you gonna watch the meteor shower?

[aidenunder]

anyone gonna stay up to see this tell me if you see anythin in florida!
Get ready for a dazzling meteor shower tonight - On Deadline - USATODAY.com

 

[RIMP]

I'm gonna go out and look right now

 

[STILLSMOK9]

Just went outside and saw nothing but some clouds, a few stars, and the moon and a little vapor

Whatever!!

 

[willsgirlie]

I saw one a few years ago and it was amazing, I am too chicken **** to go outside by myself now, hubby is asleep lol and it would be perfect, it's pitch black dark out here

 

[STILLSMOK9]

My SO is asleep as well, let me know if u see something?

 

[skullsoup432]

I'm in Michigan and was out for about an hour. Counted 12, one of which broke apart and left 3 separate trails. The moon is at half so it is washing out the sky kinda bad, though. Think I'll go back out, make it an all niter, then go catch some bluegill at sunrise.
Who said being unemployed sucks?

 

[gashin]

I saw 1. Cloudy night here....

 

[davidb]

This is one of the few reasons I hate living downtown in the city. If it was a weekend I would have gone up to our place in Holland, MI where I could have seen plenty Im sure. Tons of stars there at least with no city lights on the lake

 

[VaporOnly]

can it be seen in new york?

 

[39962]

can it be seen in new york?

It's a world-wide event. Just be sure to go some place where it's dark.

I couldn't count how many I saw. I saw quite a few from my own backyard, but not clearly of course. (My city is small so you can still see the stars half decently.) I'm trying to round up friends so we can drive out and chill in the ditch on a country road tonight to see some more.

 

[UptownRiot]

It's a world-wide event. Just be sure to go some place where it's dark.

I couldn't count how many I saw. I saw quite a few from my own backyard, but not clearly of course. (My city is small so you can still see the stars half decently.) I'm trying to round up friends so we can drive out and chill in the ditch on a country road tonight to see some more.

Wasn't it a one night only deal?

 

[Houdini]

I think it's 3 nights. Too many Vegas lights here for me to see anything. Maybe if I went out in the desert?

From Wiki:
The shower is visible from mid-July each year, with the peak in activity being between August 9 and 14, depending on the particular location of the stream. During the peak, the rate of meteors reaches 60 or more per hour. They can be seen all across the sky, but because of the path of Swift-Tuttle's orbit, Perseids are primarily visible in the northern hemisphere. As with all meteor showers, the rate is greatest in the pre-dawn hours, since the side of the Earth nearest to turning into the sun scoops up more meteors as the Earth moves through space. In 2009 the peak zenithal hourly rate will be about 120, but fainter meteors will be washed out by a waning gibbous moon.

 

[Lab]

I quit trying to see this stuff a long time ago.. unless I am on vacation there is no point to it .. i am lucky to see around 20 stars too much light pollution near chicago