Meteor Shower tonight

bleg

Should be visible in the North East.

The Perseids have been observed for around 2000 years, and are the result of Earth passing through a cloud of dust left behind Comet Swift-Tuttle. As Earth moves through this cloud, the particles fall into our atmosphere and burn up, creating spectacular streaks of light in the sky, known as meteors or shooting stars. This shower is named after the constellation Perseus, from which the meteors appear to come from in the sky. If you trace back the path of a Perseid, you will find that it appears to come from a point in the north east, maybe halfway between the horizon and the zenith (the point straight above your head).

http://www.astronomy.ie/perseids2010.html


Whoops, keep thinking today is Thursday. Thread will be accurate then.

FearDark

I'll bring the radox.

friendface

FearDark wrote: »

I'll bring the radox.

Don't forget the Head and Shoulders

we'llallhavetea_old

cool, what time?

FlutterinBantam

I'll shower the fcuking pan with a pebble dasher to sympathise with the heavens:rolleyes:

Terry

FearDark wrote: »

I'll bring the radox.

Can you snort it?

Anyway, it's a pity it's cloudy.

mink_man

damn I can't think of a witty pun! :mad:

jordan..

what time geeks??

friendface

jordan.. wrote: »

what time geeks??

According to the link, it's actually tomorrow night: 11:45pm

karlog

friendface wrote: »

According to the link, it's actually tomorrow night: 11:45pm

Thats just an example its tonight

It will peak during morning hours (12-sunrise) on august 12th and 13th apparently

FearDark

Terry wrote: »

Can you snort it?

You dont snort Radox pfffft, you inject it.

Gillington

Dont get me started on that Vodafone shower of...

My name is URL

I think there was a couple last night too.. best time to see them is after 12 and before 3. It's not an exact science so impossible to say exactly when you'll be able to see them. The Perseid shower usually lasts for almost a month, but the next few nights will be the peak of it

FearDark

What should I wish for? Happiness, wealth, a larger penis?

OutlawPete

Meteor are a shower every night.

Ilyushin76

Where should I look to see the best ones?

My name is URL

John85 wrote: »

Where should I look to see the best ones?

Up =p

Nah, towards the north east, about halfway between the horizon and the highest point in the sky (the zenith)

JONJO THE MISER

:eek: Just heard Jean there on the weather saying shooting stars will be visible for the next few nights between 10:30-04:30, looks like it's going to be a late one tonight.

Random

whatever flys your kite.

jd83

Anytime any meteor, space station or flying saucer supposed to be happening it just get really cloudy and we see f$5k all!!

we'llallhavetea_old

you were beaten to it op

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055996856

starbelgrade

Vic & Bob are back on the box?

Fago!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMPJZ4YZnqI

starlit

yay just waiting for it!:)

strokemyclover

If you actually caught a falling star and put it in your pocket, would you live to write a song about it?

starbelgrade

FearDark wrote: »

What should I wish for? Happiness, wealth, a larger penis?

Does that mean that you are unhappy, poor & have a teeny, tiny cock?

dr.bollocko

Merged. Just cos now it looks like the people who very helpfully originally pointed out thread two had been posted earlier in the day are a bunch of strange lunatics. They're not. They're in fact quite helpful to this in-observant janitor but still. I had my fun.
Oh look a shooting star. Or a plane. Or a comet hurtling towards us at a frightening speed. We're all doomed.
Oh look QI is on.

we'llallhavetea_old

^^^ someones been at the sherry... :P

starlit

Do you have to make a wish?

Budget Marketing

Thanks OP

King Felix

snuggles285 wrote: »

Do you have to make a wish?

You have to wish that it's not cloudy.

CreepingDeath

snuggles285 wrote: »

Do you have to make a wish?

Yeah, you have to wish that the Earths atmosphere will stop them.

squod

Anyone gonna film/photograph these yokes?

Lyra Fangs

I'm going to make an extra effort to see some tonight. I usually fall asleep while looking out the window and just miss everything. :mad:

starlit

I saw a shooting star! yay! :cool:

Columbia

Cloudy where I am, exactly like every other time anything like this is going on. Some hope that it'll break up a little by tomorrow night though.

Ghost Train

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Merged. Just cos now it looks like the people who very helpfully originally pointed out thread two had been posted earlier in the day are a bunch of strange lunatics. They're not. They're in fact quite helpful to this in-observant janitor but still. I had my fun.
Oh look a shooting star. Or a plane. Or a comet hurtling towards us at a frightening speed. We're all doomed.
Oh look QI is on.

Did I miss QI, crap

karlog

Anyone else seeing anything i don't see sh*t

edit: oh its cloudy thats why

mary21

Just saw one after 11 in waterford

tommyboy2222

Was out for a run there in Dublin.

Lovely clear night.

Didn't see anything though

The Agogo

Only saw one tonight in Dublin. Happened at around 9pm...started gazing for another hour and nothing.

Can see plenty of satellites though.

aido 1976

In Co.Weford now, pitch black and really clear skies, it is fairly remote area where I am
The skys are clear as the eye can see, and at the moment I have seen only one shooting star and that is it. I have being checking every 5-10 minutes, Hope it peaks tomorrow night as I think with the clear skies here and zero light, it will be a great sight to see.

Cerocco

Cloud cover here in Dub and talk of it maybe clearing bout 2 am. Should I set the alarm to get up for a peek on the off chance even tho I have to be up at 6??????

Diabhal Beag

Nah there'll be youtube vids and pics tomorrow.

alwaysadub

It's too cloudy here in Galway. Usually see loads of stars, the one night i want to see them, it's cloudy!

Cerocco

This is pure sh1t, whenever anything good is happening in the night sky its bloody cloudy, Grrrrr, Ireland and your clouds !!!!!!!!!!!! :mad:

jd007

Get out of the fucking way cloud! :mad::pac:

we'llallhavetea_old

Cerocco wrote: »

This is pure sh1t, whenever anything good is happening in the night sky its bloody cloudy, Grrrrr, Ireland and your clouds !!!!!!!!!!!! :mad:

typical!

Cerocco

jd007 wrote: »

Get out of the fucking way cloud! :mad::pac:

Yeh!!!!!!

skelliser

This is clearly Larry Murphys fault!

alwaysadub

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Merged. Just cos now it looks like the people who very helpfully originally pointed out thread two had been posted earlier in the day are a bunch of strange lunatics. They're not. They're in fact quite helpful to this in-observant janitor but still. I had my fun.
Oh look a shooting star. Or a plane. Or a comet hurtling towards us at a frightening speed. We're all doomed.
Oh look QI is on.

If you went and robbed a plane, and crashed it into the ground, you'd give people somethin to look at fallin from the sky anyway.
You'd die a hero really!
Just make sure you fly out my way a bit 1st so i can see it too thanks.
:pac: