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10-08-2007, 04:03 PM
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It's the Perseids on Sunday and it looks like it could be a good one as there is no moon. It's something I look forward to every year, last year I saw 20 and that was with lots of light pollution. |
10-08-2007, 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by James M  It's the Perseids on Sunday and it looks like it could be a good one as there is no moon. It's something I look forward to every year, last year I saw 20 and that was with lots of light pollution. | Complete ignorant here  - What is it, do I need a telescope and what would I see?
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10-08-2007, 05:24 PM
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10-08-2007, 05:31 PM
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I think we (the earth) run through the tail of a comet and meteors are the debris pulled in by the earths gravity 12 08 07 is a new moon so you should be able to see the shower
quite well with binos
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10-08-2007, 05:36 PM
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Thanks for the info and the links James. Sounds interesting, although, living in the centre of Reading I may have to travel a bit further out to see it!
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10-08-2007, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by James M It's the Perseids on Sunday and it looks like it could be a good one as there is no moon. It's something I look forward to every year, last year I saw 20 and that was with lots of light pollution. | I've spotted the odd "shooting star" in the East over the last few evenings. Could that be part or the start of it?
I love watching the night sky, but only with the naked eye, watching the satellites wizz over. I think Venus is low in the early evening sky again, such mystery
Looking forward to the next few nights now, thanks for the heads up.
BWD
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10-08-2007, 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Billy Wobble Dagger I've spotted the odd "shooting star" in the East over the last few evenings. Could that be part or the start of it?
I love watching the night sky, but only with the naked eye, watching the satellites wizz over. I think Venus is low in the early evening sky again, such mystery
Looking forward to the next few nights now, thanks for the heads up.
BWD |
Yeah it could be as they can be seen from 25 Jul (albeit very few and far between) slowly increasing to the peak on the 12th and then can be seen but decreasing each night until the 18th. This is according to my book Guide to Stars and Planets by Patrick Moore anyway. |
10-08-2007, 09:06 PM
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Drat.
I've just gone outside, keen to pick up a few 'shooters' and guess what...? The flawless blue sky of the afternoon is now a mass of cloud! |
11-08-2007, 12:33 AM
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Just been out in the garden for the last 30 mins and had 3 "shooters". 1 being quite bright and lasting about 3 seconds.
Also 2 Hedgehogs, 1 bat ( Pipistrelle) and several moths. Cheers
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11-08-2007, 08:52 AM
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We spent a magical hour in the garden last night and saw 8 shooting stars, one very bright and long. Will do the same tonight and tomorrow night.
I've changed my mind on what I thought might have been Venus. It didn't seem to be as orange as I remember. It just looked like a very bright star low in the south. Silly question could it have been the space shuttle? I've never seen such a bright star in that location before.
BWD
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11-08-2007, 09:26 AM
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Are these in any particular direction, east, north etc? Or are they in any part of the night sky?
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11-08-2007, 01:03 PM
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I think you can see them in any part of the sky but they will be coming from where Perseus is in the NE.
The BBC have put out an article now. BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Stargazers set sights on meteors |
11-08-2007, 01:06 PM
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Been looking at the weather forecasts and it doesn't too good if your in the NW part of the country but hopefully things will change. |
11-08-2007, 02:45 PM
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Looking forward to Sunday night. We live in Scotland, out in the middle of nowhere, so light pollution isn't a problem. All we need now are clear skies... |
11-08-2007, 09:07 PM
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I saw 2 meteors within moments on Thursday night. One of the meteors seemed quite red-honestly. And a bit wiggly. What does that mean?? |
11-08-2007, 09:45 PM
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Just been outside. Saw a couple of ones crawling across the sky. One in particular grew brighter then appeared to flare and then fade until it disappeared in front of Cassiopoeia.
Not many shooters, though.
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11-08-2007, 10:00 PM
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In the short time that I have spent outside tonight, I have seen only one. But it was accompanied by the call of a nearby owl. Wonderful.
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11-08-2007, 10:08 PM
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You`re very lucky, there is too much light where I live,I have tried looking for the past two nights, but cant see anything 
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11-08-2007, 10:17 PM
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I was away from home last night, and encouraged two elderly friends to stand outside with me at 11.30pm, to look for meteors. We saw none! A small group of us are walking out of my village tomorrow evening, into the open forest, in the hope of seeing lots. Must wrap up though. It's chilly tonight. |
12-08-2007, 07:32 AM
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It turns out I have to go to Scotland today and the weather forecast is worse there, so it looks like I will be missing it this year. |
12-08-2007, 07:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Billy Wobble Dagger We spent a magical hour in the garden last night and saw 8 shooting stars, one very bright and long. Will do the same tonight and tomorrow night.
I've changed my mind on what I thought might have been Venus. It didn't seem to be as orange as I remember. It just looked like a very bright star low in the south. Silly question could it have been the space shuttle? I've never seen such a bright star in that location before.
BWD | This low bright light you can see is most probably Jupiter, being one of the only planets visible during the first half of the night at the moment. The ISS and shuttle are docked at the moment, go-to: SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids for more info.
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12-08-2007, 08:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Trent900 | Thanks for the link and the Jupitar pointer.
BWD
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12-08-2007, 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by agrumpycow Are these in any particular direction, east, north etc? Or are they in any part of the night sky? | UP might be good. |
12-08-2007, 08:25 AM
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Apart from up, North east or put it another way, directly opposite the new moon.  |
12-08-2007, 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Interpreter UP might be good. | doh 
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