Meteor Shower This Friday

moose tracks · 08-08-2016, 07:23 AM

This Friday, Aug. 12th there will be a Perseids Meteor Shower. There should be about 60-80 meteors an hour. The Mt. Washington has a special cruise that night but it might be too early to see much since we will have a waxing gibbous moon (68% of moon is visible). The best viewing will be after the moon sets which will be about 1:00am Sat. The Mt. Washington web link is: http://www.cruisenh.com/ShootingStarsinSky.php

Rattlesnake Gal · 08-08-2016, 11:12 AM

Thanks for the reminder! I hope it's a beatiful night for the showers!

Aguamenti · 08-08-2016, 02:52 PM

We were outside last night and saw quite a few already!

swnoel · 08-12-2016, 05:47 AM

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Originally Posted by moose tracks

This Friday, Aug. 12th there will be a Perseids Meteor Shower. There should be about 60-80 meteors an hour. The Mt. Washington has a special cruise that night but it might be too early to see much since we will have a waxing gibbous moon (68% of moon is visible). The best viewing will be after the moon sets which will be about 1:00am Sat. The Mt. Washington web link is: http://www.cruisenh.com/ShootingStarsinSky.php

I took the dog out last night and was surprised by the show I saw... didn't realize why I saw so many until I saw this thread!

08-08-2016, 07:23 AM	#1
moose tracks Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Loudon, Tennessee, foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains Posts: 283 Thanks: 340 Thanked 41 Times in 33 Posts	Meteor Shower This Friday This Friday, Aug. 12th there will be a Perseids Meteor Shower. There should be about 60-80 meteors an hour. The Mt. Washington has a special cruise that night but it might be too early to see much since we will have a waxing gibbous moon (68% of moon is visible). The best viewing will be after the moon sets which will be about 1:00am Sat. The Mt. Washington web link is: http://www.cruisenh.com/ShootingStarsinSky.php __________________ Moose Tracks

08-08-2016, 11:12 AM	#2
Rattlesnake Gal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Central NH Posts: 5,252 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,451 Thanked 1,349 Times in 475 Posts	Thanks! Thanks for the reminder! I hope it's a beatiful night for the showers!

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08-08-2016, 02:52 PM	#3
Aguamenti Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: MA/Tuftonboro Posts: 143 Thanks: 95 Thanked 36 Times in 21 Posts	We were outside last night and saw quite a few already!