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jseal
08-10-2009, 08:52 PM
The Perseids Meteor Shower (http://www.chiff.com/science/perseids.htm) should peak late on Tuesday night. The radiant point for this shower will be in the constellation Perseus. Look to the northeast after midnight.
Pita
08-10-2009, 08:55 PM
You're such a geek. :brows:
FallenAngel5
08-10-2009, 11:53 PM
Ugh. Stupid clouds.
Oldfart
08-11-2009, 07:22 PM
Hopefully tonight.
Lord Snow
08-11-2009, 08:16 PM
Damn storm moved in, so my friends and I won't be able to watch.
scotzoidman
08-12-2009, 12:02 PM
Two words cover my attempts to see them. "Light pollution"
jseal
08-12-2009, 12:22 PM
Two words cover my attempts to see them. "Light pollution"
That was a problem here also. The weather cooperated later in the evening, so we were able to see the show, but we could see only the lager meteors over the glare of the city lights.
Oldfart
08-12-2009, 05:38 PM
There was too much haze (smoke, dust and humidity), so I only saw a few of the larger bits. I wish I'd been with jseal, the lager meteors sound delicious.
jseal
08-12-2009, 05:51 PM
LOL! :roflmao: I didn't see that. TY!
pinkFlames
08-13-2009, 03:03 AM
:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
Lilith
08-13-2009, 06:07 AM
drove out to the cow pasture but very very cloudy here.
Maleslut1186
08-13-2009, 08:13 AM
It was overcast here in Southern NJ last night I could not see them.
jay-t
08-13-2009, 05:04 PM
it was a great show here !clear skies a little over 60 meteors an hour .Country living does have some perks
Oldfart
08-13-2009, 08:03 PM
Now we have to wait until the Geminids in mid December.
jseal
08-14-2009, 04:45 AM
That gives them plenty of time to prepare the lager ones for my enjoyment.
Oldfart
08-14-2009, 06:20 AM
They need to be chilled, then delivered with accuracy. Just as well we have orbital mechanics to fall back on.
jseal
08-14-2009, 07:11 AM
They start cold, and then heat up on entry.
Oldfart
08-14-2009, 07:30 AM
It shows how deeply you have to chill them, for them to still be cold on arrival.
jseal
08-14-2009, 07:39 AM
True, true, and they can pack a wallop.
Oldfart
08-14-2009, 08:06 AM
Before and after you take the cap off.
jseal
08-14-2009, 08:07 AM
There you have me! I've never taken the cap off a lager meteorite.
Oldfart
08-14-2009, 08:31 AM
The cosmos is full of new experiences.

I wonder if they've moved to screw caps yet, or if you just drink them.
jseal
08-14-2009, 09:00 AM
Could be. As Sir Arthur Eddington once said, "Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine". This would fill the bill.
Oldfart
08-14-2009, 07:53 PM
Yup.