Perseids

[Sciroccology]

The Perseids meteor shower, born of the Swift/Tuttle comet, are due to peak at around 0500 on Tuesday.

Will anyone else be getting up early?

[r1ot]

is there a 5 in the morning, must be witchcraft

[Pigeon]

But it's daylight by then...

[Sciroccology]

Pigeon said:

But it's daylight by then...

Hardly.

[Pigeon]

Er, I am usually awake at 5 in the morning and it is most definitely too light to see stuff in the sky at this time of year...

[Sciroccology]

Actually, you're quite right. I'm usually at work by 0500 and have been known to put my sunglasses on by 0530.

Perhaps my information is incorrect.

[Pigeon]

Time of sunrise for Tuesday is 5:45am, three quarters of an hour before that there's already plenty of light... certainly is when I look out of my window...

[spikeyhead]

The only time I see 5am is on my way home from a night out.

May just have to go somewhere on Monday night.

[Benni]

If you have a REAL good telescope,
you might even see Talby flying with them................

[mybrainhurts]

You sure it's not Novemberish....?

[moleamol]

Sciroccology said:

The Perseids meteor shower, born of the Swift/Tuttle comet, are due to peak at around 0500 on Tuesday.

Will anyone else be getting up early?

This is from skyandtelescope.com

skyandtelescope said:

Perseids should peak on the morning of August 12th, around 11h to 14h Universal Time.

We are UTC+1.

[dilbert]

I don't know what I saw, but a literally couple of weeks back it was really humid. Barely any cooler at night. I went to bed just before dawn, but before doing so I went out to get a bit of fresh air. I was taken by how clear the skies were, and happened to be looking directly upwards. I couldn't believe what I was seeing, but in the space of or six minutes I saw four shooting stars. Really long brilliant streaks, traversing huge areas of the sky at tremendous speed, lasting less than a second.

Keep them peeled.

Edited by dilbert on Monday 11th August 00:46

[Wonky]

Benni said:

If you have a REAL good telescope,
you might even see Talby flying with them................

Ha ha! Made me smile. Dark Star!!!