Meteor Shower

notonmysofa · Post by **notonmysofa** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:01 am

http://space.newscientist.com/article/d ... omets.html

[quote]The best view of the meteors will be from the west coast of North America, before dawn on [Saturday] 1 September. Based on past showers, there should be up to 200 bright meteors visible per hour, and they may have an unusual blue-green colour.[/quote]

edit - my bad, someone already posted this in open discussion, feel free to remove...

The Hosh · Post by **The Hosh** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:19 am

A meteor shower AND a total lunar eclipse. Now that's something.

Also, the traditional name for a full moon in August is "Green Corn Moon."

Thecatman · Post by **Thecatman** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:43 pm

The Perseid meteor shower peaks this weekend. While on my way home from work Friday night, actually 12:10am Saturday, Aug 11th, I was on southbound on I580 (aka 395) near Damonte Ranch in south Reno, the whole sky looking S/SW lit up for about three seconds. I swore it could'nt be lightning so I leaned foward to look up out the windshield and there was a broken orange streak, like hundreds of "sparks" going in a striaght line. I'm assuming it was a fireball. A meteorite that hit the earth in pieces somewhere. More than likely in the ocean between california and Hawaii. The largest piece I would think was probably no bigger than a baseball. Or it could have been space junk, but that would'nt light up the sky. Saw something similar in November 04 while driving west on US 50 between Fallon and Silver Spring comming back from the ghost town of Candelaria which is between Tonopah and Hawthorne. That was around 10 pm.

Generic Anonymity · Post by **Generic Anonymity** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:27 pm

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009 ... ds2009.htm

It's that time of year again - Perseids are expected tonight.

My area has bad weather, but everyone else should just have to contest with the moon stealing the show.

Roberto Dobbisano · Post by **Roberto Dobbisano** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 2:25 am

evidently the meteor shower was so intense e-playa just fell to it's knees and stopped, in awe, of the sparkly lights in the sky.

thats all it took....

Thecatman · Post by **Thecatman** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 8:43 pm

I saw 4 on my way to work yesterday morning between 04:45 and 05:30

PavementBlues · Post by **PavementBlues** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:09 pm

A year or two ago (the year that Perseides coincided with the new moon), I went out and camped on the playa with some friends. I swear, we must have seen at least 200 - 300 meteors in the hour or so before we got bored. It was nuts.

Glittering Clitoris · Post by **Glittering Clitoris** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:16 pm

Seeing a giant fall will just kill ya

Glit Clit

wedeliver · Post by **wedeliver** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 5:54 am

Nasa should update the Real Time Data link with info on ISS viewings for our camping trip this year. I will post them when they do. As of this writing it only shows through 8-29-09.

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/si ... ted+States

If you notice the link "Nasa Skywatch" in the paragraph at the top of the page, it allows you to dial in a place using Lat and Long, I have tried to get it to work and show me further in the future, maybe someone else can figure it out.

Oh, almost forgot, I got to wave at the ISS and crew this morning. At 5:08am I had a 4 minute viewing. It was great, and boy is that thing bright.

wedeliver · Post by **wedeliver** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 5:21 am

For Winnemucca, nv

THE FOLLOWING ISS SIGHTINGS ARE POSSIBLE FROM MON AUG 17 TO TUE SEP 01
SATELLITE LOCAL DURATION MAX ELEV APPROACH DEPARTURE
DATE/TIME (MIN) (DEG) (DEG-DIR) (DEG-DIR)

ISS Mon Aug 17/05:15 AM 3 69 14 above SW 36 above ENE
ISS Tue Aug 18/04:07 AM 2 20 20 above SE 10 above E
ISS Wed Aug 19/04:31 AM 2 75 59 above SSW 30 above ENE
ISS Thu Aug 20/03:24 AM < 1 11 11 above E 11 above E
ISS Thu Aug 20/04:56 AM 3 33 21 above WNW 21 above NNE
ISS Fri Aug 21/03:48 AM < 1 24 24 above ENE 24 above ENE
ISS Fri Aug 21/05:20 AM 4 17 10 above WNW 11 above NNE
ISS Sat Aug 22/04:12 AM 1 30 30 above N 17 above NNE
ISS Sun Aug 23/04:36 AM 3 16 14 above NW 11 above NNE
ISS Mon Aug 24/05:02 AM 2 11 10 above NNW 10 above N
ISS Tue Aug 25/03:53 AM < 1 14 14 above N 12 above NNE
ISS Tue Aug 25/05:28 AM 1 10 10 above N 10 above NNE
ISS Wed Aug 26/04:17 AM 2 11 10 above NNW 10 above N
ISS Thu Aug 27/04:43 AM 1 10 10 above N 10 above NNE
ISS Fri Aug 28/03:33 AM < 1 10 10 above N 10 above N
ISS Fri Aug 28/05:07 AM 2 13 10 above NNW 12 above NNE
ISS Sat Aug 29/03:57 AM 1 10 10 above N 10 above NNE
ISS Sat Aug 29/05:32 AM 2 21 11 above NNW 20 above NNE
ISS Sun Aug 30/04:22 AM 2 13 10 above NNW 13 above NNE
ISS Mon Aug 31/04:46 AM 2 21 11 above NNW 21 above NNE
ISS Tue Sep 01/05:11 AM 5 52 10 above NW 11 above ESE

