Don't forget to checkout the meteor shower tonight!

[katateochi]

You might consider taking a brief break from playing KSP tonight (yeah, I know, not easy) to go outside and watch the meteor shower. Should be at it's peak tonight (12th-Aug). Of course, if your in England (as I am) the clouds might ruin it, but it will be still visible over the next few days, but it's at its peak tonight.

I can't help thinking it will look like many Kerbals doing free fall re-entry....

[EvilotionCR2]

WHERE? I have to watch this throught my telescope!

[Ralathon]

Watched them yesterday night. Perseids are always fun, especially with the moon setting so early this year, so you can see the faint ones.

[regex]

The best viewing hours are between 2 and 4 AM when the Earth's face is facing into the grain/pebble swarm.

Still, I'll check that out before I go to bed. Might be pretty tough in the middle of the "city", but who knows? Thanks for reminding us!

[Mr Shifty]

I went out last night to try to catch a glimpse of a -8.5 Irridium flare and maybe some meteors. Saw neither, but I'll certainly be trying again tonight.

[TheCanadianVendingMachine]

Damn it, Edmonton clouds! I literally can't see the night sky, no clouds or anything where I am

[espm400]

Damn it, Edmonton clouds! I literally can't see the night sky, no clouds or anything where I am

I'm in the same boat. At least that storm last night was something...

[TheCanadianVendingMachine]

Yea, but the thing is I want to see space, not rain and that. (Even though lightning struck a street light right infront of my house)

[Aqua667]

I've got some clouds, and I probably can't stay up until 3 AM. Hope they come sometime around 10 or 11 PM.

[RogueMason]

Clouds, clouds, clouds. Why UK? Why must you lie 60 degrees North?! WHYYY?! We don't enjoy the low pressure systems over here! I'm getting a telescope on Thursday, so you'd better clear up by then!!

Rage about the UK's weather aside, I did manage to spot no fewer than ten satellites plus a meteor about a week and a half ago, with just my binoculars (the meteor was without them, pretty bright one too ). I must say, my binoculars are pretty fantastic, even if the wobble all over the place. The Celestron I plan to get will be better though

Unfortunately, I also live across the Mersey from Liverpool, which always has it's lights blazing at night, so it's rare I get a decent night sky to look at

[rioburrage]

Clouds... that's cute I've got a mountain blocking my view

[Scotius]

I can see some patches of clear sky. Maybe it will get better in a hour or so before i'll go to bed.

[rioburrage]

Can you see this in Spain, Ibiza to be exact?

[Anton P. Nym]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseids

Above link for those wanting to know more about the meteor shower. For viewing times, there's a world-wide listing linked on that page.

-- Steve

[PwnedDuck]

Freaking clouds...

I've never even seen a meteorite shower.

[katateochi]

I'm doing a 'when KSP crashes, check for meteors for the time it takes for KSP to restart' routine now.

Thou I've still not seen any yet, but I did find this in case anyone needs a definitive guide to the meteor showers;

[edit]thanks Anton P. Nym for the more helpful guide![/edit]

[Ralathon]

Can you see this in Spain, Ibiza to be exact?

If you can see Perseus you can see the shower. Since Spain is on the northern hemisphere it should be visible.

[Kerbonautical]

Any idea what sort of time would be the best to see this? (Uk)

[Ralathon]

Any idea what sort of time would be the best to see this? (Uk)

Peak is at some ungodly hour (5AM or something). But you can see them much earlier. It just linearly gets better the closer you get to the peak.

So just go look as late as you're willing to make it. I usually go at 1 AM or something for half an hour or so.

[deadshot462]

I kind of got lucky this year. I have to get up early for work at 4:30 AM only tomorrow which coincides nicely with the peak time of Perseids.

[Kerbonautical]

Peak is at some ungodly hour (5AM or something). But you can see them much earlier. It just linearly gets better the closer you get to the peak.

So just go look as late as you're willing to make it. I usually go at 1 AM or something for half an hour or so.

Ah ok, thanks for the tip! I'm actually a bit of a night owl personally so with any luck I may still be hanging in there close to the peak. Just need to wait for a VERY annoying cloud sheet from the south to get out of the way first, can't really see how far it goes yet but hopefully it won't block the view all night. Had a perfect view an hour ago

[techonce]

Just got back from a vacation in northern Michigan ( not in the UP, but northern lower)

Last Wednesday we were seeing decent métier activity. 1 good one every couple of minutes and this was around midnight local time.

Also saw the ISS 4 nights in a row. Best was watching the Japanese resupply ship get closer each time. 8 minute seperation on Wednesday night. 1 inch apparent seperation Thursday night.

Only thing missing was the northern lights.

[cesarcurado]

The sky is very clear here tonight, I could even see Venus when the Sun was setting (either that or it was a very bright satellite close to the moon).

However I don't think it will be visible from Brazil, sadly but could be wrong (UK is pretty far from here)

[techonce]

Actually Saturn is right next to the moon. Venus will be between the sun and the moon.

You might still have a chance of seeing meteors, but I don't know how much. While they appear to come from the constellation Perseus, it covers a range.

[numerobis]

Clouds... that's cute I've got a mountain blocking my view

Climb the mountain!

Saturday night was perfectly clear; in a minute or so looking up on the side of a rural highway, I saw the milky way, a satellite going through in one direction, and a shooting star going the other way.

Last night was cloudy, and tonight I'm in a big city.