Weather for Northwest Ohio: Mostly Cloudy, just like it is whenever there is a fascinating astronomical event. :(
Strong Meteor Shower Expected Tonight - Yahoo! News
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Weather for Northwest Ohio: Mostly Cloudy, just like it is whenever there is a fascinating astronomical event. :(
Strong Meteor Shower Expected Tonight - Yahoo! News
Cool. Too bad I've gotta be up early in the morning.
:( sux 2 b us
That's what you get for living in failstate.
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.
Nice. I'll be awake. And clear skies tonight! I'll go outside and take a look. ^_^
My friend and I are going out at 3 am just to see it. I can't wait!
*wonders what old man gave his life to cast Meteo*
*whistles* :rolleyes2Quote:
Originally Posted by Momiji
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.
Do meteor showers happen all night? o.o Or is it a, you have to catch it at this moment sorta thing?
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.
It should be happening throughout the night, though there will be spurts of activity.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jojee
Aww...I wanna see it. But's gonna be raining all day and night today and tomorrow.
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.
Crimson, see my post. They're not something you switch on or off :)
Awesome, hopefully the sky will clear up a bit
I was refering to the fact that I highly doubt it would be visible in daylight.Quote:
Originally Posted by rubah
Then again, i've never seen a Meteor Shower.
Blegh
I was referring to the fact that they go on for days.
;)
Okay, that was so not as cool as I hoped it would be. xD
I was outside for about half an hour. I think 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
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
Couldn't see jack because it was cloudy and raining here. :cry:
I forgot about this and just went to sleep. :( Why didn't you remind me, EoFF?
You'd think someone as terrified of bugs as you would use bug spray more often.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jojee
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.
It would've been nice if it weren't cloudy or stormy here.
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:
i saw 3
then i froze to death
Haven't seen a single one yet.
Still waiting on these meteors.
<_<
There were too many streetlights to be able to see them last night. :(
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
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
A little Pink Floyd would have made my star watching better.
Okay, a lot of Pink Floyd.
August 11, 1999. Cloudy. August 12, 2009. Cloudy.
smurf you, God.
Less mosquitoes woulda made mine better ;3 Maybe some Disney music.
A whole neeeeeew woooooorld~~~ ♪
Look at this stuff,
isn't it neat.
Wouldn't you say my collections complete.
That's the best Disney song ever :colbert:
Thread hijack. Banned.
whatQuote:
Originally Posted by Quin
what significance are those dates
the perseids are annual
I saw some pretty decent ones.
I would have loved to see the meteor, but then it got cloudy... GRR!
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Not At All RenowhatQuote:
Originally Posted by Quin
what significance are those dates
the perseids are annual
I remember that eclipse. It only looked like it was about to rain.