Perseid meteor shower on ustream

[Bob]

https://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-msfc


https://www.ustream.tv/channel/%E6%98%9F%E7%A9%BA%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%96%E3%82%AB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%A9-%E6%98%9F%E7%A9%BA%E8%A6%B3%E6%9C%9B

[oxy60]

At the rate that everything is on TV or streaming we may never have the pleasure of sitting outside on a balmy August night watching a meteor shower. I remember that experience, fondly.

It's time to go outside and check it out!

[Bob]

Perseid meteor shower... Or just a black screen/joke by NASA? (With some crappy music.)


True.  Nothing like seeing one live.  See one here and it's... Hey!  There was a streak on the screen for a second. 


This is somewhat interesting.... Don't have to wait around this way... But that leaves out the excitement too...

[oxy60]

To get the full effect live you need a dark sky. These days it's very difficult to find a spot that is free of light pollution.

[Bob]

I watched some.  Didn't see anything. 

[m1469]

Agreed.  BOOOOOOO to supposed meteor showers anymore.  They never seem to be what they are supposed to be.  I want my money back!  

"Oh, there will be hundreds" they say.

"The sky is falling" they say.

"This is sooo special and rare" they say.


"BOOOOOOO" I say!

[Bob]

I saw a nice one out of the corner of my eye a few years ago.  Walked out of a building.  Clear sky.  Giant streak across the sky for an instant.  Fast and silent. 


Meteor watching provide food for mosquitoes.

[j_menz]

we may never have the pleasure of sitting outside on a balmy August night watching a meteor shower. I remember that experience, fondly.

Ah yes, those were the days....

[m1469]

Well, I've definitely seen some super amazing shooting stars.  No complaints there!  I've even seen a meteor that never burned out and looked as though it were flying horizontally across the sky ... and was seen even a couple of hundred miles North of here.  It was giant and broke apart a little bit in the sky as I watched it.  And then some pretty cool regular shooting stars, too.  The other night we saw something a little suspicious ... but this is the wrong thread for that    A meteor shower though has never proved to be anything out of the ordinary night sky for me.

[oxy60]

You are lucky to live where you do because for the rest of us it's either a cloud cover or excessive light pollution that prevents us from seeing anything. I would need to drive an hour to get a view of the sky like you have.