Perseid Meteors - Any Junkies Out There?

[68X426]

We watch the Perseids this time every year, party all night with friends. Any one else join in the sky watching?

http://www.imo.net/live/perseids2012/

http://www.imo.net/data/visual

Best map I can find: http://media.skyandtelescope.com/images/Perseids_Vic_HD.jpg

"The show is about to get much better. Earth will pass through the heart of the debris stream on the nights of August 11th through 13th, boosting meteor rates beyond 100 per hour. Forecasters say the best time to look is probably during the dark hours before sunrise on Sunday, August 12th. "

"Over the past two weeks, NASA's All-Sky Meteor Network has recorded more than 57 Perseid fireballs. Their orbits are shown here, with Earth's position marked in red:

[b5blue]

Cool stuff! 

[A383Wing]

I don't think I could stay up that late or wake up that early

Bryan

[Paul G]

I saw that many years ago. We were at camp a ground in the middle of no where. Great show.

[mrsskip68]

We were planning to look out at it, but a weird desert storm just blew in. Clouds, lighting, and winds............bummer.

[Vainglory, Esq.]

Too much light pollution where I'm at to get the full effect, but I watched the Leonids in a relatively unpopulated place, and if you've never really experienced a meteor shower, it's worth it to do, at least once.

[bull]

By chance I got in on it Saturday night. We happened to be camping in Eastern Oregon where there's next to zero light pollution and while outside I saw three in two minutes before going to bed. We also saw one on Thursday night while stargazing. Out there at night you can see the edge of the galaxy it's so dark. I had a hard time explaining to my youngest what that means exactly but it's a very cool thing to witness if/when you can.