Marym2 Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 HiI will be over in Brittany around the time this occurs, does anyone know if this will be clear, and can I see it there?thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fridgeman Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Hi MaryAs long as the skies are clear you should have no problem, happens on August 12th and no moon that night best from about 11pm through till day break, for a couple of days prior and a couple of days after you should see some activity but the 12th should be superb, you will need somewhere dark not near any lighting and about 10/15 minuets for your eyes to get used to the dark, I will be in Brittany at the same time.......see you there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marym2 Posted August 1, 2007 Author Share Posted August 1, 2007 B****r, have other plans that night, but will be on a boat so should still get a good veiw. Thats if the skys are clear. Thanks Fridgeman.MM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patmobile Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 One night in August 1979 I was sailing my boat up the Channel. It had been a long and tiring passage with several sail changes and some complicated stretches of coastal water to navigate earlier in the day, and, alone on deck towards the end of a four-hour late night watch I realised how overtired I was when I imagined seeing flashes of light streaking across the sky. I thought it best not to wake the next man on watch and thus alert the crew to my exhaustion, so I hung on doggedly until the watch change, all the time telling myself the flashes in the sky were an illusion caused by fatigue.The end of my watch finally came, I was relieved by the next man, and I went wearily below to write up the log and plot the boat's position on the chart before turning into my bunk for a welcome rest. Suddenly, the new man on watch shouted excitedly from the deck. "Wake up you lot, and get up here quick! You've got to see this fantastic show of shooting stars!"Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkhunter Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 The end of my watch finally came, I was relieved by the next man,My, what you sailers get up to ???????????????? [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patmobile Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 [quote user="sharkhunter"]The end of my watch finally came, I was relieved by the next man,My, what you sailers get up to ???????????????? [;-)][/quote]Well, at least I'm not sodomising a shark! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marym2 Posted August 6, 2007 Author Share Posted August 6, 2007 Hi, over here now and had a good chat with the local farmer, who has seen it most years. The good thing is maybe it starts earlier, he has seen them s few days before the offical time, and as the skys are fantasic at the moment I hope that they come as soon as poss. Happy veiwing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkhunter Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 Hi Pat, it was a female shark, shame on me for not going after the old sailors favourite, the common skate..................ah memories eh [:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 Now now girlies!! Keep it clean, if that is possible with some people [:(]?Have a look at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6940962.stm . It should be a really good night tonight with clear skys here tonight. If, after our late night last night, we can stay up we will be watching. Shame it would be so difficult to capture it on a photo? too much light pollution even in ur little village.Edit :- is that hunter or baiter?Further edit :- and if so are you a MASTER at it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 The annual Perseid meteor light-show is back!Grab a light fleece and lie down comfortably on the grass or on a sun-lounger,away from any source of light. No telescope orbinoculars are necessary. The light-show will start in the east and then pass overhead.Best viewed before dawn tomorrow (Wed 12) morning and tomorrow night till the small hours of Thursday.Links: Skywatchers set for meteor showerPerséides, saison 2009 (translation) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Have you seen the Google home page for today?Very appropriate [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr orloff Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Look to the North-East just below Cassiopeia. It's not really worth watching after the moon gets up too high. I saw a good dozen last night in an hour or so around midnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 NORTHERN FOLK TERRIFIED BY ANGRY SKY MAGIC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Jolly good show last night [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Oh yes! No moon, so wonderfully dark for watching. Also la voie lactée plainly visible in all its glory (sorry, showing off to Clair that I know that term but only because she is always giving me the French for things [:P]) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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