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Perseids Meteor Shower 2009 - August 12th

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    #62
    skelliser
    Registered Users Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭skelliser


    ya pretty cloudy here in galway :(


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    #63
    mukki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,669 ✭✭✭mukki


    6 massive shooting starts going from north to south in the last 5 mins

    it is like watching fireworks


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    #64
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Cloudy last time I looked, I better check again.


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    #65
    bandia
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭bandia


    @ mukki
    on meath cavan border seen huge flaree bout 20 mins ago I hope...or was I sanding ou for oo long???
    Getting cloudy again, in o warmup and straighten neck :o)


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    #66
    Manuel
    Registered Users Posts: 418 ✭✭Manuel


    All cloud in my part of the Midlands. Mukki, I'll be up to you in a half-hour ;)


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    #67
    bandia
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭bandia


    oooppss sorry me t keeps sicking


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    #68
    mukki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,669 ✭✭✭mukki


    all clouded over in the last few mins, only figured how to take 60sec exposure pics in the last 5 mins, took 2 photos, but nothing moved in them


    sorry

    hope one of yous get the gap that i had


    the last one i saw was about 5 mins ago and it looked like it broke up into 3 pieces before fading


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    #69
    Flying Abruptly
    Registered Users Posts: 910 ✭✭✭Flying Abruptly


    Cloud has cleared off in Waterford, got to see some very nice ones, some seemed to be a blueish tint aswell. Was seeing them at a frequency of every five minutes. My neck hurts now though:)


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    #70
    dacogawa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,836 ✭✭✭dacogawa


    got a nice one around 12:50 in south dublin while there was a good break in cloud :), neck hurts now as well :mad:


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    #71
    lostexpectation
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,082 ✭✭✭lostexpectation


    anyone able to scope the moon to the meteors hitting there
    http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/02sep_lunarperseids.htm


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    #72
    dacogawa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,836 ✭✭✭dacogawa


    Nice find lost!

    The cloud is going to go down to 42% by 4am, i need a nap.

    http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=zmw:00000.1.03969&hourly=1&yday=224&weekday=Thursday


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    #73
    Cmar-Ireland
    Registered Users Posts: 2,340 ✭✭✭Cmar-Ireland


    Was clouded over in Kildare. Hopefully tonight will bring some clear skies.


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    #74
    mukki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,669 ✭✭✭mukki


    people with sore necks, you need to lie on the ground looking stright up, the brightest ones are directly over head, but make sure their is nothing nearby blocking your views to lower ones


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    #75
    rhonin
    Registered Users Posts: 1,248 ✭✭✭rhonin


    Mukki, nice one. At least someone got to see some meteors. Not a chance here last night. Not looking good for tonight either.


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    #76
    ednwireland
    Registered Users Posts: 14,292 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    saw about a dozen in 20 mins up here in donegal clouded over by 11:40 pm but crystal clear before that - forgot to look earlier

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



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    #77
    refusetolose
    Registered Users Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭refusetolose


    will we be able to see anything tonight?

    weather permitting obviously.....


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    #78
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Should be some action tonight, clear skies all day so far.


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    #79
    Ostrom
    Registered Users Posts: 3,483 ✭✭✭Ostrom


    mike65 wrote: »
    Should be some action tonight, clear skies all day so far.

    Cant wait to move back to Waterford.... :)


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    #80
    Dublin_Gunner
    Registered Users Posts: 7,692 ✭✭✭Dublin_Gunner


    refusetolose wrote: »
    will we be able to see anything tonight?

    weather permitting obviously.....


    I think you answered your own question there ;)


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    #81
    refusetolose
    Registered Users Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭refusetolose


    Dublin_Gunner wrote: »
    I think you answered your own question there ;)

    cool,thanks :)


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    #82
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,857 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    Still cloudy in Tamhlacht.....


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    #83
    Flukey
    Registered Users Posts: 11,001 ✭✭✭✭Flukey


    Cloud heading in from the north tonight, so the chances won't be great. I didn't see any last night, but that was because I was out on the town. :D


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    #84
    Stargate
    Registered Users Posts: 2,680 ✭✭✭Stargate


    Wall to wall grey cloud in Cork now :mad: I didnt see anything at all last night

    mukki seems to have had a great night tho :D

    Stargate


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    #85
    mukki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,669 ✭✭✭mukki


    Stargate wrote: »
    Wall to wall grey cloud in Cork now :mad: I didnt see anything at all last night

    mukki seems to have had a great night tho :D

    Stargate


    all coudy here tonight, hope ye all get clear skies at some stage, it well worth doing an all nighter for


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    #86
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Mixed skies overhead atm, I'll have another stare in a little while.


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    #87
    gonker
    Registered Users Posts: 1,290 ✭✭✭gonker


    saw plenty here last night in drogheda fantastic show


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    #88
    Stargate
    Registered Users Posts: 2,680 ✭✭✭Stargate


    mike65 wrote: »
    Mixed skies overhead atm, I'll have another stare in a little while.

    Hey Mike , did i see you in the footy forum ? you a " pool " fan like me :D

    just had a look , thick cloud here

    Stargate


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    #89
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Yep.

    Well I looked but was under a Mackerel Sky type cloud cover, very thin with holes but couldn't see anything.


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    #90
    jumpguy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,962 ✭✭✭jumpguy


    I was disgusted. I got a clear night the night before the peak (the 10th/11th). I saw about 5 shooting stars in about 10 minutes, it wasn't too spectacular. The other days I was looking at the arse of a cumulous cloud.


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    #91
    Flukey
    Registered Users Posts: 11,001 ✭✭✭✭Flukey


    5 meteors in 10 minutes is good going. Some people think when they hear the word "shower" that they are going to see loads of them like a fireworks display. It isn't like that. I would not be disgusted to have seen 5 in 10 minutes.


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