Remind HN: The Perseid meteor shower peaks tonight

[js2]

The shower peaks late tonight (Aug 12) at 2 AM EDT (0600 GMT). A dark sky, lawn chairs, a thermos of tea, and enjoy the show.

The darker the sky the better. If you can make out the little dipper, you're in pretty good shape.

[js2]

Oops, the date/time I wrote is confusing. It's technically 2 AM EDT on Aug 13th.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseids

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/...

[wrboyce]

http://time.is/0600_13_Aug_2015_in_UTC?Perseids+Peak

[adambware]

Dark Sky Finder for optimal viewing locations

http://www.jshine.net/astronomy/dark_sky/

[daveloyall]

Cloud cover forecast for the continental USA: http://graphical.weather.gov/supplementalpages/view_image.ph...

Or, an interactive version: http://graphical.weather.gov/sectors/conus.php?element=Sky

[kzisme]

That's really depressing :(

[AlbertoGP]

This page includes a browser-based planetarium in case you don't have KStars etc. at hand today:

https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?id=20150813_11_100

[deftnerd]

I just moved to a mountain ridge in central Puerto Rico from Austin, TX. I've been astonished that I can easily see the Milky Way. I look forward to tonight!

[BossHogg]

If you're stuck indoors/in front of a screen, NASA will live stream starting at 9pm Central (US) time. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-msfc

[boothead]

Looks like the weather is going to be too overcast in the south of England :-(

[Mc_Big_G]

We layed out for about 45 min last night and only saw one, but it was pretty huge and amazing. It even had a slight orange glow. It still doesn't beat the one from 2 years ago but it was good.

[ArekDymalski]

I planned to watch them with my son tonight, but unfortunately here in Poznan, Poland the sky is so cloudy that we won't see a single meteor.

[CatsoCatsoCatso]

I saw 4 shooting stars (I prefer calling them that) on Monday night at roughly midnight within about 2 minutes.

Would these have been connected to this?

[kordless]

It's typically 'window' on these showers, so maybe!

[jsutton]

Will you still be able to see many meteors if you're watching from within a city?

[js2]

Depends on the city, but if you can't see the north star, you're not going to see any but the brightest meteors.

Aside: I consider it a life skill to be able to find the north star. :-)

[bbcbasic]

Call me and try to wake me up

Sorry couldn't help it :-)

[colinbartlett]

https://wakerupper.com

[asdfgtyuiohj]

thanks! i got my CELESTRON FirstScope. word to hardware people.

[selimthegrim]

:o - I wish I still had my Questar Seven. Even a Celestron would be nice.