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Perseids Meteor Shower

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by Orange_and_Bluke, Aug 14, 2023.

  1. Aug 14, 2023 #1
    Orange_and_Bluke

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    Anybody check out the skies over the past couple nights?
    I took my daughter outside the past two nights and we saw 25 shooting stars. A couple of them were spectacular…like rocket ships blasting through.
    I love it when the moon and the clouds make way.
    Perseid meteor shower lights up skies
     
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  2. Aug 14, 2023 #2
    ursidman

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    Neighbor has a nice telescope and we plan to have a fire, drink whiskey and look up but it has been stormy. Running out of time.

    @obgator, the OP is off topic? :emoji_joy::emoji_joy:
    I think I miss much.
     
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  3. Aug 14, 2023 #3
    gatorpa

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    I went out for a few last night and didn’t see any.

    Typically I see at least 2-3 a week as it is, I live where there is less light pollution so I’m lucky in that regard.

    Some nights I can even see the galactic spiral
     
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  4. Aug 14, 2023 #4
    G8trGr8t

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    not political...i'm saying that if not for the democrats these meteors would hav ehit earth...or maybe the pink and purple ones are here to groom our children. i guess if it is here, it has to be political..left you a bear video in the pub
     
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  5. Aug 14, 2023 #5
    Orange_and_Bluke

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    We were out there at 1:30 am.
    It was very consistent action.
     
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    obgator

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    I use the Bluke rating scale for his threads/posts :rolleyes:
     
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    phatGator

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    We drove out Sunday morning to a state park about 40 minutes from here. We got there about 4 AM, which was supposed to be the peak action. Perfect conditions with no clouds, wide-open visibility, and only a sliver of a crescent moon just above the horizon.

    We saw a good number of meteors with some really spectacular ones. However, it was not the 90 per hour I had read would be the peak.
     
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    G8trGr8t

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    better living through chemistry
     
  12. Aug 14, 2023 #12
    gatorpa

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    That’s about when I was out also.
     
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