Hey Night Owls... Go outside

[radamanthys]

And look up.

Perseids tonight. Now to two hours from now.

I'll be out back with a beer and the upstate clear-as-hell sky.

[Delias]

And look up.

Perseids tonight. Now to two hours from now.

I'll be out back with a beer and the upstate clear-as-hell sky.

I'm like 15 miles outside of the city of chicago... I'll look, but doubt I'll see a fuckin thing.

[Nilandia]

Too cloudy! Sadface.

Gretchen

[Methais]

Just went outside and saw a handful of em fly by.

Pretty cool stuff. Makes me wanna go play Star Control II again...

[Asha]

Fucking street lights.

[Sean of the Thread]

And look up.

Perseids tonight. Now to two hours from now.

I'll be out back with a beer and the upstate clear-as-hell sky.

Was an awesomely clear and dark upstate sky tonight. I was thinking it was going to be shitty because this afternoon was cloudy as fuck.

Anyways was a sweet show.

[Skeeter]

I took my kids out and started watching around 1030. I saw one in 30 minutes gave up and went inside.

City lights suck hind tit.

[Delias]

I have a map of the world that shows light pollution. Everywhere is moderately lit, except the eastern US which is like a second sun, and africa is just a big dark spot. That was a light comment, not a race comment.

[IorakeWarhammer]

Stars from the Tunisian desert were amazing

[Drisco]

I have a map of the world that shows light pollution. Everywhere is moderately lit, except the eastern US which is like a second sun, and africa is just a big dark spot. That was a light comment, not a race comment.

:rofl:

I could have seen it. I didn't thought. I was more immersed in SC2 playing pew pew pew and looking at the stars IG through technology and graphics and stuff.

God SC2 turns me on.

[Valthissa]

I have a map of the world that shows light pollution. Everywhere is moderately lit, except the eastern US which is like a second sun, and africa is just a big dark spot. That was a light comment, not a race comment.

This is kind of nice for finding places to view the night sky:

Clear Sky Chart (http://www.cleardarksky.com/c/CndnTXkey.html)

There is a link that gives the viewing conditions at over 4000 places.

C/Valth

[Cephalopod]

Too cloudly last night, which made me sadface. Usually have a great view.

To make me smile, here are some fun tweets from Neil deGrasse Tyson (http://twitter.com/neiltyson) from the last few days regarding it:



Perseid Meteor Shower: A Sun-orbiting debris stream left over from Comet Swift-Tuttle. Earth plows thru it yearly: Aug 11&12

FYI: Earth, in its orbit around the Sun, plows through several hundred tons of meteors per day. More during meteor showers.

Annual summer favorite: Perseid meteor shower. Nights of Aug 11 & 12. Peak rate of 1 per min. Good in eve, but best after 1am

Since Peking is now called Beijing, I always felt that Peking Duck should now be called Beijing Duck.

[Abilene]

Was too muggy, didn't get to see it :(

[Sweets]

My son and I curled up on the porch swing under a sleeping bag and watched from 10 til 11. We lost count after 12. It was awesome.