Perseids '23
 

Anyone get out to see the perseid meteor shower this AM?

I forgot to post a reminder last night and wasn't planning to get up for the 4 o'clock peak, but I just happened to wake at 3:30 and went out to see a couple.

An amazingly clear and cool night with very little interference from the moon.

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Saturday and Sunday, August 12 & 13 ...... http://www.amsmeteors.org/2023/08/vi...hower-in-2023/ ..... night sky, weather depending.

That article says the peak will actually be tonight/early tomorrow morning—that explains why I only saw a couple, though I'm not sure I'll be up again tomorrow!

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Saw a couple around 2:15 while taking a hike to the toilet.
Hopefully the skies clear tonight after the rain.

I saw a spectacular event while gazing atop the boathouse: a shooting star zipped by and was followed seconds later by a flash of lightning from the north of the lake which illuminated the clouds, sort of like the artists drew them in Disney's "Fantaia."

That sight was only topped by the UFO I saw over Diamond Island decades ago.