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Perseids 2010

Darren Bown

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CJWRC

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  • Location: Wexford, Ireland. 80 metres asl
  • Location: Wexford, Ireland. 80 metres asl
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Yup, they radiate from the Perseus constellation. Though it's best not to focus in any one spot as they can occur over most of the sky, just generally look high up towards the north east.

The moon will be setting before 10pm so should be perfect conditions!

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Darren Bown

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  • Location: Newton-le-Willows, Warrington, Merseyside
  • Location: Newton-le-Willows, Warrington, Merseyside
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UPDATE: apparently seeing a ZHR of up to 25 at the moment, which is promising, and also weather seems to be good for Thursday, with any showers clearing.

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Darren Bown

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  • Location: Newton-le-Willows, Warrington, Merseyside
  • Location: Newton-le-Willows, Warrington, Merseyside
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Well Perseids are visible anywhere in the sky, but they point back towards Perseus. Perseus more or less rises as it gets dark, but the best viewing is after midnight, when the earth is facing the debris stream of temple tuttle, and so meteors aren't having to play 'catch up' to the earth.

I'm going to have a look again tonight, as it looks like it's clearing up nicely outside :D

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Mesosphere

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  • Location: Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, Thunderstorms, Warm summer evenings
  • Location: Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
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saw 2 last night around 12.45am. First was around Mag -1/-2 and yellow , the 2nd much fainter at around mag 2. Spotted high in the southern sky , altitude around 80 degrees

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Darren Bown

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  • Location: Newton-le-Willows, Warrington, Merseyside
  • Location: Newton-le-Willows, Warrington, Merseyside
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Looking disappointing weather wise tonight, didn't see any last night due to cloud cover. Will I EVER see a maximum date shower without cloud cover! Not seen one since I first got interested around 5 years ago!

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Methuselah

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  • Location: Beccles, Suffolk.
  • Weather Preferences: Thunder, snow, heat, sunshine...
  • Location: Beccles, Suffolk.
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Perhaps meteor showers are a foolproof method of predicting cloudy nights???

Always works for me!

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stewfox

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  • Location: Napton on the Hill Warwickshire 500ft
  • Weather Preferences: Snow and heatwave
  • Location: Napton on the Hill Warwickshire 500ft
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Looking disappointing weather wise tonight, didn't see any last night due to cloud cover. Will I EVER see a maximum date shower without cloud cover! Not seen one since I first got interested around 5 years ago!

Its going to be frustrating if this cloud stays around

Only a 2-day-old sliver, moonlight will be very limited, making conditions for meteor observation very favorable (as long as the sky is clear of course).:girl_devil:

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Turnedoutniceagain

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  • Location: Atherstone on Stour: 160ft asl
  • Location: Atherstone on Stour: 160ft asl
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Its going to be frustrating if this cloud stays around

Only a 2-day-old sliver, moonlight will be very limited, making conditions for meteor observation very favorable (as long as the sky is clear of course).:girl_devil:

Fingers crossed. Looks to clear slightly after midnight around here.

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Darren Bown

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  • Location: Newton-le-Willows, Warrington, Merseyside
  • Location: Newton-le-Willows, Warrington, Merseyside
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After an afternoon of storms, it's cleared up, but looking at http://www.sat24.com/gb it's the bank of cloud in the North Sea that could be the killer :)

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stewfox

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  • Location: Napton on the Hill Warwickshire 500ft
  • Weather Preferences: Snow and heatwave
  • Location: Napton on the Hill Warwickshire 500ft
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Sky's clearing nicely here. Sun sets at 8:35, so hopefully we'll get a good show.

Yes after heavy showers and even large Hail its clearing here to.

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Schnee

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  • Location: Crossgates, Leeds. 76m ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Temperatures ≤25ºC ≥10ºC.
  • Location: Crossgates, Leeds. 76m ASL
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Cloud has built here. Been outside with the hairdryer but it isn't working. :blush: :drinks:

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  • Location: Poole, Dorset 42m ASL
  • Location: Poole, Dorset 42m ASL
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Interesting the meteorite count has dropped in the last few hours, a dip before the peak, Hmm who knows!

Cloud has built here. Been outside with the hairdryer but it isn't working. :blush: :drinks:

Secret

Go outside, drop you trousers, that'll scare most things away.

PS You can keep your clouds it's partially clear here so a clear evening would be nice for the first time in years.

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Phil UK

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  • Location: Solihull, West Midlands. UK
  • Location: Solihull, West Midlands. UK
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Secret

Go outside, drop you trousers.

Get arrested!

Just tell the arresting plod that it's for scientific purposes. In other words... "No Moon, I'm just clearing the atmosphere!" (Then again, the plod prescence would be polluting it!) dry.gif

Good luck to all with spotting any Perseids tonight. Best time is tonight at around 11pm and overnight. :drinks:

Phil.

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Flipflop

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  • Location: East Hull, East Yorkshire
  • Weather Preferences: Warm and stormy.
  • Location: East Hull, East Yorkshire
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4 shooters already !! that's got to be worth an early watch from here and its just cleared up as well. Hope you get an eye full and not just the streakers :drinks: that's lurking about :blush:

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chrisb1357

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  • Location: Pinxton, Derbyshire (115M ASL)
  • Location: Pinxton, Derbyshire (115M ASL)
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Well it was looking good here for viewing but its now full of cloud again and i cannot work out if it will clear or not later on by the radar

Chris

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Backtrack

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  • Location: Runcorn, Cheshire
  • Weather Preferences: Snowy winters, hot, sunny springs and summers.
  • Location: Runcorn, Cheshire
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Any of these set to hit earth?

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Dorsetbred

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  • Location: Poole, Dorset 42m ASL
  • Location: Poole, Dorset 42m ASL
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Well it was looking good here for viewing but its now full of cloud again and i cannot work out if it will clear or not later on by the radar

Chris

Not surprised as radar shows precip not cloud.

Any of these set to hit earth?

Considering their size, they are really only particles so there's no impact from these, as they burn up in the atmosphere.

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Backtrack

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  • Location: Runcorn, Cheshire
  • Weather Preferences: Snowy winters, hot, sunny springs and summers.
  • Location: Runcorn, Cheshire
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Not surprised as radar shows precip not cloud.

Considering their size, they are really only particles so there's no impact from these, as they burn up in the atmosphere.

Thanks. :drinks:

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Flipflop

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  • Location: East Hull, East Yorkshire
  • Weather Preferences: Warm and stormy.
  • Location: East Hull, East Yorkshire
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Got a capture with two in :) will post later if any good.....

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