Perseid Meteor Shower to Peak This Weekend
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"Named because they appear to originate from Perseus, the Perseid shower is mostly visible from the Northern Hemisphere.
Southern countries such as Australia rarely see any Perseid meteors."
I hope you get a really good look at it though.
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I feel for ya...I got this exact same thing once but for the southern hemisphere, so I can relate.
I love this stuff... I saw the most excellent northern lights ever about 8 years ago Can't begin to explain how incredible it was, other than it was like a Pink Floyd smoke show across the entire sky as far as the eye could see...straight up and every where. Immediately above was a 50/50 red an blue coronal halo that persisted until the very end. I actually got the impression that the planet was getting bathed in a solar shower. Hard to explain but you could make out each solar "wash" as it came on....over and over and again. It lasted about 2 1/2 hours in varying intensity.
If I had a camera it would have been International archive footage without question.
I've seen quite a few northern lights before but never like this one...not even close. I actually went around to my neighbors on either side at 3am to wake them up just to see it...it was that crazy.....nothing about it on the news...can't find any mention of it on the internet, and I know we all didn't hallucinate. We were all thoroughly freaked out.
I wanted to wake up the entire neighborhood. Someone else down the way kept honking their car horn.
The entire sky was like a fast moving glowing cartoon color show everywhere. I went and sat up on my roof in complete and utter awe. If I only had a video camera.
Once in a lifetime event...so needless to say I'm a little hooked on gazing upwards when something strange this way comes...
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Think the last exciting thing here was McNaught's Comet, but we haven't had a meteor shower here for a while that I know of. I usually get a tip off from my Nan, she's a bit of an amateur astronomer. The thing I'd most like to see is Aurora Australis or the Southern Aurora and of course I've always wanted to see Aurora Borealis, but I guess you've got a better chance of catching that.
I was so lucky to see the 22d halo around the moon in May this year. So amazing!
http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=243163
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(astronomy)
http://stott.customer.netspace.net.au/aurora.htm
I should probably sign up to the Sciencework astronomy site but I don't really know enough. I really just want the updates and not have to talk too much and show my ignorance!
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i hope that they're easier to see tomorrow or the next night cause i love meteor showers. i've been know to drag my kids out of bed at 2am to sit on a dark frozen field when it was 20 degreees outside in the winter to watch a meteor shower...that was like 6 years ago and i'm pretty sure that they still haven't forgiven me for it...ha
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There's no moon and the sky is perfectly clear and quite dark.
I hope this is a sample of what's to come. If so, I'm heading up to the torrance barrens dark sky reserve in Bala this weekend. that place is almost 360 panorama and almost zero light pollution.
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hehe! Aaah! Be good for em pris! That's the kinda stuff parents are supposed to torture their kids with! And as for the neighbour's they can mind their own beeswax too! I'm always out there staring up at the sky in my jimmy jams and like you I don't care what they think!
Oh I soooo wish I could see it here!
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oh I'm going outside now to see if I can see anything Roland! I'm so excited for you guys! Must be awesome!
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Never mind, I'll wait for you lot to get back and tell me what you see!
Hurry up would ya?
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Saturday was overcast....a bust.
Sunday is clear but...nada!
I remember catching it back in 1992 or 93 where it took me totally by surprise looking up...so I zipped down to the local park...laid myself back on a picnic table...gazed up in the muggy heat, and got one hell of a show. The ooo's and ahhh's from every around me explains it best.
I'm going out to give it one last look...
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Nice work Roland! I'll keep my fingers crossed that it'll reveal itself for you tonite.
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Will report when I get back! Woo-Hoo!
Awesome! Thanks charger! I'm still uber grateful to you for setting me straight about the halo.
Hope it's an amazing show. Look forward to hearing all about it.
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Aside from one, they were all thin little streakers and short lived...(heh that sounds funny). Anyhow the thicker one was off to the eastern horizon, but too short to hold my interest. Laying back on something really helps with the sore neck thing.
I got spoiled first thing on Friday. I didn't give it much time thinking Saturday, Sunday would be better.
well...there's always next year?! hehe
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Well it's still pretty exciting though Roland. That you got to see them at all.
Guess the old carpe diem is the rule of thumb when it comes to meteor watching!
Don't you just wish you had a you beaut camera that could photograph them?
I'm always wishing my camera did great things when I see things in the night sky. So inspiring and so frustrating trying to capture them with the old Kodak.
So were they colored?
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I want to get a video camera with one of those fish eye lenses so I can mount it on a tripod and do some time lapse stuff.
Nothing colored tonight just regular star color. I keep forgetting to check out the what's up tonight in the astrology sites ( http://www.astrowhatsup.com/ ) is one of a few out there. There's a much better one that I usually go to.
I normally get to it through a program called Starry night pro: http://www.starrynight.com/new_snprox.html there's an option in the program called "what's on tonight". Awesome program....10+ out of 10, I just redid my computer so it's not installed yet.
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Ah! Thanks for all that!
That video camera on tripod sounds very cool Roland! And certainly worth the investment if you are passionate about it.
I usually go to the Planetarium website here if I want info, they have some really neat stuff and the Planetarium itself is a great night out. They have special chairs you can lay back in and everything. They're like recliners. Very comfy! I also like the Astronomy Victoria site. It's very cool, with lots of stuff organized and things to see.
http://www.asv.org.au/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/planetarium/
That program looks excellent btw. Bet you can't wait to install it!
Anyway, I'm just really glad you got to see stuff. All I got for my efforts the other night was wet slippers and rain in my eye!
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Helllooooooo?
You're back clearly! Do tell! Did you see anything?
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I didn't see squat! I only sat for 1/2hour and there were clouds here and there. I came home and listened to the Perseids on my computer instead!
http://www.spaceweather.com/glossary/nasameteorradar.html
Bugger! :( Did you get to see them last night or the night before charger?
I'm just downloading the radar thingy now. Thanks!
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No, it's been raining here off and on. The radar thing is really cool. Kinda spooky in a way.
Well that's a real shame. But I guess rain is a good thing at least. Well it's pretty welcome here these days.
I can't seem to get the damn thing to download properly. It's me, I've got no clue with this stuff, but thanks anyway. I'm sure it sounds awesome.
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Hale-Bopp Byrnzie? I remember that! Was just amazing to see.
And Haley's Comet when that came around!
Will you be able to see them in Korea? Don't mind my geographical ignorance.
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I'm not too sure if I'll get to see them here, although Korea is fairly north. Although it's just started pissing down so maybe that'll put paid to any star gazing for tonight.
Damn! Be kinda cool if one of us at least had managed an uninterrupted sky show for the night. Looks like Roland's first night effort is the best of the bunch so far.
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