Cool Stuff these meteors!

Paul B

rodekyll · « **Reply #11 on:** August 13, 2015, 03:09:29 AM »

Looks iffy from here (midnight), but I'm off with the Nikon.

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #12 on:** August 13, 2015, 07:34:33 AM »

Saw one.

Rich A · « **Reply #13 on:** August 13, 2015, 08:16:25 AM »

I saw two.

I usually don't ride a night, but earlier in the evening I went for a ride and it was quite fun, even the slab.

Rich A

Birch71 · « **Reply #14 on:** August 13, 2015, 08:48:19 AM »

I live 30 miles north of Chicago, but got a few.

[img]https://instagram.com/p/6TheBLs_TG/[/[img]

Lannis · « **Reply #15 on:** August 13, 2015, 09:19:59 AM »

Quote from: Rich A on August 13, 2015, 08:16:25 AM

I saw two.

I usually don't ride a night, but earlier in the evening I went for a ride and it was quite fun, even the slab.

Rich A

I went out about 2 AM with my camping bedroll and laid it out on the grass aligned with Perseus in the northeast. Very clear and moonless.

I counted about 20, some pretty good-sized, in the hour or so I was able to stay awake. No way I could keep my eyes open that time of night, lying comfortably under the stars, so I went in. Woke up about 4:30 to answer a call of nature and went back out, saw a couple more.

Pretty good display compared to a "normal" night, but not the shower of fire that the entertainment news hyperventilates about ....

Lannis

LowRyter · « **Reply #16 on:** August 13, 2015, 10:46:17 AM »

went out about one in my bathrobe. after about one fifteen I didn't see any and went back in the house.

Nic in Western NYS · « **Reply #17 on:** August 13, 2015, 01:49:53 PM »

70/hour in western NC from 2am to 3am. Plus 4 'sporadics' not associated with the Perseids.

Robert · « **Reply #18 on:** August 13, 2015, 03:08:59 PM »

On Aug 13, about 2:15 to 2:45 am, I claim I saw about 10.

Some nice streaking. A couple looked like falling leaves. One just sat in one place and glowed dim to bright to dim and out.

If nature calls again this am, I will go out and view again.

Nic in Western NYS · « **Reply #19 on:** August 13, 2015, 03:29:25 PM »

Quote from: Robert on August 13, 2015, 03:08:59 PM

One just sat in one place and glowed dim to bright to dim and out.

You got one coming right from the radiant!

rodekyll · « **Reply #20 on:** August 13, 2015, 03:43:38 PM »

I launched into squally weather with fog and made for the top of Harbor Mountain. Between the showers were things we call 'sucker holes' -- clear spots in the overcast that sucker you outside and then go away. The fog wouldn't leave though. All my shooting was done through a layer of ground fog. Most of the time it looked like this:

But when there was a hint of clearing, I kept the camera busy. With meteors zipping merrily about (I saw about 35), I shot about 60 frames of night sky with the camera safely pointed away from any falling objects.

Then I got lucky with a single frame. Hardly the money shot, but it's the proof Gibbs was looking for:

Two meteors and an aircraft in the same pic.

It starts getting too bright for night pics @ about 3:AM. It's definitely too bright by 3:30, so I left the mountain than and got home about 4:AM. At about 2:30 the clouds abruptly vacated, although the ground fog remained. Behind the clouds was this:

stick · « **Reply #21 on:** August 13, 2015, 04:31:26 PM »

Set my alarm for 2am. Stood out in my GFs driveway. Saw one. Then mosquito s had better ideas. f'n parasites w/ wings! Shoulda brought out the electric swatter!

Went out again at 4AM. Saw zero. Cuddled w GF. Nice!

LowRyter · « **Reply #22 on:** August 13, 2015, 04:50:50 PM »

nice shots RK

Muzz · « **Reply #23 on:** August 13, 2015, 04:55:57 PM »

At least I saw the proof in your photos RK. Thanks.

Solid low cloud with drizzle down here. "Go back home folks, nothing to see here".

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