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08-12-2009, 04:20 PM
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Perseid meteor showers, last night-tonight
Did anyone catch the Perseids last night. It was supposed to have peaked at around 4am. I set the alarm for 3:30 and then shut it off when it did go off. 
I am going to try tonight for sure as there should still be some good showers left. |
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08-12-2009, 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueRose
Did anyone catch the Perseids last night. It was supposed to have peaked at around 4am. I set the alarm for 3:30 and then shut it off when it did go off. |
Sadly, I did the same... |
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08-12-2009, 05:59 PM
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My husband said the moon was too bright to see anything.
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08-12-2009, 10:14 PM
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I tried, but a combination of Moon and clouds got in the way.
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08-13-2009, 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by catman
I tried, but a combination of Moon and clouds got in the way.
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Me too, but it was a beautiful warm night indeed. Reminded me of Hawaii.
Next year is supposed to be better from what I have read, just a sliver of New Moon. |
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08-13-2009, 09:52 AM
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I stood looking for about ten minutes at 5:00am - still dark here then - and saw nary a one. Moon wasn't much of a factor but could have shielded really dim ones. I've seen plenty of previous "showers" and feel there should be another name for them - "sprinkles" maybe?  |
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08-13-2009, 10:20 AM
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There was too much cloud cover here in the Rio Rancho area.
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