I would expect this list to grow since here is the sightings for my place

THE FOLLOWING ISS SIGHTINGS ARE POSSIBLE FROM WED AUG 19 TO THU SEP 03
SATELLITE LOCAL DURATION MAX ELEV APPROACH DEPARTURE
DATE/TIME (MIN) (DEG) (DEG-DIR) (DEG-DIR)

ISS Thu Aug 20/04:56 AM 2 46 36 above WNW 26 above NNE
ISS Fri Aug 21/03:48 AM < 1 17 17 above ENE 17 above ENE
ISS Fri Aug 21/05:20 AM 4 21 11 above WNW 14 above NNE
ISS Sat Aug 22/04:12 AM < 1 30 30 above NNE 20 above NNE
ISS Sat Aug 22/05:46 AM 3 13 10 above NW 11 above NNE
ISS Sun Aug 23/04:36 AM 2 20 19 above NNW 13 above NNE
ISS Mon Aug 24/05:01 AM 3 13 10 above NW 10 above NNE
ISS Tue Aug 25/03:53 AM < 1 15 15 above NNE 13 above NNE
ISS Tue Aug 25/05:27 AM 2 11 10 above NNW 10 above NNE
ISS Wed Aug 26/04:17 AM 2 13 12 above NNW 10 above NNE
ISS Wed Aug 26/05:52 AM 2 13 10 above NNW 12 above NNE
ISS Thu Aug 27/04:41 AM 2 11 10 above NNW 10 above NNE
ISS Fri Aug 28/05:06 AM 2 13 10 above NNW 12 above NNE
ISS Sat Aug 29/03:57 AM < 1 11 11 above N 10 above NNE
ISS Sat Aug 29/05:31 AM 2 20 11 above NNW 19 above NNE
ISS Sun Aug 30/04:21 AM 1 13 11 above N 13 above NNE
ISS Sun Aug 30/05:56 AM 3 42 10 above NW 40 above NE
ISS Mon Aug 31/04:46 AM 2 20 11 above NNW 20 above NNE
ISS Tue Sep 01/05:10 AM 5 44 10 above NW 11 above ESE
ISS Wed Sep 02/05:35 AM 5 52 10 above WNW 11 above SE
ISS Thu Sep 03/04:28 AM 2 32 32 above E 11 above ESE
ISS Thu Sep 03/06:00 AM 3 15 10 above W 11 above SSW

ONLY DAYS WITH SIGHTING OPPORTUNITIES ARE LISTED

THE FOLLOWING SHUTTLE SIGHTINGS ARE POSSIBLE FROM TUE AUG 25 TO FRI SEP 11
SATELLITE LOCAL DURATION MAX ELEV APPROACH DEPARTURE
DATE/TIME (MIN) (DEG) (DEG-DIR) (DEG-DIR)

SHUTTLE Thu Aug 27/04:42 AM 2 11 10 above NNW 10 above NNE
SHUTTLE Fri Aug 28/03:33 AM < 1 10 10 above NNE 10 above NNE
SHUTTLE Fri Aug 28/05:07 AM 2 13 10 above NNW 12 above NNE
SHUTTLE Sat Aug 29/03:57 AM < 1 11 11 above N 10 above NNE
SHUTTLE Sat Aug 29/05:31 AM 2 20 11 above NNW 19 above NNE
SHUTTLE Sun Aug 30/04:21 AM 2 13 10 above NNW 13 above NNE
SHUTTLE Sun Aug 30/05:56 AM 3 42 10 above NW 40 above NE
SHUTTLE Mon Aug 31/04:46 AM 2 20 11 above NNW 20 above NNE
SHUTTLE Tue Sep 01/05:10 AM 5 45 10 above NW 11 above ESE
SHUTTLE Wed Sep 02/05:35 AM 5 52 10 above WNW 11 above SE
SHUTTLE Thu Sep 03/04:29 AM 2 32 32 above E 11 above ESE
SHUTTLE Thu Sep 03/06:01 AM 3 15 10 above W 11 above SSW
SHUTTLE Fri Sep 04/04:54 AM 1 26 26 above SSE 11 above SE
SHUTTLE Sun Sep 06/08:32 PM 3 29 10 above SSW 29 above SE
SHUTTLE Mon Sep 07/08:57 PM 3 75 10 above WSW 68 above NNE
SHUTTLE Tue Sep 08/07:47 PM 5 31 11 above SSW 10 above ENE
SHUTTLE Tue Sep 08/09:24 PM 1 27 22 above WNW 27 above NNW
SHUTTLE Wed Sep 09/08:12 PM 5 69 10 above WSW 12 above NE
SHUTTLE Thu Sep 10/08:39 PM 3 26 24 above NW 10 above NE

