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Posted by VDub on Jul-22-2009 02:27:

For the star gazers...

I found an interesting site....

www.spaceweather.com/flybys

The ISS is supposed to be very visible tonight except for the damn overcast sky...

But they say it'll also be out every night this week and into the weekend so mark the time and look up....

Posted by Anas Attia on Jul-22-2009 02:51:

cool site.

Posted by English Rachel on Jul-22-2009 20:27:

Lovely! I will try and remember to look

Thanks Nick, LOVE sky gazing

Posted by Abercrombie on Jul-22-2009 20:53:

The Perseids are always a treat in August each year. They'll come best on the 11th, radiating from just left of Cassiopeia's "W". You'll have to catch them before the moon rises though this year.

Posted by English Rachel on Jul-23-2009 12:52:

quote:
Originally posted by Abercrombie
The Perseids are always a treat in August each year. They'll come best on the 11th, radiating from just left of Cassiopeia's "W". You'll have to catch them before the moon rises though this year.

That's my birthday!! There always seems to be some starry stuff on the 11th August... weird

Posted by Intangible on Jul-23-2009 12:55:

quote:
Originally posted by English Rachel
That's my birthday!! There always seems to be some starry stuff on the 11th August... weird

Yup same here (although my bday is the 12th)
I remember my 19th birthday I went to a friends cottage and we sat out on the dock watching the meteors.

It's a magical time of the year

Posted by lopi on Jul-23-2009 22:59:

Any other meteor shower this year? I think there is one in October that we can see from canada. Mona, Dima, Transid, Robst*r and I went to one 2 years ago in a random farmers field. It was tits.

Posted by Abercrombie on Aug-13-2009 01:51:

Posted by rabbitjoker on Aug-13-2009 02:06:

Don't forget Leonid Meteors for all of August!

Posted by Jayx1 on Aug-13-2009 02:38:

GEEKS! All of you!!!

So when is the best time to see the meteor shower again? LOL

Posted by rabbitjoker on Aug-13-2009 03:07:

quote:
Originally posted by Jayx1
GEEKS! All of you!!!

So when is the best time to see the meteor shower again? LOL

Nightime.

Posted by LKD on Aug-13-2009 12:19:

quote:
Originally posted by Jayx1
GEEKS! All of you!!!

So when is the best time to see the meteor shower again? LOL

more like where....too much light pollution all around the GTA

Posted by Abercrombie on Aug-13-2009 13:40:

People in the burbs had no issues. It was fine in Aurora, and I have Newmarket to the north, and TO to the south.

In half an hour, I saw at least a dozen, with two notably bright.

Posted by VDub on Aug-13-2009 14:19:

Interesting story...

I was in Dallas, Texas a while ago and I saw a meteorite hit the top of a rock wall...

It must have been tiny by the time it reached earth but it was a definate streak from the sky and when it hit the wall, it exploded into a shower of sparks...

Kinda looked like when a piece of molten metal falls from a welder and hits the ground, just much faster...

Posted by shevchenko135 on Aug-13-2009 17:41:

I was at the humber park right on park lawn and lakeshore and I saw plenty of them last night. Probably about 10-15 an hour. One shot across the whole sky you can see the trail of light like no other. Thought for the peak of the event I will probably go up north or to Port Hope to check it out.

Posted by PressPLay on Aug-13-2009 19:45:

quote:
Originally posted by rabbitjoker
Don't forget Leonid Meteors for all of August!

The annual Leonids meteor shower is in November.

Last night's Perseids was even better than Tuesday night's peak as far as visibility and frequency where I was.