Where and when is the best time to see a shooting star?

Question

I have never seen one before and I am facinated them. I live in the northeast.

Answer 1

Location isn't really relevant, although too far north makes it harder. You're probably OK.

Go someplace dark, at night. Keep away from street lights, they'll screw up your night vision. City parks are good if they're the best you can do, or someplace undeveloped.

And here's a list of the 2007 meteor showers we can expect:
http://skytour.homestead.com/met2007.html

Answer 2

Where? Someplace where the sky is dark, away from city lights. Most meteors are faint, so the darker your sky, the more you'll see.

When? Any night, but your odds are better after midnight, as we're heading into the particle streams then. At certain times of year the Earth passes through concentrations of meteoroids, called meteor showers. The best one is the Perseids, with a maximum around August 12, though any night that week should be good.

Answer 3

You need a clear dark sky with no trees or buildings blocking your view. Any location on Earth is good as long as it meets the above mentioned criteria. The best time to look is usually after midnight. And the best days to look are during the known showers. There is a major shower August 12.

But you have to be patient and forgiving. I have gone out specially to a dark location to see meteors, watched for an hour or so and seen none. I have also gone out in my back yard and seen 50 bright ones in an hour. So it varies a lot and you just need to be patient and try until you see some.

Answer 4

Yes, I was on a ferry crossing Lake Michigan in the middle of the night. I was up on deck when the Captain shut the deck lights off, and there it was, streaking across the sky just under the full moon. I never seem to have a camera at the right time.

Answer 5

There are 2 meteor showers coming up, the Perseids in August and the Leonids in November. Usually the best time is in the early morning (3am) but you'll start seeing them once its gets dark if you are patient.

Answer 6

this can be best observed when the earth is travelling into a debris-field of small particles left behind by a comet.
there are a few of such trails the earth is passing over the year, sometimes you can see many of such 'stars' sometimes you see nothing cause noone knows the density of the trail in front of us.
You can get information about when such occurences are in astronomic magazines or the internet.
by searching for meteor-showers or meteorites

Answer 7

Just simply find a nice empty field, sit back and look skyward. You should see a shooting star before very long. Their not that uncommon, but still are worth seeing!

Answer 8

in a meteor shower. usually the local weather-people will tell you when one is coming.

The Pleides (sp?) is one set of predictable meteor showers; the Leonides (sp?) is another. I am sure there are others.

Shooting stars are usually easy to see during these times, but they can happen anytime.

Answer 9

In the sky at night

Answer 10

look at the sky this year i saw at least 5 which is a miracle to me