castlecarver

Here is a great chance for anyone who has children interested in
astronomy.

http://www.space.com/spacewatch/070712_perseid_meteors.html

"It's going to be a great show," said Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid
Environment Office at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama.
"The Moon is new on August 12, which means no moonlight, dark skies
and plenty of meteors."

Deb Lewis

We have smokey skies tonight. Earlier there was a thin ribbon of blue
overhead but this evening is all gray-orange haze. We'll lay on the
trampoline, just in case. <g> We'll tell stories and talk and if there
seems to be no hope of seeing meteors well shine the big flashlight
straight up into the darkness and watch the falling ash.

Deb Lewis, in S.W. Montana

castlecarver

--- In [email protected], "Deb Lewis" <d.lewis@...> wrote:
>
> We have smokey skies tonight. Earlier there was a thin ribbon of blue
> overhead but this evening is all gray-orange haze. We'll lay on the
> trampoline, just in case. <g> We'll tell stories and talk and if there
> seems to be no hope of seeing meteors well shine the big flashlight
> straight up into the darkness and watch the falling ash.
>
> Deb Lewis, in S.W. Montana
>
Sounds like a plan... Hope the smoke clears for you soon. We got some
much needed and prayed for rain so last night was cloudy for us but we
were able to see a dozen or so. We sat in chairs on the field road. It
read on another site that it is a two day event so we are going to
look again tonight. But then again we need rain more than a nice view
of the sky...
Sandi

Schafer Vanessa

We looked, but didn't see anything. The weather said
it was supposed to be a good clear night, but it was
super cloudy. Maybe tonight will be different. The
kids were really disappointed.


--- castlecarver <artist@...> wrote:

> --- In [email protected], "Deb
> Lewis" <d.lewis@...> wrote:
> >
> > We have smokey skies tonight. Earlier there was a
> thin ribbon of blue
> > overhead but this evening is all gray-orange haze.
> We'll lay on the
> > trampoline, just in case. <g> We'll tell stories
> and talk and if there
> > seems to be no hope of seeing meteors well shine
> the big flashlight
> > straight up into the darkness and watch the
> falling ash.
> >
> > Deb Lewis, in S.W. Montana
> >
> Sounds like a plan... Hope the smoke clears for you
> soon. We got some
> much needed and prayed for rain so last night was
> cloudy for us but we
> were able to see a dozen or so. We sat in chairs on
> the field road. It
> read on another site that it is a two day event so
> we are going to
> look again tonight. But then again we need rain more
> than a nice view
> of the sky...
> Sandi
>
>


Vanessa




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castlecarver

We were a disappointed too. Last time we caught this one it was
SPECTACULAR. The whole sky was lit with them. But with all the cloud
cover only a very few showed.
Tell them there will be another show in about two months. The peak of
Orionids is supposed to be on 21 October. I think the moon will be
nearly full for that one though. If you can see Orion from your
location you should be able to enjoy a show as long as the weather
holds clear.

--- In [email protected], Schafer Vanessa
<psychomom95@...> wrote:
>
> We looked, but didn't see anything. The weather said
> it was supposed to be a good clear night, but it was
> super cloudy. Maybe tonight will be different. The
> kids were really disappointed.
>
>
> --- castlecarver <artist@...> wrote:
>
> > --- In [email protected], "Deb
> > Lewis" <d.lewis@> wrote:
> > >
> > > We have smokey skies tonight. Earlier there was a
> > thin ribbon of blue
> > > overhead but this evening is all gray-orange haze.
> > We'll lay on the
> > > trampoline, just in case. <g> We'll tell stories
> > and talk and if there
> > > seems to be no hope of seeing meteors well shine
> > the big flashlight
> > > straight up into the darkness and watch the
> > falling ash.
> > >
> > > Deb Lewis, in S.W. Montana
> > >
> > Sounds like a plan... Hope the smoke clears for you
> > soon. We got some
> > much needed and prayed for rain so last night was
> > cloudy for us but we
> > were able to see a dozen or so. We sat in chairs on
> > the field road. It
> > read on another site that it is a two day event so
> > we are going to
> > look again tonight. But then again we need rain more
> > than a nice view
> > of the sky...
> > Sandi
> >
> >
>
>
> Vanessa
>
>
>
>
>
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diana jenner

On 8/13/07, castlecarver <artist@...> wrote:
>
> We were a disappointed too. Last time we caught this one it was
> SPECTACULAR. The whole sky was lit with them. But with all the cloud
> cover only a very few showed.
> Tell them there will be another show in about two months. The peak of
> Orionids is supposed to be on 21 October. I think the moon will be
> nearly full for that one though. If you can see Orion from your
> location you should be able to enjoy a show as long as the weather
> holds clear. .
>
>
>


**Orion is just beginning to return to our part of the world. Scotty sees
him rise when he's going to work, around 3 am! I don't like to think about
Orion, it's too hot to see a "winter" constellation :D
We had a great view of Saturn last night, even if we didn't see the meteors!

