Perseids '23

thinkxingu · 08-12-2023, 04:09 AM

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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fatlazyless · 08-12-2023, 04:35 AM

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

thinkxingu · 08-12-2023, 07:06 AM

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Originally Posted by fatlazyless

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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bobkatfly · 08-12-2023, 03:05 PM

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

Mr. V · 08-17-2023, 01:13 PM

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.

08-12-2023, 04:09 AM	#1
thinkxingu Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 6,694 Thanks: 1,187 Thanked 2,222 Times in 1,381 Posts	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. Sent from my SM-S911U using Tapatalk

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fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 9,251 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 314 Thanked 1,120 Times in 827 Posts	Saturday and Sunday, August 12 & 13 ...... http://www.amsmeteors.org/2023/08/vi...hower-in-2023/ ..... night sky, weather depending. __________________ .... Banned for life from local thrift store!

08-12-2023, 03:05 PM	#4
bobkatfly Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Center Tuftonboro Posts: 439 Thanks: 66 Thanked 67 Times in 56 Posts	Saw a couple around 2:15 while taking a hike to the toilet. Hopefully the skies clear tonight after the rain. __________________ Bob F Amherst till the big 66 comes (made it!) Winter Harbor/Mirror Lake till the big guy comes

08-17-2023, 01:13 PM	#5
Mr. V Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: the left coast (Portland)and West Alton Posts: 1,504 Thanks: 69 Thanked 274 Times in 188 Posts	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. __________________ basking in the benign indifference of the universe

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