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Jimbean
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 8:08 am 
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Aug. 7) - The Perseid meteor shower, an annual celestial event beloved by millions of skywatchers around the world, returns to the night sky this coming week. But moonlight will interfere somewhat with the view.

Sky & Telescope magazine predicts that the Perseid shower will reach its peak late on Friday and Saturday nights, August 11-12 and 12-13 (for viewers in North America). The rate of activity should pick up after midnight until the first light of dawn.

You'll need no equipment but your eyes. The moonlight in the sky will hide the fainter meteors, and so will artificial light pollution, but the brightest meteors should still show through.

Find a dark spot with a wide-open view of the sky. Bring a reclining lawn chair and a sleeping bag; the bag not only provides warmth against the late-night chill but also serves as mosquito armor in this era of West Nile virus. Cover your remaining exposed parts (including hair and clothing) with an effective mosquito repellent.

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Cool, thanks. I'll be looking for this while LFP since I'm up from 9pm to 2pm anyways.
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me Jim and Mikey gonna have a can of beer and watch this together
we gonna sing love songs too

I wish !! ; ;

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Haha. Only bad thing is that during the time of the shower is that the moon will be at it's fullest.
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You're retarded. Please troll elsewhere.
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k, I'm sorry

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You're retarded. Please troll elsewhere.


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Anyway, am I going to be able to see this by looking around or is there a general direction that I'm supposed to look in that I missed?

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In jersey there are no stars and there is no moonlight. It's like the end of the world, but maybe I'll be able to see this anyway. lol

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You could see it just by looking in the general direction, but you'll have some trouble due to the light of the full moon. It's a shame on the timing really.
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yeh I was trying yesterday but I was too drunk to head to robt moses or somewhere where a lot of the artifical light was drowned out. The full moon really is a pita... gonna try again tonight.

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DeadLegend wrote:
In jersey there are no stars and there is no moonlight. It's like the end of the world, but maybe I'll be able to see this anyway. lol


Dude, that means you'll have to walk away from FFxi and go outside. Have you made the proper physical and emotional preparations for that journey?

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What a rip off, I want my money back. I went to this girl's house last night and we only saw two. Then her dad came out and we almost got caught since I wasn't supposed to be there, so I had to leave.

Anywho, it sucked. Is tonight going to be better?

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I heard Sunday night between midnight and 6 is supposed to be the best time to watch it. I'm gonna try to look tonight and tomorrow night because I'm going to Santa Cruz tomorrow with some friends so it would be amazing if we could have a clear view of it at the beach =)
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