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ATF_SurrenderMonkey

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Shower anyone?

Ha you wish!   I mean the meteor shower......

http://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/me … rseid.html

Pleaides   please add something!!!

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Re: Shower anyone?

Yes! 3AM est will be peak I think! I saw a few last night while looking at northern lights. I'm hoping for many more meteors tonight!

Pleiades53

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Re: Shower anyone?

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/ … w-to-watch

http://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/me … rseid.html

Simply go North and up 6 degrees or so past me (Pleiades) and you will be in Perseus. Keep to the RIGHT of Cassiopeia and look a little higher. This is simply the "radiant" (point of origin) of the meteors. May your skies be clear and your eyesight keen. UNLIKE mine...........

http://www.amsmeteors.org/meteor-showers/meteor-faq/

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Cassiopeia is the "Big Summer W in the sky"
Forgot to mention that.

ATF_SurrenderMonkey

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Re: Shower anyone?

Thanks!  NOthing like a little dusty debris to start the morning shower!

in case I can steal the wifees iPhone....
is there an app for this to point the correct direction???

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Pleiades53

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The only "app" you will need is your own optics. You CANT miss them!
We saw a little over a dozen in an hour and the very first one spectacular!

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Saw a few over here with auroras too! Best part... there weren't any mosquitoes!

Don't worry Monkey... you may have another nnightto see!

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Dang Sunshine..........I have never seen the Aurora Borealis in my life, let alone on a night with the Perseids. I wouldnt even care about the mosquitos!!!!! Can you say "Green with Envy"???  :-)