Perseids 2007

[stormchaser1]

Aurigids======August 25th to Sept 18th Max sept 1st

Also there is a September Perseids Sept 5th - Sept 17th Max on Sept 9th

Nigel

check out this site with a list of dates and times

http://www.popastro.com/sections/meteor/showers-2007.htm

nigel

[Darren Bown]

Thanks for that stormchaser

Is it me or are this years Geminids expected to be spectacular??? (ZHR of 120... that's more than the Perseids!)

Daz

[stormchaser1]

your welcome!!

Nigel

[saint]

i did not see a thing my girlfriend ses she saw one but how come i didnt omg thats unfair :wacko:

saint

[Somerset Squall]

i did not see a thing my girlfriend ses she saw one but how come i didnt omg thats unfair :wacko:

saint

Perhaps you were looking in the wrong direction? Is there light pollution in your area? That would have decreased your chances of seeing one. They weren't all that frequent either so if you didn't keep your eyes peeled you may of missed most of them.

Thanks for the link Nigel, hope it's clear on those nights.

Edited August 14, 2007 by Somerset Squall

[androcles]

been poppin in and out since it went dark, only upto a count of 4 at the mo, peak viewing around 3am will see me knockin the zeds out im afraid,

is it true you can see the space station and shuttle in orbit going round whilst we are on the subj?

Yes. It looks like a large aircraft coming in to land with runway lights blazing but no flashing lights. It's quite awesome and looks very large - I suppose being the largest man-made object up there it would. Shuttle is still attached to it. Anyway, it passed over West to East on both Saturday and Sunday evening. You can find the times for Leeds here. Great site to bookmark if you're interested in space flight.

Only saw two Perseids.

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sight...&city=Leeds

Good Luck

Andy

[simon1]

The ISS looks like this (taken on a fairly long exposure of course!) I took this on Sunday night whilst looking for the Perseids.

I only saw it for the first time (with the shuttle chasing it) last week and was amazed at how bright and easy to spot it was (if you know where to look!)

As well as the link to the NASA site Andy posted, try http://www.heavens-above.com/selecttown.asp?CountryID=UK. Just type in your town name and click on ISS or shuttle. The two will be undocking next Monday so the chance will return of seeing them seperately again

[multi cellular thunderstorm]

Great pic simon!

Looks like a very faint shooting star in there too.

Edited August 15, 2007 by multi cellular thunderstorm

[simon1]

Great pic simon! :lol:

Looks like a very faint shooting star in there too.

Thanks MCT but it was quite easy really!

Not sure about the shooting star though. Can't see it myself, but the rotation of the earth in relation to the stars can be seen, even in the space of around 3 minutes