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Saturday, 8 August 2009

Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Tuesday, Aug. 12

http://www.physorg.com/news168874856.html
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19 comments:

  1. Randy Gilbert10 August 2009 at 12:34

    Um...just airing my ignorance again but ...there is no Tuesday Aug. 12th in 2009.
    The 12th of August was a tuesday last year. Is this an astronomical thing where they state the day of the evening of the early morning that you'll be stargazing on?

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  2. Andrew C10 August 2009 at 13:05

    Ah ha! You spotted two a number of bugs!.

    I think it's supposed to be midnight tonight/tomorrow (presumably the waning Moon is better than a Full moon), next couple of nights, but it won't be great.

    More here
    here

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  3. john smith10 August 2009 at 19:15

    I figured I'd take a look tonight. Be damned if I'm crawling out of bed in the early hours of the morning.

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  4. Andrew C11 August 2009 at 03:00

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8193769.stm

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  5. Andrew C11 August 2009 at 11:31

    http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17572-perseid-shower-to-produce-shooting-stars.html

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  6. Andrew C11 August 2009 at 17:52

    Not over till it's over
    http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/08/coming-soon-the.html

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  7. Andrew C11 August 2009 at 18:20

    Perseid Radio Astronomy from the Fourth Plinth With Chris Lintott

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  8. Andrew C11 August 2009 at 18:34

    http://www.universetoday.com/2009/08/10/2009-perseid-meteor-shower-double-peaks-this-year/

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  9. Lloyd .12 August 2009 at 16:14

    I'm still here.

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  10. Michael *12 August 2009 at 20:42

    Sorry. I got mesmerized by all the dancing lights...

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  11. Andrew C13 August 2009 at 10:45

    Just a second!


    Midnight, on the 12th of August!


    That sounds familiar!

    EEK!

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  12. Andrew C13 August 2009 at 20:05

    http://www.physorg.com/news169398787.html

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  13. john smith16 August 2009 at 17:16

    260-day calendar... Whoa! That's gonna cause some confusion!

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  14. Andrew C15 September 2009 at 16:45

    http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/09/google-logo-madness-here-we-go-again/

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/6192420/Mystery-of-Googles-crop-circle-and-UFO-doodle.html

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/6192586/Google-crop-circle-doodle-mystery-Coordinates-clue.html

    http://www.boingboing.net/2009/09/14/google-goes-fortean-1.html

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  15. Andrew C11 August 2010 at 20:07

    Thurs night/Fri morn, this year
    If you're in the US, this might be handy
    http://www.jshine.net/astronomy/dark_sky/index.php?lat=48.472921272487824&lng=-107.95166015625&zoom=4&pollution=true&selected_id=1189
    via
    http://www.metafilter.com/94659/Perseids-Meteor-Shower

    http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Watch_the_Perseid_Meteor_Shower?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29

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  16. Paul M12 August 2010 at 09:34

    Amazing how far I have to go to get good dark.

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  17. Andrew C12 August 2010 at 21:19

    Yes, me too

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  18. Andrew C13 August 2010 at 19:09

    Hmm, well that's nice to know

    via Fark

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  19. Andrew C20 August 2010 at 17:02

    Time-lapse footage of the highlights

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