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Mabus
08-12-2009, 02:35 PM
Perseid Meteor Shower to Yield 80 Meteors an Hour? - National Geographic (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/08/090810-perseid-meteor-shower.html)
The Perseids are Coming - Nasa.gov (http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/31jul_perseids2009.htm)


Should still be able to see some showers tonight, weather permitting in your area.
radamanthys
08-12-2009, 02:37 PM
Anyone check it out last night? I went out around midnight, but cloud cover rolled in about 1:30 :-(
Mabus
08-12-2009, 02:43 PM
Anyone check it out last night? I went out around midnight, but cloud cover rolled in about 1:30 :-(
Was cloudy here (near Cleveland, Ohio, USA) last night. Should be reasonably clear here tonight.
Gelston
08-12-2009, 02:44 PM
People still care about shit that happens in space?
Mabus
08-12-2009, 02:46 PM
People still care about shit that happens in space?
Just the nerds, the people that like the pretty lights, and those trying to immanentize the eschaton.
The Ponzzz
08-12-2009, 04:12 PM
People still care about shit that happens in space?

Pretty much. I get RSS feeds to my phone about a lot of space stuff, because I'm a nerd like that. I follow space probes too and can't wait for the updates to come in a few years on Pluto and beyond.

And yeah, last night was too cloudy for anything in South Bend, Indiana.
radamanthys
08-12-2009, 04:13 PM
It's the international year of astronomy, as well.