This years Perseids might be good

[CuriousMike]

Reminder they're coming up August 12th.

Now, does that mean Friday August 11th->to the morning of the 12th, or Saturday the 12th into Sunday the 13th?


http://www.physics-astronomy.com/2017/07/get-ready-brightest-meteor-shower-in.html#.WXk0lojysuU

 

[bigrash]

Reminder they're coming up August 12th.

Now, does that mean Friday August 11th->to the morning of the 12th, or Saturday the 12th into Sunday the 13th?


http://www.physics-astronomy.com/2017/07/get-ready-brightest-meteor-shower-in.html#.WXk0lojysuU

From space.com : "The meteor shower's actual peak is around 1 p.m. EDT Aug. 12, which means that the night before and the night after will both have good rates; Cooke said the show would be slightly better in the predawn hours of Aug. 12, but that there'd be a decent show both nights."

 

[Red Squirrel]

Awesome, it falls when I'm off work. So if it's not cloudy I'll get lot of opportunity to check it out. It's been pretty cold here lately which is sort of a bonus as it means there won't be any mosquitoes. I just hope it won't be cloudy.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Saw a couple, but it got cloudy.

As a side note the moon was freaking epic for a while, it was huge and very yellowish, almost orange. I got my telephoto lens all setup, and clouds covered it too.