   Perseid Meteor Shower this Weekend
  FYI   The annual Perseid Meteor shower is at it's high point on Sunday, August 13, 2006.   Grab your reclining lawn chairs and hit the nearest open area away from city lights.   Plant the lawn chair so your feet face Northeast and watch away!    Of course, this applies to Northern Hemisphere dwellers only.   Good Luck!   April   
  Super! There isn't a great deal of light pollution around here, compared to around my university accommodation, so it should be nice and bright! Thank you *bows*   ;  Hey thanks for the heads up.  Almost forgot about those.  Hopefully I'll be able to squeeze an evening out between studying for my end of term exams.  Summer school !FTW. [sad]   ;Quote:Original post by AprilFYI   The annual Perseid Meteor shower is at it's high point on Sunday, August 13, 2006.   Grab your reclining lawn chairs and hit the nearest open area away from city lights.   Plant the lawn chair so your feet face Northeast and watch away!    Of course, this applies to Northern Hemisphere dwellers only.   Good Luck!   AprilAnd don't forget your cameras if you got em along with extra batteries.   ;  Righttttt, like I'm gonna go sit outside while flaming rocks fall through the sky?  No thanks.  But I will start digging my shelter now, thanks for the heads up!   ;  can this be seen from anywhere in the northern hemisphere or only from the western hemisphere?   ;  The entire Northern Hemisphere, it generally lasts about a week, but the very best viewing time is this Sunday.    Another note, this probably won't be one of the very best years for viewing since the moon was full recently, so that will make it hard to see some of the smaller bits.   ;  Achtung! Get outside quite early.Quote:Note: All times in this story are local to the reader. So, "plan your meteor watch for 8:30 to 10 p.m." means go outside between 8:30 and 10:00 p.m. local time, no matter where you live. The Perseid meteor shower is best seen from the northern hemisphere.Seems it's _anywhere_ in the Northen Hemisphere, yes.   ;Quote:Original post by AprilThe entire Northern Hemisphere, it generally lasts about a week, but the very best viewing time is this Sunday.    Another note, this probably won't be one of the very best years for viewing since the moon was full recently, so that will make it hard to see some of the smaller bits.I thought you could also see it in the southern hemisphere, but the viewing hours were fewer?   