JimIvens Posted August 6, 2009 Report Share Posted August 6, 2009 POSSIBLE PERSEID METEOR OUTBURST: This year's Perseid meteor shower could be even better than usual. According to NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, a filament of comet dust has drifted across Earth's path and when Earth passes through it, sometime between 0800 and 0900 UT (1 - 2 am PDT) on August 12th, the Perseid meteor rate could surge to twice its normal value. So what does that translate to in GMT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastie Posted August 6, 2009 Report Share Posted August 6, 2009 POSSIBLE PERSEID METEOR OUTBURST: This year's Perseid meteor shower could be even better than usual. According to NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, a filament of comet dust has drifted across Earth's path and when Earth passes through it, sometime between 0800 and 0900 UT (1 - 2 am PDT) on August 12th, the Perseid meteor rate could surge to twice its normal value. So what does that translate to in GMT? If he means UTC, which I think he does, UTC is an hour behind BST. It's equivalent to GMT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandpeat Posted August 6, 2009 Report Share Posted August 6, 2009 oh, universal time, or zulu or gmt, sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queenie79 Posted August 6, 2009 Report Share Posted August 6, 2009 Won't it be daylight though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siffy Posted August 6, 2009 Report Share Posted August 6, 2009 From late night on Tuesday, August 11 till dawn on Wednsday, August 12, a decent sprinkling of Perseid meteors may adorn this summer night So from midnight onwards they will be at their peek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastie Posted August 6, 2009 Report Share Posted August 6, 2009 oh, universal time, or zulu or gmt, sorry Yeah, it's what we go by in H.M.C.G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandpeat Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 The Perseid meteor shower is about to peak. The show begins after sunset on Tuesday, August 11th, and continues until the sun rises on Wednesday, August 12th. A time of particular interest is 0800-0900 GMT (1-2 a.m. PDT) on the 12th. That's when Earth is expected to pass through a denser-than-usual filament of dust from Perseid parent Comet Swift-Tuttle. Forecasters are unsure what will happen, but some have speculated that meteor rates could surge as high as 200 per hour. Bright moonlight will blot out many of those Perseids, but even a fraction of 200 is a good show. From spaceweather.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 I absolutely love things like this, I hope the clouds go away soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandpeat Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 Try looking out for the ISS or other satelites Date Satellite Rise time Direction to look Transit time Max elevation Magnitude 08/10/2009 Genesis 1 00:00:00 am WNW 00:03:24 78.0 3.1 08/10/2009 Genesis 1 01:38:13 am WNW 01:41:28 33.1 4.5 08/10/2009 Lacrosse 3 10:06:33 pm W 10:10:42 56.4 2.5 08/10/2009 Genesis 1 10:17:50 pm WNW 10:21:55 47.2 3.8 08/10/2009 Lacrosse 3 11:48:03 pm W 11:52:13 31.0 3.7 08/10/2009 Genesis 1 11:56:38 pm WNW 12:00:50 87.5 3.0 08/11/2009 Genesis 1 01:35:30 am WNW 01:38:33 27.6 4.9 08/11/2009 Genesis 1 10:15:06 pm WNW 10:19:12 49.3 3.7 08/11/2009 Lacrosse 3 10:35:38 pm W 10:39:40 45.2 2.9 08/11/2009 Genesis 1 11:53:51 pm WNW 11:58:02 80.9 3.0 08/12/2009 Lacrosse 3 09:23:18 pm W 09:27:28 57.3 2.4 08/12/2009 Genesis 1 10:12:21 pm WNW 10:16:28 52.3 3.6 08/12/2009 Lacrosse 3 11:04:48 pm W 11:09:01 32.3 3.6 08/12/2009 Genesis 1 11:51:04 pm WNW 11:55:13 69.5 3.2 08/13/2009 Lacrosse 3 09:52:23 pm W 09:56:26 46.5 2.8 08/13/2009 Genesis 1 10:09:35 pm WNW 10:13:43 56.3 3.5 08/13/2009 Genesis 1 11:48:16 pm WNW 11:52:22 58.8 3.4 08/14/2009 Genesis 1 10:06:48 pm WNW 10:10:57 61.5 3.3 08/14/2009 Lacrosse 3 10:21:32 pm W 10:25:48 33.6 3.5 08/14/2009 Genesis 1 11:45:30 pm WNW 11:49:31 49.2 3.7 08/15/2009 Lacrosse 3 09:14:03 pm S 09:16:09 46.9 2.8 08/15/2009 Genesis 1 10:04:01 pm WNW 10:08:12 68.1 3.2 08/15/2009 Genesis 1 11:42:45 pm WNW 11:46:10 41.0 4.1 08/16/2009 Lacrosse 3 09:38:17 pm W 09:42:35 34.9 3.4 08/16/2009 Genesis 1 10:01:14 pm WNW 10:05:25 76.3 3.1 08/16/2009 Genesis 1 11:40:01 pm WNW 11:43:17 34.2 4.4 08/17/2009 Genesis 1 09:58:27 pm WNW 10:02:38 86.1 3.0 08/17/2009 Genesis 1 11:37:18 pm WNW 11:40:23 28.5 4.8 08/18/2009 Genesis 1 09:55:39 pm WNW 09:59:50 82.7 3.0 08/19/2009 Genesis 1 09:52:52 pm WNW 09:57:01 71.5 3.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KOYAANISQATSI Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 Anything doin?booger all here, just cloods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooter Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 Rain and an orange glow from street lights is all i can see just now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandpeat Posted August 12, 2009 Report Share Posted August 12, 2009 Same here, could almost touch the clouds.. There are some pics here, seems folk in Spain had a good show.... http://www.spaceweather.com/ Lots of odd stuff, and no sunspots... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooks Posted August 12, 2009 Report Share Posted August 12, 2009 Clear sky for weeks and I go out tonight and stare at clouds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooter Posted August 12, 2009 Report Share Posted August 12, 2009 Clear sky just now, seen 1 meteor go over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nautim Posted August 12, 2009 Report Share Posted August 12, 2009 We've had a look out - it's clouded over now but we saw one good one and quite a few momentary meteors (you know the ones just on the right side of 'did I really see something?') Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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