Yes, it peaks in about 3 weeks time so plenty of time yet.
I shan't be on the lookout tonight.
I'll be on the shandy.
To be fair, it is all corralled tightly into this 'perseid meteor shower' thread.all this Perseid chatter
Sorry that was rather badly worded, I means that some discussions puzzlingly seem to be talking about looking out for the Perseids this month, rather than August.To be fair, it is all corralled tightly into this 'perseid meteor shower' thread.
It's not like it's being repeated ad nauseum on the TV news daily.
2126 is when it next makes a close approach.I carved the year 2132 (or was it 2114 ?) into the bench in the lab where I was working in early 1990s. That was the reported date calculated for Swift-Tuttle to collide with Earth and wipe out all life. Should be quite a light-show a few hours beforehand.
Hmmm. I'm aiming to still be alive then. Damn!Alas, unless some kind of incredible medical longevity experiment is successful, we will never know.
Hmmm. I'm aiming to still be alive then. Damn!
Good luck with that one.Hmmm. I'm aiming to still be alive then. Damn!
Thanks for being totally depressing.Good luck with that one.
I have read recently that the first person that will live to be 150 has already been born.
But I don't think it's you.
I always feel there's something primal about meteors, and it makes me wonder about how early man reacted on seeing them. On seeing my first meteor last night - right above me, long trail - I let out an involuntary noise, and I was looking out for them...I was outside from about 11pm last night and the sky, again, was quite clear having been overcast for several hours previously.
My neck started aching after about 20 minutes and not having seen anything except for a couple of planes going over, but I decided to keep sky-watching until I saw something meteoric.
And just seconds after having that thought I was rewarded with a small, brief sighting.
Again travelling NE-SW but only a very short track, directly above me.
When I do that it's usually because of something I ate, and it's best to move away from the area.I let out an involuntary noise,
I was outside from about 11pm last night and the sky, again, was quite clear having been overcast for several hours previously.
My neck started aching after about 20 minutes and not having seen anything except for a couple of planes going over, but I decided to keep sky-watching until I saw something meteoric.
And just seconds after having that thought I was rewarded with a small, brief sighting.
Again travelling NE-SW but only a very short track, directly above me.
I hope that's not a serious question.Don't you ever worry that you might be struck by one of them?
No my friend - northern hemisphere. You should be fine.I live on the wrong part of the earth to view these
I'm in Canada. From some of the articles posted, it is the timing of when the meteor showers occur. One article stated that for us here, the shower occurs during daylight hours.No my friend - northern hemisphere. You should be fine.
The darker it is outside the better.
I suggest you get a flask of warm tea (or coffee) depending on how chilly it is out, go and sit somewhere with no light pollution, as close to midnight as you can, and get as wide an area of the sky in view as you can.
You should see at least a few in a half-hour period.
The Perseids will be active over the course of the next week or so, peaking (I think) sometime around Friday.
No.I'm in Canada. From some of the articles posted, it is the timing of when the meteor showers occur. One article stated that for us here, the shower occurs during daylight hours.
Just turning in for the night, last night (8th Aug), happend to gaze out of my window at around 12:15 and caught site of a meteorite taking a curved path through from the South West, toward the North Western sky.No, the Perseids last for several days. You might miss the peak activity, but you would probably see something,
on one or other of the nights around August 13th, near or after midnight preferably..