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11-08-12, 08:20 PM
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Perseid meteor shower
So who is going to be up and watching/snapping away at this? It is meant to be good tonight and better tomorrow (Midnight to before dawn) Got to be facing a East/North East direction towards the constellation Perseus.
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11-08-12, 09:05 PM
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Re: Perseid meteor shower
Wanted to but don't think I will still be awake
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11-08-12, 09:11 PM
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Re: Perseid meteor shower
I seen 4 two nights ago on top of the sand dunes in Cornwall they were awesome, I shall be going outside in a hour aswell to go watch for them
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11-08-12, 10:05 PM
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Watched the International Space Station pass over at 22:43 tonight followed by a huge shooting star, pretty spectacular!
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11-08-12, 10:14 PM
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Re: Perseid meteor shower
I've seen a couple of bright flashes in the sky tonight..could that be the persied thingies?
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12-08-12, 01:03 AM
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Re: Perseid meteor shower
Saw one as I drove home with the roof down. Missed the ISS tonight, but luckily, I saw it yesterday evening.
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Re: Perseid meteor shower
Didnt see any last night as it was too cloudy
however the other nights in a NE direction we could see like a star but it was flashing blue/red/white, now it wasn't a helicopter or plane as it stayed in the exact same location
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12-08-12, 09:39 AM
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Re: Perseid meteor shower
I think you have to polar align the scope (think it means point it toward the star Polaris) for it to be able to search for stuff. Bought my wife a scope for Christmas last year and really enjoyed looking at Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and the moon. Going to get some more eyepiecs soon to get a better view of Saturn. Also got a camera adapter for the eyepiece so you can put a compact on it.
Got her this one: http://www.scopesnskies.com/prod/sky...lorer130p.html
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12-08-12, 09:44 AM
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Re: Perseid meteor shower
Cheers for the warning - the missus & I will be watching (if the clouds blow over.....)
small clanger - nice 'scope! we've just bought a celestron 130md - looks similar to yours (ours is more at the budget end I think!!) |
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