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I wish I could go too :(
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Aug 12, 06
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Saw two of them on my walk home from work! :)
Meteor Showers are awesome.
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Aug 12, 06
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Blame it on the Moon: The 2006 Perseid meteor shower is going to be a dud. Oh, Earth will pass through the Perseid meteoroid stream, as usual. And meteors will flit across the sky. But when the shower peaks on August 12th and 13th, the glare of the 87%-full Moon will overwhelm most Perseids, making them impossible to see.
That sounds like the end of the story—but don't stop reading. You might see some Perseids, after all. The trick is to look before the Moon rises. Plan your meteor watch for 8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday, August 12. The Moon won't be up yet and, in the darkness just after sunset, a special kind of meteor may appear: the Perseid Earthgrazer. I was outside for a bit , but had no luck, hopefully you peeps in the valley have a better chance. (Note: Because the Perseid peak is broad, Friday evening, August 11, may be as good or better than Saturday evening, August 12. If you're ambitious, try both nights between 8:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. local time.) Earthgrazers are meteors that skim the top of Earth's atmosphere like a stone skipping across the surface of a pond. They appear when the radiant of a meteor shower is near the horizon, spewing meteoroids not down, but horizontally overhead. Such will be the case on Saturday evening after sunset when Perseus (the radiant of the Perseids) first peeks over the northern horizon. Sign up for EXPRESS SCIENCE NEWS delivery Don't expect a storm. Earthgrazers are rare. An hour's watching might net no more than one or two, but that's plenty. Earthgrazers are colorful and gracefully slow. People who see one talk about it for years. Looking for Earthgrazers is simple: Spread a blanket on the ground, lie down and look up. A reclining lawn chair facing north works just as well. Perseid Earthgrazers streak overhead, flying generally north to south. If you haven't spotted an Earthgrazer by 10 p.m., you probably won't. By 10 p.m., Perseus will have risen too high in the sky for grazing meteoroids. (Try skipping a stone by throwing it down into a pond and you'll see the problem.) Plus, the Moon itself rises around 10 p.m. to put a real damper on things. Last edited by Chewy; Aug 12, 06 at 11:47 PM. Reason: cause i fuckin feel like it
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Aug 13, 06
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Saw a couple from my front yard and went to Cypress around 3am and saw a few more and one nice one that left a visible trail for a couple of seconds.
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