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Texican · Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 6:21 pm Post subject: HEADS UP: METEOR SHOWER!

The Perseids Meteor Shower will be most visible tonight and tomorrow night.

http://www.spacedex.com/perseids/locations/perseid-usa-texas.php

Sounds like a great time to be on the sand away from the city lights.
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Bretmclendon12 · Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 10:34 pm Post subject:

What direction is best to look for ?
Didn't see it on that site ?
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Bretmclendon12 · Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 10:40 pm Post subject:

From what I found it said northeast but I don't see any. Yet. Lol
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Texican · Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 10:46 pm Post subject:

Quoted directly from the site:
"For the best viewing experience, find an area unobstructed by a structure that is far away from city lights. Using optical devices such as binoculars or telescopes is not recommended, as your field of view will be greatly restricted, thus making the possibility of missing a "shooting star" more likely.

Once you have settled down at your observation spot, face half-way up toward the northeastern portion of the sky. Looking northeast, you will have the constellation of Perseus, the radiant of the Perseids shower, within your field of view. Not coincidentally, the Perseids meteor shower is named after the constellation Perseus for the reason that they appear to originate from the sparkling Greek /hero./
Looking directly up at the sky or into the radiant is not recommended since this is just the point in which they appear to come from. You are more likely to see a trail when looking slightly away from this point. Looking half-way up into the sky will lead to the best show in the house.

If you have a smart phone with a sky map app, you might try using that to better help find the Perseus constellation.

Good luck!
Let us know if you see any.
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Bretmclendon12 · Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 10:51 pm Post subject:

Imma lookin and I ain't a seein. Got clear skies and hardly any lights. Lol.
65 an hour at this rate there all gonna fall in 5 minutes haha.

Stick it out a little longer only meteors I see so far are huge supple bum mosquitoes falling into my legs. Lol
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Bretmclendon12 · Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 11:10 pm Post subject:

Well I finally seen one for sure center of my vision. Not much else. I didn't have binos and was using my compass for direction.
Guess there just a little cloud cover or there lower in the sky and I can't see them. Not enough excitement right now to fight mosquitoes and staying up and wrk calling any minute. So off to bed for me.
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Crash · Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 12:34 am Post subject:

Just got back from being out on the boat fishing (1:30am) was out in the ULM and did not see any.... Sad

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I'm up here in Tennessee and saw about 8 in 39 minutes. That was at 12:30 though. Alarm is set for 4:00 to go watch!!!

JOHNNYREB · Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 1:21 am Post subject:

Fished tbe backside of mustang island from 9pm till 2am...i saw a total of 14.......i saw more meteors than fish Rolling Eyes

Texican · Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 3:39 am Post subject:

[quote="JOHNNYREB"]Fished tbe backside of mustang island from 9pm till 2am...i saw a total of 14.......i saw more meteors than fish Rolling Eyes

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Heh Heh!

Well, that's still a pretty good night in my book.
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The Trash Heap · Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 4:03 am Post subject:

Walked outside at the house @ 0430 Sunday and saw the first one in less than a minute. Looked among the three brightest objects at the time: the moon, Venus, and Jupiter. Amazing that something the size of a grain of sand can make so much light.
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Bluffer · Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:09 am Post subject:

Will try a look tonight. Not getting up at 430 tho. Wink

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ironmanstan · Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 12:06 pm Post subject:

I didn't see anything.
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OSO YAKMAN · Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 4:35 pm Post subject:

The wife and I were by Packery and counted 10 between 11pm and midnight. Was a beautiful night.
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Bretmclendon12 · Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 12:25 am Post subject:

Yeah think they were a little over optimistic on there count per hour. Lol

Watched for a little between 0030-0115 and maybe seen one I think ha.

But still a beautiful sight to look up and see all the stars and just stare into space. Literally. Makes ya think about how small we actually are and how wonderful gods creation is.
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