Persied Meteor SHower 11-13 AUG

Popoutman

It never unclouded enough for me to get any

Maybe I should move to Gran Canaria at some point..

Akrasia

Deleted User wrote: »

Highlight was seeing one bounce off the atmosphere - well that's what we believe happened. It came in and changed angle rather abruptly.

When I was a kid I saw something just like this, A meteor that changed direction.

I've always joked that It was a UFO but it's nice to know that there is a more plausible explanation

eskimocat

The few times that I was nipping in and out, the cloud cover was extensive, with no discernable breaks. so no meteors for me.

Ger8

Will it be visible 2nite?

Oscar Bravo

tonight is the peak,however cloud in due to increase from the North west this evening.....so not good sadly.

Tindie

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

tonight is the peak,however cloud in due to increase from the North west this evening.....so not good sadly.

Perfect for tonight, it's got cloudy early yesterday!, I could not see any!

I will out side for a least 2 hours

Gonzo

cloud and rain in all areas by tonight so propably only extreme east and south-east may catch something early on.

italodisco

Guys would dollymount strand be any use tonight for spotting the space station?

Just trying to get an idea of best times and locations close to me

Oh , and would meteors be visible too ?

Cheers

Bejubby

Gonzo wrote: »

cloud and rain in all areas by tonight so propably only extreme east and south-east may catch something early on.

pretty cloudy down here already:(

exador

what time is space station visible at ?

lolie

exador wrote: »

what time is space station visible at ?

Full overhead pass at 10.59 - 11.04 from w to e. Second short pass at 00.36 - 00.37 from w to wsw.
Not much chance of seeing it with all the cloud thats about.

jprboy

lolie wrote: »

Full overhead pass at 10.59 - 11.04 from w to e. Second short pass at 00.36 - 00.37 from w to wsw.
Not much chance of seeing it with all the cloud thats about.

Thanks, Lolie !

Just in from seeing the Space Station pass over here in North Tipp.

Skies, which had clouded over earlier, cleared here in the last hour and we had a fantastic view. Also saw 2 perseids in those few minutes

Thanks again !!

Frankenchrist

Seen about 5 pass over in the last 15 mins.... or else i'm looking at planes.

maquiladora

Frankenchrist wrote: »

Seen about 5 pass over in the last 15 mins.... or else i'm looking at planes.

Those are either some very fast planes or very slow meteors.

italodisco

No visability here at croke park :-(

Frankenchrist

maquiladora wrote: »

Those are either some very fast planes or very slow meteors.

Well they are very slow.... are they called fireballs?

I'm watching from citywest

irish147

great sky here in wex... some flying stars..... one slow star, one fast

Longboard

maquiladora

Frankenchrist wrote: »

Well they are very slow.... are they called fireballs?

I'm watching from citywest

Those are just satellites.

Akrasia

It was cloudy in ennis last night but we had a 40 minute window where the skies cleared and it was great. We think we saw the ISS and a few other satelites
We also saw 6 or 7 quick little shooting stars and 3 brighter 'fireballs' that left trails after them. They were almost a blue greeny colour as they light up.

It was great.

shamwari

Will a shower be visible tonight if the skies are clear?

Iancar29

shamwari wrote: »

Will a shower be visible tonight if the skies are clear?

Yes , tonight would be less frequent , roughly 35-40 per hour but thats still great , not looking good though again cloud wise


Saw one last night as soon as we arrived at the phoenix Park , we decided not to go all the way to the sugar loaf as we knew it wasnt looking good.

Cloud rolled in then and stayed around...


BUT.... we did get make some of our OWN fireballs..





http://www.flickr.com/photos/landscapeaddict/with/9499731001/

Rikand

Perfect clear skies over Athlone at the moment, so hopefully get to see some. What part of the sky should I be looking in particular, or will they be appearing everywhere and anywhere ?

Oscar Bravo

Keep an eye on ISS at 2210.

Rikand

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Keep an eye on ISS at 2210.

its on the way alright

http://www.n2yo.com/

Rikand

its unreal how quick it moves - watched it pass over head and 30 seconds later it went into a cloud bank, but not that far along the sky..... already it was over Germany!

Oscar Bravo

I love seeing it on a clear winters night. its a real shame theres so much cloud around for the past few nights.

coffee to go

Managed a nice 30-sec exposure of the ISS over Newbridge last night before it was swallowed by cloud...



No meteors though