Perseids meteor shower August 12th (1 Viewer)

[D0njo]

"Every year on August 12th the Perseids reach maximum in their annual shower which spans 2 weeks either side of this date. In 2010, maximum is expected around 01:00hrs on the morning of Friday the 13th. After twillight look towards the northeast for the W-shaped constellation of Cassiopeia. Perseus will gradually rise from the horizon beneath it as the night progresses, remaining above ground for Irish observers all night." Perseids occur as a result of Earth clashing with the dust tail left behind by Comet 109/P Swift-Tuttle, which travels in an orbit crossing near Earth every 134 years, the last pass happening in 1992. Most of this is sand-like and collides with the upper atmosphere at speeds of around 34km/s (122,000km/h). This high speed makes the meteors burn fast and bright, often a blue/white colour. You could expect around 50 to 100 meteors per hour during the night especially around maximum. Fireballs regularly occur.



http://www.tullamoreastronomy.com/Pe...hower-2010.pdf

 

[nooleen]

i can't see nothin
might be cos i'm looking in the wrong direction on a cloudy night at the wrong time of evening i suppose

 

[Umfufu]

No clouds here but the light pollution is horrendous.
I'm heading out to the mother-in-laws tomorrow night to get a good nights viewing.

Hope the clouds stay away!

 

[GO]

I saw a fucking shit loads of meteors2 nights in West Coek.FUCKING RAPID BUZZ

 

[therealjohnny]

Hope to catch this tonight- weathers good...natural light not so good

 

[nooleen]

i was outside gawking at the sky like an eejit for ages on thursday night and saw 7 total

 

[GO]

Hang about Nooly....I reckon 7 is fucking well decent...I only saw the same .....

 

[nooleen]

i was expecting a non-stop extravaganza..

 

[GO]

for Fucks Sake...

 

[D0njo]

Well, I was in Roscommon last night and saw merely a couple, I was happy BUT NOW I'M ANGRY. No, no, not really

 

[nooleen]

are you sure it wasn't the spotlights from rockfords?

 

[josephk]

Were these just like shooting stars yeah?

To be honest, any night I've ever looked up at the stars for long enough on a clear night I've seen multiple shooting stars anyway!

 

[GO]

josephk,countryman

 

[nooleen]

that's why i was expecting a mad load of them

anyway here they all are in a not very magical video

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"This video shows all Perseid meteors brighter than Mag 0 captured by the meteor camera between the 8th and the 14th of August 2010 in Bangor, County Down Northern Ireland. They are in chronological order, you can see the date and time printed at the bottom of the video. The meteor shower this year lived up to its reputation as the old faithful of the meteor showers, with a healthy peak ZHR of 100 (by my own reckoning) at around 3am UT on the 13th morning."