I watched this morning for about an hour before starting work, from 4AM to about 5AM. In that time, through smoke and high, thin cirrus, I saw exactly ONE Perseid. Pretty pathetic ZHR. I'm getting my tennis racquet ready and waiting for the Geminids. On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 12:12 AM, Rob Ratkowski <ratkwski@gmail.com> wrote:
Robert
The Perseids are tonight !! Not tomorrow. I thought today was the 10th, I f##%ed up on the date. Clouds here, I'll check again at 2am and if clear, go out and have a look.supposed to be a peak about midnight.
R
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On Aug 11, 2013, at 7:59 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
The International Meteor Organization showed a peak in activity yesterday followed by a sharp drop off. So sharp I thought we'd missed it.
But I just checked again and they are showing that as of 0150 UT (about 4 hours ago) the zenith hourly rate had increased to about 50 per hour =/-
From here in Stansbury the smoke is clearly evident but happily thin
enough that I'm able to spot Polaris naked eye.
NWS is calling for the wind to shift to out of the SE tonight so
hopefully by prime meteor observing time that will have happened and the smoke will go away.