--
~diana :)
xoxoxoxo
hannahbearski.blogspot.com


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trektheory

--- In [email protected], "castlecarver" <artist@...>
wrote:
>
> We were a disappointed too. Last time we caught this one it was
> SPECTACULAR. The whole sky was lit with them. But with all the cloud
> cover only a very few showed.

We live where there was no cloud cover, and we still didn't see many.
The best we saw were well before the supposed peak time, too, of 1am.
A number of years ago, we caught one heck of a spectacular show.
Last night, we saw only a few more than you might on an average night.

Linda

j50yab

We lay a rug out on the lawn and took hot tea. I didn't see any til
about 11pm then 3 in under 5 minutes, 1 more, then nothing. It was
amazing, we've only just got interested in space and the stars and I
have never seen a shooting star before in my whole life (I'm 36!!!)

I think we will try again tonight as DS missed it last night. Hoping
for clear skies.

Sarah

castlecarver

> **Orion is just beginning to return to our part of the world. Scotty
sees
> him rise when he's going to work, around 3 am! I don't like to think
about
> Orion, it's too hot to see a "winter" constellation :D
> We had a great view of Saturn last night, even if we didn't see the
meteors!
>
> --
> ~diana :)
> xoxoxoxo
> hannahbearski.blogspot.com
>
>
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>

LOL I like Orion... It's so blazin HOT here he is a welcome sight in
the sky. But I haven't seen him yet this year. The Orionids is and
Early morning show. Like 4am or so. A friend of mine informed me that
the real show last night was later than predicted. 2am. He said he
happened to be awake and noticed it out his window. Counted about 5
per minute... He woke his family up but didn't call us. Which was just
fine by me... I was fast asleep by then.

If you can see the constellation Auriga on Sept 1 there is supposed to
be a very rare Meteor shower then about 04:30 a.m. Pacific Time
Supposed to be a good show but very short. I am not sure if we will be
able to see it from where we are located in SC. I will have to
research to find out. Thats not a constellation I remember being
pointed out to me. Anyone familiar with it?

Debra Rossing

We went out around 1 am and laid on sleeping bags in the back yard and
saw several but DS started not feeling good (stomachy thing) so we went
back in. He was talking about it all day yesterday, how we stayed up
really late and he saw his first ever meteor... It was so cool - even
though we didn't stay out very long (maybe an hour) and the drifting by
clouds probably obscured some, it was really cool just hanging out in
the back yard together - not in the "quiet" because the cicadas were
almost deafeningly loud - but it was one of those "hold onto the
feeling" times.

Deb

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Ren Allen

~~it was really cool just hanging out in the back yard together - not
in the "quiet" because the cicadas were
almost deafeningly loud - but it was one of those "hold onto the
feeling" times.~~

Same here.:)
We were only outside for about 15 minutes, but we lucked out and had
very clear weather. Our backyard is situated away from lights and
town, and set down a little bit so not much light pollution at all. It
was absolutely beautiful and we saw about 4-5 meteors. They were
Ciara's first so she was thrilled.

We just layed on our backs on the deck until the mosquitoes bit a few
times and then headed back in. They just wanted to see a meteor and
they were satisfied. We could see SO many stars that night. It was
amazing.

Jalen kept seeing shapes in the stars..."ooh, there's a starfish" and
other things.:)

Ren
learninginfreedom.com

Schafer Vanessa

We totally missed out on all of them. DH went outside
to see if he could see any of them, but couldn't.
Maybe next time we will be able to.

Glad you got to see them.


--- Ren Allen <starsuncloud@...> wrote:

> ~~it was really cool just hanging out in the back
> yard together - not
> in the "quiet" because the cicadas were
> almost deafeningly loud - but it was one of those
> "hold onto the
> feeling" times.~~
>
> Same here.:)
> We were only outside for about 15 minutes, but we
> lucked out and had
> very clear weather. Our backyard is situated away
> from lights and
> town, and set down a little bit so not much light
> pollution at all. It
> was absolutely beautiful and we saw about 4-5
> meteors. They were
> Ciara's first so she was thrilled.
>
> We just layed on our backs on the deck until the
> mosquitoes bit a few
> times and then headed back in. They just wanted to
> see a meteor and
> they were satisfied. We could see SO many stars that
> night. It was
> amazing.
>
> Jalen kept seeing shapes in the stars..."ooh,
> there's a starfish" and
> other things.:)
>
> Ren
> learninginfreedom.com
>
>
>
>


Vanessa



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Debra Rossing

Yeah - we're out in the boonies somewhat so it gets pretty dark most of
the time. Lightly cloudy evenings seem to be the brightest since they
seem to collect light from farther away (we're about 20 minutes from the
mall but hills and trees keep it from being an issue most of the time).

Deb

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