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 10:59 am

We have to go to Winnemucca?

wedeliver · Post by **wedeliver** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 11:49 am

Ugly Dougly wrote:We have to go to Winnemucca?

Is that a problem?

wedeliver · Post by **wedeliver** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 5:41 am

Because "some people" didn't want to drive to winnemucca to see the ISS and Shuttle, I have bribed NASA for info that applies to the Black Rock.

NASA SKYWATCH SKYLOG OUTPUT

***** User-Input *****

Satellite Local Date/Time Pass Max Elev
(Deg) Approach
(Deg-Dir) Departure
(Deg-Dir)
ISS Mon-Aug-24,09@05:01 02m00s 11 10-above-NNW 10-above-N
ISS Mon-Aug-24,09@05:01 02m00s 11 10-above-NNW 10-above-N
ISS Tue-Aug-25,09@03:53 00m20s 13 13-above-N 12-above-NNE
ISS Wed-Aug-26,09@04:17 01m00s 11 10-above-NNW 10-above-N
ISS Wed-Aug-26,09@05:52 02m00s 11 10-above-N 10-above-NNE
ISS Fri-Aug-28,09@05:07 01m00s 11 10-above-NNW 11-above-NNE
ISS Sat-Aug-29,09@05:31 03m00s 18 11-above-NNW 18-above-NNE
ISS Sun-Aug-30,09@04:21 02m00s 12 10-above-NNW 11-above-NNE
ISS Sun-Aug-30,09@05:56 02m00s 37 10-above-NW 37-above-N
ISS Mon-Aug-31,09@04:46 02m00s 19 11-above-NNW 18-above-NNE
ISS Tue-Sep-01,09@05:10 04m00s 42 10-above-NW 30-above-E
ISS Wed-Sep-02,09@05:35 06m00s 53 10-above-WNW 12-above-SE
ISS Thu-Sep-03,09@04:28 02m00s 37 37-above-ENE 11-above-ESE
ISS Thu-Sep-03,09@06:01 01m00s 15 10-above-W 15-above-WSW
ISS Fri-Sep-04,09@04:53 02m00s 33 33-above-SSE 11-above-SE
ISS Sat-Sep-05,09@20:08 00m20s 10 10-above-SE 10-above-SE
SHUTTLE Fri-Aug-28,09@05:07 02m00s 11 10-above-NNW 11-above-NNE
SHUTTLE Sat-Aug-29,09@05:32 02m00s 18 11-above-NNW 18-above-NNE
SHUTTLE Sun-Aug-30,09@04:22 01m00s 12 10-above-NNW 11-above-NNE
SHUTTLE Sun-Aug-30,09@05:56 02m00s 33 10-above-NW 33-above-N
SHUTTLE Mon-Aug-31,09@04:46 03m00s 19 11-above-NNW 18-above-NNE
SHUTTLE Tue-Sep-01,09@05:11 03m00s 42 10-above-NW 30-above-E
SHUTTLE Wed Sep 02,09@05:36 05m00s 52 10 above WNW 12 above SE
SHUTTLE Thu Sep 03,09@04:29 02m00s 37 37 above ENE 11 above ESE
SHUTTLE Thu Sep 03,09@06:01 01m00s 14 10 above W 14 above WSW
SHUTTLE Fri Sep 04,09@04:54 01m00s 33 33 above SSE 11 above SE
SHUTTLE Sat Sep 05,09@20:09 00m20s 10 10 above SE 10 above SE

You will notice that all the views are in the early morning until Sept 5, when you can see both the ISS and shuttle a little after 8:00pm (the shuttle has to launch the day after tomorrow, the 25th of August)