Perseid Shooting Stars
Aug 12th 2010, 8:19 am
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Perseid Shooting Stars
I understand there will be a meteor shower as from late tonight. Will they be viewable from Spain?
Aug 12th 2010, 9:50 am
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Re: Perseid Shooting Stars
Originally Posted by Hubcaps
Apparently so according to this link. What a lovely name the Spanish have for them too.
The Perseids are also known in Spain as the Tears of San Lorenzo, and will be most visible tomorrow between 19:30 and 22:00.
Aug 12th 2010, 11:08 am
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Re: Perseid Shooting Stars
Says they will last until Saturday, I saw many last year.
http://www.diariosur.es/v/20100812/s...-20100812.html
http://www.diariosur.es/v/20100812/s...-20100812.html
Aug 12th 2010, 3:48 pm
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Re: Perseid Shooting Stars
Originally Posted by jimenato
Surely it won't be dark at 19.30?
Aug 13th 2010, 9:35 am
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Re: Perseid Shooting Stars
Well I never saw anything, so disappointing.
Aug 13th 2010, 9:47 am
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Re: Perseid Shooting Stars
Originally Posted by Chiclanagir
Well I never saw anything, so disappointing.
mind you it's so cloudy I doubt we'd see anything
Aug 13th 2010, 10:00 am
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Re: Perseid Shooting Stars
Originally Posted by lynnxa
forgot to look
mind you it's so cloudy I doubt we'd see anything
mind you it's so cloudy I doubt we'd see anything
Aug 13th 2010, 10:00 am
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Re: Perseid Shooting Stars
Originally Posted by Chiclanagir
Well I never saw anything, so disappointing.
Ended up going for a late swim tho which was lovely, paying for it today with my chlorine allergy tho 
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Aug 13th 2010, 10:01 am
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Re: Perseid Shooting Stars
So does this mean that we won´t be able to see anything in Spain?
Aug 13th 2010, 10:12 am
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Re: Perseid Shooting Stars
Hi, we were out between 1:30 and 2:30 am and saw a few, the smoke on the horizon from Portugal blocked some of the viewing, the shower should be around the next couple of days though. That 19:30-22:00 time was for last years event, 2am was this years.
Aug 13th 2010, 10:14 am
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Re: Perseid Shooting Stars
You have to look North-East. They are really fast....blink and you miss them!
They are supposed to come at the rate of about one per minute. I saw a few, but not quite one per minute.
They are supposed to come at the rate of about one per minute. I saw a few, but not quite one per minute.
Aug 13th 2010, 12:15 pm
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Re: Perseid Shooting Stars
Lots of showers all night long, here in N.England, though not of meteorites unfortunately.
Still precipitating quite heavily now and more to come.
Well it did rain on St Swithin's day, should keep the farmers happy though.
I recall watching the meteor showers back in the Canaries.
Great place to watch them, as the air out there is so clear, hence the major observatory sites.
Still precipitating quite heavily now and more to come.
Well it did rain on St Swithin's day, should keep the farmers happy though.
I recall watching the meteor showers back in the Canaries.
Great place to watch them, as the air out there is so clear, hence the major observatory sites.
