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Shame its so close to full moon this year.
I saw several last night about 11pm ,the numbers per hour will increase as we get deeper into the debri field of the comet.
And,the early morning hours are best since that puts the sky above you faced on to the direction earth is traveling around the sun.
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The view is tremendous when you get far away from lights and up over 8,000ft it's chilling to be honest. If you ever get a chance make your plans to be in the Mountains during a camping trip on a clear night. You and your Family will remember it for the rest of your life.
Record for me in one night is 23 shooting Stars, 8 satellites and numerous meteor/UFO sightings. Unidentified because we couldn't figure out what we saw..
They all suck so bad that this kind of stuff is created. I wonder if a 4th grade math class could balance our budget? Surely couldn't do any worse.
If you have clear sky I'd go out tonite. I like to go out at sunset and watch the satellites go by,they are best seen just after sunset because the angle of sun is best for reflecting the light,as it gets darker you will see numerous unblinking star like lights moving thru the starfield.
Saturn,Jupiter,mars will appear first as the sunsets along the suns path with Venus just above the west horizon setting not long after the sun.
The milkyway is overhead with the northern cross laying longways in its line.
Find the big dipper in the north,the 2 stars of the side opposite the handle point out the north star. Go 3 fist widths at arms length in line with those 2 stars and that is the north star.
It never moves ,the sky rotates around it and it is the last star in the handle of the little dipper.
It's that time of year again. The Perseids meteor shower peaks this Wednesday night. This night will be special because as Hillbilly pointed out 10 years ago, the light from the moon can washout most of them. This year (here in the USA anyway) there is no moon so the viewing should be good. Also before dawn Thursday morning 6 planets will be visible at the same time. There is also an eclipse for you guys on the other side of the planet. Pretty busy night if'n you're into that sort of thing. You reading this Hillbilly ? I saw in another thread that "You read everything" 🤪 Anyway just a heads up.
Summer Star Shower: Watch the Perseids with NASA! - NASA
EarthSky is a site I've used for over ten yrs now, to keep updated about night sky activity.
They also have, FB, and X pages.
As well as a YouTube channel.
Before the smokies started up with their backcountry camping fee/reservation, Jenn and I used to go stealth camp up on Gregory bald for an awesome night sky view during showers, or planetary events.
Is this the deal that’s supposed to cause us to lose gravity for 7 seconds or whatever the time is in a day or two?
😄I haven't heard of that one lol. I need to find out exactly when so I can weigh myself for the weight loss thread 😆
What kind of mind must you have to think of shit like that? Funny.
If you live in or near the city, staying up till 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning on a work night might not pay off so good. You will only see only the biggest and brightest because of local light pollution which will eliminate a considerable amount of the per hour estimates. The absence of the moon helps a lot. I've seen the shower from some very remote campgrounds and part of the fun is hearing all the oohs and aahs throughout the night. It's weird because it's pitch black and you can't see anybody and all of the sudden the whole campground erupts. Some novices try and keep bright lanterns on. They will be hearing it from everybody around them. "Turn off the light dipshit".
I'd love to see the guy who's predicting this. 🤣
Hey Pro , you hack this guys account ?
I heard it somewhere. I didn’t say I believed it.
Most scared I've ever been in my life was watching a meteor shower.... saw hundreds of them per minute.... some bright enough to light up the ground.... I thought to myself "if one of those hit where I'm standing it's a wrap".... fun stuff.... loll
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