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Date: 10 Aug 2007 00:23:53
From: Sam Wormley
Subject: The Perseid meteor shower has begun
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Space Weather News for August 9, 2007
http://spaceweather.com
The Perseid meteor shower has begun. Although the display will not peak until August 12th and 13th, sky watchers are
already counting as many as a dozen meteors per hour (including some nice fireballs) during the darkest hours before
dawn. Rates could increase 5- to 10-fold when the shower reaches maximum on Sunday night and Monday morning. Advice:
Get away from city lights. While many Perseids will be bright enough to see from light-polluted urban areas, the
shower's full grandeur is reserved for places with dark and starry skies. This is a good weekend to go camping.
Visit http://Spaceweather.com for photos, observing tips and a sky map. Full coverage of the shower begins today and
will continue until Perseid activity subsides.
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Date: 10 Aug 2007 17:45:39
From: beowulf@nowhere.net
Subject: Re: The Perseid meteor shower has begun
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On Aug 9, 7:23 pm, Sam Wormley <sworml...@mchsi.com > wrote:
> Space Weather News for August 9, 2007http://spaceweather.com
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> The Perseid meteor shower has begun. Although the display will not peak until August 12th and 13th, ...
Yes, I have been out recently, including last night, and have seen
meteors coming in at perhaps one every minute or two, 10-10:30pm CST.
Nice clearn skies. Duluth (northern) Minnesota USA. Going out Sunday
the 12th to try and catch it at a peak, hopefully see lots more.
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Date: 09 Aug 2007 18:29:16
From: Florian
Subject: Re: The Perseid meteor shower has begun
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> The Perseid meteor shower has begun.
Great! I'm planning to spend Sunday night at the Cottonwood campground =
in Joshua Tree national park. ;-)
.Florian
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Date: 10 Aug 2007 01:50:32
From: Sam Wormley
Subject: Re: The Perseid meteor shower has begun
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Florian wrote:
>> The Perseid meteor shower has begun.
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> Great! I'm planning to spend Sunday night at the Cottonwood campground in Joshua Tree national park. ;-)
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> ..Florian
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Good location!
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Date: 11 Aug 2007 06:43:11
From: MiKe2
Subject: Re: The Perseid meteor shower has begun
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Right on worm fuck.
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Date: 12 Aug 2007 17:59:40
From: Marty
Subject: Re: The Perseid meteor shower has begun
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Date: 12 Aug 2007 08:07:30
From: Marty
Subject: Re: The Perseid meteor shower has begun
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I was out last night for about 15 minutes, (Sat - Sun) as saw maybe a
half a dozen. Not bad for "the previous night."
Marty
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Date: 12 Aug 2007 18:27:59
From: Chris Jewell
Subject: Re: The Perseid meteor shower has begun
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movac5@webtv.net (Marty) writes:
> I was out last night for about 15 minutes, (Sat - Sun) as saw maybe a
> half a dozen. Not bad for "the previous night."
> Marty
My wife and I got up at 4AM PDST Sunday for a look. We saw 30 meteors
in 50 minutes. We'll try again tomorrow morning about the same time.
We can see about half the sky, from east through south to west, but
almost nothing north of the zenith due to the many tall trees beyond
our property line. (We're in pine and redwood country.)
--
Chris Jewell chrisj@puffin.com PO Box 1396 Gualala CA USA 95445
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Date: 13 Aug 2007 22:47:20
From: Fred the Red Shirt
Subject: Re: The Perseid meteor shower has begun
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On Aug 13, 5:47 pm, Chris Jewell <ae6vw-digitalra...@puffin.com >
wrote:
> As Sunday morning, my wife and I went out at 4:05 PDST Monday. By
> 4:55 we had seen 76Perseids, many more than Sunday morning. We
> stayed a little longer to make it a full hour, although the sky was
> definitely brighter by then. Our 60-minute total was 87Perseidsand
> 2 other meteors. It was a very nice sky-show.
>
> --
> Chris Jewell chr...@puffin.com PO Box 1396 Gualala CA USA 95445
>From what part of the world did you observe?
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FF
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Date: 14 Aug 2007 12:22:42
From: Chris Jewell
Subject: Re: The Perseid meteor shower has begun
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Fred the Red Shirt <fredfighter@spamcop.net > writes
> >From what part of the world did you observe?
Sorry about that. Gualala is on the Mendocino County coast in California.
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Chris Jewell chrisj@puffin.com PO Box 1396 Gualala CA USA 95445
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Date: 12 Aug 2007 22:25:03
From: Marty
Subject: Re: The Perseid meteor shower has begun
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>We can see about half the sky, from east
> through south to west, but almost
> nothing north of the zenith due to the
> many tall trees beyond our property line.
> (We're in pine and redwood country.)
>--
>Chris Jewell
I'm in west-central Iowa... CLOUDY now, (Sunday 10:22 pm,) just had a
thunderstorm roll through. With a huge amount of luck, maybe it'll
clear. At least it cooled things off. Only 66 degrees now.
Marty
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Date: 13 Aug 2007 10:47:53
From: Chris Jewell
Subject: Re: The Perseid meteor shower has begun
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As Sunday morning, my wife and I went out at 4:05 PDST Monday. By
4:55 we had seen 76 Perseids, many more than Sunday morning. We
stayed a little longer to make it a full hour, although the sky was
definitely brighter by then. Our 60-minute total was 87 Perseids and
2 other meteors. It was a very nice sky-show.
--
Chris Jewell chrisj@puffin.com PO Box 1396 Gualala CA USA 95445
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