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Yar
08-11-2009, 07:12 PM
Weather for Northwest Ohio: Mostly Cloudy, just like it is whenever there is a fascinating astronomical event. :(

Strong Meteor Shower Expected Tonight - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090811/sc_space/strongmeteorshowerexpectedtonight)

Jowy
08-11-2009, 07:14 PM
Cool. Too bad I've gotta be up early in the morning.

~*~Celes~*~
08-11-2009, 07:24 PM
:( sux 2 b us

Bunny
08-11-2009, 07:27 PM
That's what you get for living in failstate.

Raistlin
08-11-2009, 07:27 PM
I've gotta be up Wednesday so I don't know how much I'll see. Maybe I'll go outside and scope out the skies before I go to bed.

Jojee
08-11-2009, 07:30 PM
Nice. I'll be awake. And clear skies tonight! I'll go outside and take a look. ^_^

SomethingBig
08-11-2009, 07:58 PM
My friend and I are going out at 3 am just to see it. I can't wait!

Momiji
08-11-2009, 08:01 PM
*wonders what old man gave his life to cast Meteo*

Blue Harvest
08-11-2009, 08:23 PM
*wonders what old man was forced at gunpoint to give his life to cast Meteo*

*whistles* :rolleyes2

rubah
08-11-2009, 10:16 PM
Leonids, right?

wait, no that's november. Perseids. :cool:

The last time I caught the perseids was about four years ago, but it was gorgeous. About 4AM with a beautiful moon. The sky was purple.

Jojee
08-11-2009, 10:20 PM
Do meteor showers happen all night? o.o Or is it a, you have to catch it at this moment sorta thing?

rubah
08-11-2009, 10:30 PM
They go on for a couple of days, but tonight is when we will pass through the thickest part of it. Basically there is space junk floating around and our orbit passes through it each year. The meteors show up when they hit the earth's atmosphere and burn up.

Raistlin
08-11-2009, 10:34 PM
Do meteor showers happen all night? o.o Or is it a, you have to catch it at this moment sorta thing?

It should be happening throughout the night, though there will be spurts of activity.

Vermachtnis
08-11-2009, 10:42 PM
Aww...I wanna see it. But's gonna be raining all day and night today and tomorrow.

Crimson
08-11-2009, 10:43 PM
Saw this on the news, unfortunatly I highly doubt i'll be able to see it because it'll be in the middle of the day for us.

rubah
08-11-2009, 10:47 PM
Crimson, see my post. They're not something you switch on or off :)

Unbreakable Will
08-11-2009, 10:54 PM
Awesome, hopefully the sky will clear up a bit

Crimson
08-11-2009, 11:02 PM
Crimson, see my post. They're not something you switch on or off :)

I was refering to the fact that I highly doubt it would be visible in daylight.



Then again, i've never seen a Meteor Shower.


Blegh

rubah
08-11-2009, 11:14 PM
I was referring to the fact that they go on for days.
;)

JKTrix
08-12-2009, 06:33 AM
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Jojee
08-12-2009, 10:05 AM
Okay, that was so not as cool as I hoped it would be. xD

I was outside for about half an hour. I <i>think</i> I saw one out of the corner of my eye, but I didn't get a good look at any falling meteors.

I'm now swelling up in about 5 different places and unbelievably itchy because I'm allergic to most mosquito bites. :p

Timekeeper
08-12-2009, 11:14 AM
I saw the leonids a few years back, that was pretty amazing. There were continuous streaks appearing across the sky for quite some time, it was well worth getting up at 3am :D

oddler
08-12-2009, 11:26 AM
Couldn't see jack because it was cloudy and raining here. :cry:

Raistlin
08-12-2009, 12:53 PM
I forgot about this and just went to sleep. :( Why didn't you remind me, EoFF?


I'm now swelling up in about 5 different places and unbelievably itchy because I'm allergic to most mosquito bites. :p

You'd think someone as terrified of bugs as you would use bug spray more often.

scrumpleberry
08-12-2009, 02:40 PM
I saw a lunar eclipse a few months back by accident! I watched it for ages and then looked it up on the interbuttz. I felt lucky. It was very pretty.

PeTeRL90
08-12-2009, 06:06 PM
It would've been nice if it weren't cloudy or stormy here.

DarkBahamut
08-12-2009, 06:14 PM
My brother and I were trying to see them, but it was so damn misty and cloudy, and the stupid Gibbous moon was bright. But obviously we can't just tell the moon to go away. :(:cry:

krissy
08-12-2009, 07:01 PM
i saw 3

then i froze to death

theundeadhero
08-12-2009, 07:03 PM
Haven't seen a single one yet.

Crimson
08-13-2009, 12:07 AM
Still waiting on these meteors.


<_<

Momiji
08-13-2009, 12:15 AM
There were too many streetlights to be able to see them last night. :(

Freya
08-13-2009, 06:43 AM
Being in the middle of nowhere had it's benefits. The sky was clear too! I sat outside wrapped in a blanket on my back porch for over an hour. Then I got too cold and went inside.

It was cool! I mean I didn't see a lot of them but I did see quite a few. I think if I had stayed out there longer I'd have seen more but I was getting too cold. To make it seem more chill and less boring I was listening to some Deathcab for cutie :P

I'm sure i'd have had more fun if I wasn't sitting out there alone. :P

krissy
08-13-2009, 07:41 PM
ya it wouldn't have been as cold if i had other ppl. i might have survived.

star watching is totally an electro pop moment i think
or space rock
or ambient

theundeadhero
08-13-2009, 08:27 PM
A little Pink Floyd would have made my star watching better.
Okay, a lot of Pink Floyd.

Quindiana Jones
08-13-2009, 08:49 PM
August 11, 1999. Cloudy. August 12, 2009. Cloudy.

Fuck you, God.

Jojee
08-13-2009, 08:54 PM
Less mosquitoes woulda made mine better ;3 Maybe some Disney music.

A whole neeeeeew woooooorld~~~ ♪

theundeadhero
08-13-2009, 09:44 PM
<i>Look at this stuff,
isn't it neat.
Wouldn't you say my collections complete.</i>

That's the best Disney song ever :colbert:

Quindiana Jones
08-13-2009, 09:46 PM
Thread hijack. Banned.

krissy
08-13-2009, 11:39 PM
August 11, 1999. Cloudy. August 12, 2009. Cloudy.

smurf you, God.

what

what significance are those dates

the perseids are annual

Bunny
08-14-2009, 12:14 AM
I saw some pretty decent ones.

Formalhaut
08-14-2009, 06:12 AM
I would have loved to see the meteor, but then it got cloudy... GRR!

Quindiana Jones
08-14-2009, 09:37 AM
August 11, 1999. Cloudy. August 12, 2009. Cloudy.

smurf you, God.

what

what significance are those dates

the perseids are annual

11 was when I checked out the solar eclipse in Britain. And by checked out, I mean noticed the clouds went slightly darker and the birds stopped talking.

Blue Harvest
08-14-2009, 12:25 PM
I remember that eclipse. It only looked like it was about to rain.