Perseid Meteor Shower this weekend

[OTRphoto]

I don't know too much about it (but you can google it and bunches of info comes up) but they are saying that Sunday night (12th) into Monday dawn (13th) is the best time to view this. And it's also a new moon... so it should be nice and dark to view and/or try some long exposure shots. I think I read somewhere that there are usually 2-3+ streaks a minute during this time.

I've never done any kind of long exposures.. but this might be fun to drive out into the dark outskirts of town to try...

Mel

[Dobick]

I am confused...

I did a search and the foxnews report said this year and quoted space.com, but two links down in the search, space.com, had almost an identical article from 2004????

Still, if it is at this time of year, it should be spectacular, as I remember being on a lake one night in 2000, and the show was incredible.


Space.com

Every August, when many people are vacationing in the country where skies are dark, the best-known meteor shower makes its appearance. The annual Perseid meteor shower, as it is called, promised to put on an above average display this year.

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According to the best estimates, in 2004 the Earth is predicted to cut through the densest part of the Perseid stream sometime around 7 a.m. ET on Thursday, Aug. 12. Activity could be high for a few hours on either side of that time.

Fox News.com

Every August, just when many people go vacationing in the country where skies are dark, the best-known meteor shower makes its appearance.

The annual Perseid meteor shower is expected to be at its best this year, producing one or two meteors per minute during peak hours.

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According to the best estimates, in 2007 the Earth is predicted to cut through the densest part of the Perseid stream sometime around 2 a.m. ET on Monday, Aug. 13. That corresponds to 11 p.m. PT on Aug. 12 for those living in the Western United States or Canada.

[iCe]

Try Sky and Telescope. The newsies aren't going to be all that reliable.

[Dobick]

Originally Posted by iCe

Try Sky and Telescope. The newsies aren't going to be all that reliable.

Thank you for this link -- I just didn't want to stay up all night till dawn, and end up being disappointed based on conflicting info.