There is supposed to be a meteor shower 7/28-8/13. Do you think I will have much luck seeing it tonight?

Question

Thanks for the info on Mars!

Answer 1

It is possible to spot five Perseids per hour at the beginning of August and perhaps 15 per hour by August 10. The Perseids rapidly increase to a peak of 50-80 meteors per hour by the night of August 12/13 and then rapidly decline to about 10 per hour by August 15.

Answer 2

Probably not, the majority of activity of the Perseid meteor shower is between Aug 8 and 14, with the peak on Aug 12.
And there is a fairly bright moon, that will wash out all but the brightest meteors. You're better off to wait until next weekend - that would be the best time for this one.

Answer 3

We're almost two weeks away from the maximum, so there won't be many Perseids to be seen, plus you'll have a bright Moon rising about midnight. I usually don't bother watching until three or four nights (or rather mornings) before the maximum. By then, the Moon will be well out of the way. Of couse, you'll probably see a few sporadic meteors; these are seen every night of the year. But only dedicated meteor observers have the patience to observe for several hours in order to log a few meteors.

Answer 4

meteor showers are named for the constellation that they appear to emanate from.

Perseids will come from Perseus constellation
The best times to watch will be late night Aug. 12 through dawn Aug. 13. At 12am Perseus is just rising in the east in NC, USA

This year the Perseids meteor shower could deliver one or two visible streaks every minute during peak times, Cooke said in a statement yesterday. Urban skywatchers will see fewer due to local light pollution.

"The August Perseids are among the strongest of the readily observed annual meteor showers, and at maximum activity nominally yield 90 or 100 meteors per hour," said Joe Rao, SPACE.com's Skywatching columnist. "However, observers with exceptional skies often record even larger numbers."

Answer 5

StarDate Online | 2007 Meteor Showers and Viewing TipsThe next meteor shower is the Perseids on August 12. This year there’s no moonlight to interfere. The best time to watch is from 11 p.m. August 12 until ...
stardate.org/nightsky/meteors/


there is a bigger show coming............
thank you c for letting me in on the big BS here's the dope on the hoax

http://www.snopes.com/science/mars.asp

*Two Moons on 27 August*

*27th Aug the Whole World is waiting for.............*

Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky starting August.

It will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. This will culminate on Aug. 27 when Mars comes within 34.65M miles of earth. Be sure to watch the sky on Aug. 27 12:30 am midnight. It will look like the earth has 2 moons. The next time Mars may come this much closer in 2287.

Share this with your friends as NO ONE ALIVE TODAY will ever see it again.

Answer 6

the best viewing is supposed to be during the period of Aug 10 thru 15. At this time the fringe of the bulk of comets is approaching and you might see a few tonight, but the real show starts in about 7 days.

Regards,
Zah

Answer 7

Wouldn't hurt to check

If you are interested in other things such as this, I was told that I think August 27, Mars will be as large in the sky as the moon, and that it will not be this close again for over 200 years

Answer 8

Depends on where you live. Find a dark spot around 1 am and look up for about half an hour. You should see something.

Answer 9

You can always hope. The best times are right before dawn, from 4 am to 6 am. But you'll just have to take your chances.
- The Gremlin Guy -

Answer 10

http://www.space.com/spacewatch/070712_perseid_meteors.html


space.com will tell you all you want to know, seek and you shall find

and cub...that mars thing being as large as the moon is a hoax e-mail.......NOT TRUE.......... there will be a lunar eclipse on the 28th of august... more info at space.com

http://www.space.com/spacewatch/sky_calendar.html

http://www.space.com/spacewatch/070720_ns_eclipse.html