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Perseids Meteor Shower 2009 - August 12th

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    #92
    Stargate
    Registered Users Posts: 2,680 ✭✭✭Stargate


    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.


    i seen none in 3 days flukey :eek:

    Stargate


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    #93
    skelliser
    Registered Users Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭skelliser


    what are the chances of seeing some tonight?


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    #94
    jumpguy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,962 ✭✭✭jumpguy


    Flukey wrote: »
    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.
    Really? 5 in 10 minutes? They weren't very bright at all and rather underwhelming imo. The moon was as bright as a foglight to the NE. So I figured I was missing a huge amount due to the moon and gave up.

    I wasn't at home for this, I was on holidays. There was virtually no light pollution but the moon was bright.


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    #95
    mukki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,669 ✭✭✭mukki


    skelliser wrote: »
    what are the chances of seeing some tonight?


    between slim and none, I was out for 30mins there and saw nothing, skies could not be better for viewing


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    #96
    Flukey
    Registered Users Posts: 11,001 ✭✭✭✭Flukey


    It was clear here in Dublin last night, but although I saw a few planes and a couple of satellites, there were no meteors to be seen, similar to Mukki's experience.:( So you see Jumpguy, what you saw was good. To see any at all is good. It doesn't matter how bright they are. It isn't a fireworks display as I said. So 5 in 10 minutes, of any level of brightness, is something worth seeing. Keep your eyes open in here for news of upcoming meteor showers. We've still a few to go this year, not least the Leonids in mid-November. Jupiter's prominence in the sky, along with other great sights to see, always make astronomy something that is really great. Just go outside and look up.


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    #97
    Knifey_Spoony
    Closed Accounts Posts: 318 ✭✭Knifey_Spoony


    I saw one at about 1am this morning.
    I didn't know what it was at first, just spotted a bright orange light in the corner of my eye. It moved quite quickly.
    Pretty cool to see it :)


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    #98
    Goldigga
    Registered Users Posts: 179 ✭✭Goldigga


    I was sitting on our roof terrace in Lagos, Portugal last wed when we seen what we thought was a shooting star. I seen 3 more in the next 15 minutes. The sky was very clear. I thought i was just lucky to see so many in one go, but this explains it all.

    It was pretty amazing. glad i got to see them. and by pure chance too :p


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    #99
    fifilarue
    Closed Accounts Posts: 265 ✭✭fifilarue


    Just saw more meteorites in 10 minutes-between 11.10-11.20pm tonight than I managed to see during the recent Perseid meteorite shower. Five shot out of the sky, beautiful long elegant ones, one after another and then two smaller ones followed. I was just wondering if they would be the remnants of the Perseid shower or are they somenthing else? Sky beautiful and clear here tonight but way too cold to stay out for much longer.


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