2007-08-11 17:03:45 · 11 answers · asked by chad 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The meteors are often dim and only about 1 every 2 minutes on average tonight. Tomorrow night will be double (60-80 meteors/hour) with a flurry of meteors predicted around 4 am EDST Monday morning. In general, for a meteor shower, the best viewing is after midnight until 4 or 5 am.
Just get a dark viewing site, a comfortable reclining chair, some warm clothes, bug repellent and look up and be patient. Some willl be bright and some dim.
2007-08-11 17:31:13 · answer #1 · answered by N E 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you looking toward the north east? Is there any cloud covering? Too much light from the city? We have seen a lot of meteors over the past week so we know it's building up. 3 nights ago we were seeing about 10-12 an hour.
The PEAK is tomorrow night but it's been going on for a couple of weeks already and will for a while after the Peak as well. It's not just a one night thing. It's just going to be best Sunday night.
2007-08-12 00:07:18 · answer #2 · answered by Crunchy Sweet 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
On any given night, activity starts slowly in the evening but picks up by 11 p.m., when the radiant gets reasonably high in the sky. The meteor rate increases steadily through the night as the radiant rises higher, peaking just before the sky starts to get light, roughly 1½ to 2 hours before sunrise.
Peak activity will be in the predawn hours of Monday morning. The meteor rate will be roughly 30 per hour in the predawn hours on Saturday, 45 per hour on Sunday morning, and 80 per hour before the sky starts to get light on Monday morning. That's for a single observer at a dark-sky site in the north temperate latitudes.
2007-08-12 00:40:05 · answer #3 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The meteor shower starts tomorrow night, but it will reach it's peak right before sunrise on Monday.
2007-08-12 00:07:21 · answer #4 · answered by jbird 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because you are on a computer instead of outside watching for meteors. Just pick a clear area of sky and watch a while. It shouldn't take long.
The peak will not be until after local midnight.
2007-08-12 00:08:07 · answer #5 · answered by Tom K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you know ,i think it was boosted in the media and news papers that it hasnt been this good in 1,000 years but all this augest was suposto be vary visable but its a dud im afraid in in the calif desert and its nothing at all ,,{this was suposto be the best veiw so i went 2 big 5 and bought binoculars $100dolars this sucks
2007-08-12 00:11:17 · answer #6 · answered by dan l 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's not suppose to happen till the early morning hours.around 6:00-6:30am est
2007-08-12 00:08:03 · answer #7 · answered by I Bleed Black & Gold 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because there is going to be no meteor shower.
2007-08-12 00:06:14 · answer #8 · answered by i like turtles 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
srry to say this but i just looked and its tomarow night @ eleven srry
2007-08-12 00:12:01 · answer #9 · answered by unkown 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it's tomorrow night
2007-08-12 00:06:02 · answer #10 · answered by carol anne 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