[meteorite-list] Perseids Tonight

From: Richard Kowalski <damoclid_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:10:00 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <768902.5039.qm_at_web33907.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

No it is tonight.

See the Sky & Telescope page:

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/52204947.html

We should pass though the 1610 stream around 9UT, but there may be another, smaller peak around 5UT and the "standard peak" should be around 18UT.

All of them tonight.

--
Richard Kowalski
http://fullmoonphotography.net
IMCA #1081
--- On Tue, 8/11/09, Matthias B?rmann <majbaermann at web.de> wrote:
> From: Matthias B?rmann <majbaermann at web.de>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Perseids Tonight
> To: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com, bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
> Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 4:47 PM
> Jan, Bernd & other Perseids
> aficionados , -
> 
> as far as I'm informed the climax this year is expected for
> the night 
> wednesday/thursday = next night.
> 
> My best,
> 
> Matthias
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
> To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 1:25 AM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Perseids Tonight
> 
> 
> > Jan writes: "So far only saw 2 Perseids in one hour."
> >
> > So you are among the lucky ones! No Perseids here so
> far :-(
> > It is cloudy but I caught a hole in the clouds and was
> able to
> > see the Summer Triangle, Hercules (Keystone), the Big
> Dipper,
> > and, of course the last quarter Moon, ... but no
> Perseids :-(
> >
> >> Guess it's not too much firework so far
> >
> > A possible surge in activity is expected for 08-09 hrs
> UT, which 
> > translates
> > into 10-11 hrs MESZ, so, no big deal tonight / tmorrow
> morning for us here
> > in Europe.
> >
> >
> > Best from cloudy
> > Southern Germany,
> >
> > Bernd
> >
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