On Aug 13, 2007, at 4:46 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > At 03:03 PM Saturday 8/11/2007, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: >> On 8/11/07, Ronn! Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> At 09:17 AM Friday 8/10/2007, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: >>>> This is the weekend that the Perseid meteor shower should peak. >>> >>> So give it a peek. >>> >>> If it's cloudy, you may be piqued. >>> >>>> http://www.earthsky.org/radioshows/51468/the-2007-peak-of-the-per >> seid-meteor-showe >>>> (no "r" at the end) >>> >>> Maybe that means it's a really big showe . . . >> >> I have some friends who are going camping this weekend so that they >> can watch the show(e) -- that is, if they can still see straight by >> dark. They're taking an obscene amount of beer along. >> >> My wife and I may be taking a little romantic drive out into the >> country late tonight to take a look. It should be lots of fun. > > There was some haze and high, thin stuff here this morning, but I did > see a handful which equaled or surpassed Mars in brightness. One of > them was clearly a non-shower member, as it was going the wrong way > (across Cassiopeia toward the head of Perseus). Sunday morning the > air was more transparent, and though I didn't get out until it was > starting to get a little light I saw a few fainter ones.
That about matched the experience of Ryan and I around midnight Saturday. Not peak viewing, but a small handful of bright ones that left nice glowing trails for a second or so, including a pair that went in dead-opposite directions a couple of minutes apart -- clearly, someone didn't get the memo. Dave _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
