Good night to watch the meteor shower

[rbh]

Well its the annual Perseids meteor shower, last night they were at thier height, but tonights good as well.
ISS flew directly over our house at about 9:30 just awash in the light of the setting sun.
And the skys so clear I could'nt count the number of stars above us theres so many.

 

[southkogs]

Re: Good night to watch the meteor shower

I musta' just missed them ... I was outside maybe a bit too late. Did get to see the planetary alignment with the moon this morning though (Mars and Saturn, I think).

I'll try again tonight.

 

[scottmm73]

Re: Good night to watch the meteor shower

Here in the mid-atlantic (PA), the clouds receded at about 8:50 pm to give us a great view of the Perseids. I watched for about 20 minutes after midnight and had 15 meteors streak across the sky.

 

[soggy_feet]

Re: Good night to watch the meteor shower

As usual, I had cloud cover. Occasionally, it does not pay to live in New England. sigh.

 

[rbh]

Re: Good night to watch the meteor shower

Where we are there is little or no light pollution once we turn off the yard lights.
You can see the whole milky way system clearly, and even better on a cold night.