[meteorite-list] Perseids Tonight

From: Gary Fujihara <fujmon_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:16:34 -1000
Message-ID: <3072572F-6E90-4BE9-B33D-F8D703850373_at_mac.com>

Thank you Richard for the information about peak ZHR for the various
streams. The challenge this year is that the peak will take place in
the glare of a waning gibbous moon.

gary

On Aug 11, 2009, at 2:10 PM, Richard Kowalski wrote:

> 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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Received on Tue 11 Aug 2009 08:16:34 PM PDT