Anyone else watching the meteor shower tonight?

[Remodeling Maidiac]

So you people need your phone to post while supposedly watching meteors? That's as good as dancing with someone on the dance floor and texting..

I wanted to share for those that may be interested but didn't know.
Pull the cork out of your ass.

 

[EverCurious]

It's not even close to dark here, I'm on my main rig

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

It's not even close to dark here, I'm on my main rig

Where is here?

 

[Alystyr]

I was able to watch a bit last night at work. Pretty dark area, but there's still a lot of light pollution.
I saw 4-5 decent ones, though, in the space of about 15 minutes.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

I'm not seeing anywhere near the 100 per hour predicted but what I have seen defies logic when you consider the size of the objects. Most are just dust particles up to pea size.

 

[EverCurious]

It's not even close to dark here, I'm on my main rig

Where is here?

Alaska, I've got at least an hour or so before it's "dark" (which is kind of more like dusk this time of year)

 

[westwall]

Get your telescopes the Perseids meteor shower peaks tonight

Great clear night for it here. Ice cold beer, binoculars and a nice deck chair.
Just came out so I haven't seen anything yet.

Yeah, we drove down to Carson City to the observatory at WNC. Had a nice talk with the two professors there and watched the meteor shower through a 14 inch telescope. We saw more satellites than meteors though!

 

[MsnBama]

I'm not seeing anywhere near the 100 per hour predicted but what I have seen defies logic when you consider the size of the objects. Most are just dust particles up to pea size.

The 100/hour are at peak visibility, around 4am.

I'm seeing more and more as the night progresses. Some are small and only barely visible, others seem really large. It's cool, I don't care what Grumpy MG says.

 

[2aguy]

Get your telescopes the Perseids meteor shower peaks tonight

Great clear night for it here. Ice cold beer, binoculars and a nice deck chair.
Just came out so I haven't seen anything yet.

ever since I saw the movie, "Day of the Triffids" I don't watch meteor showers.....

 

[idb]

Get your telescopes the Perseids meteor shower peaks tonight

Great clear night for it here. Ice cold beer, binoculars and a nice deck chair.
Just came out so I haven't seen anything yet.

ever since I saw the movie, "Day of the Triffids" I don't watch meteor showers.....

Ever since watching Psycho I never take a shower.