Well the weather's turned to shite again here. So that's f*cked it.
Space and Astronomy Thread
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Originally Posted by HenryGarten:
“Unless you live in the north of England or Scotland it is going to be pretty hopeless.”
“Unless you live in the north of England or Scotland it is going to be pretty hopeless.”
what about north east england
No such luck here in the Midlands. Looks like were in for a storm! Hopefully it will clear by 10pm though!
Originally Posted by tvqueen1905:
“what about north east england”
“what about north east england”
I think you got a fair chance of it being clear. What is it like with you now?
Originally Posted by tvqueen1905:
“I still have no idea how to find parsues in the sky despite looking at star maps”
“I still have no idea how to find parsues in the sky despite looking at star maps”
Do you know anything about star patterns at all?
Hi,
I was wondering will binoculars be helpful for tonight or just make it harder to see, also being in Scotland the weathers been good but will it be over in a couple of seconds or will it last for a long while?
I was wondering will binoculars be helpful for tonight or just make it harder to see, also being in Scotland the weathers been good but will it be over in a couple of seconds or will it last for a long while?
Originally Posted by daznov11:
“Hi,
I was wondering will binoculars be helpful for tonight or just make it harder to see, also being in Scotland the weathers been good but will it be over in a couple of seconds or will it last for a long while?”
“Hi,
I was wondering will binoculars be helpful for tonight or just make it harder to see, also being in Scotland the weathers been good but will it be over in a couple of seconds or will it last for a long while?”
Binoculars would not help.
The whole shower takes places over many days. The peak is actually going on about now but we cannot see it since it is light.
It will only be visible to us when Persius rises around 10pm.
So from about 10pm to midnight would be a good time to look.
Originally Posted by HenryGarten:
“Binoculars would not help.
The whole shower takes places over many days. The peak is actually going on about now but we cannot see it since it is light.
It will only be visible to us when Persius rises around 10pm.
So from about 10pm to midnight would be a good time to look.”
“Binoculars would not help.
The whole shower takes places over many days. The peak is actually going on about now but we cannot see it since it is light.
It will only be visible to us when Persius rises around 10pm.
So from about 10pm to midnight would be a good time to look.”
So why can we see them, without special equipment at night, is it because they're so bright?
sorry, I obviously don't know much but I am curious about this.
Originally Posted by daznov11:
“So why can we see them, without special equipment at night, is it because they're so bright?
sorry, I obviously don't know much but I am curious about this.”
“So why can we see them, without special equipment at night, is it because they're so bright?
sorry, I obviously don't know much but I am curious about this.”
Well during the great Leonid display of 1833 the stars were said to fall from the sky. See http://www.arm.ac.uk/leonid/Meteor-Shower-small.jpg
Sadly I have never seen anything like that. However if it is clear tonight you should see quite a few meteors (shooting stars). They are nice to see but you got to go out to a dark location to see them really well.
Originally Posted by daznov11:
“So why can we see them, without special equipment at night, is it because they're so bright?
sorry, I obviously don't know much but I am curious about this.”
“So why can we see them, without special equipment at night, is it because they're so bright?
sorry, I obviously don't know much but I am curious about this.”
The only equipment you need to see them is your eyes. Henry was seeing that you can't see them now because it is daylight now.
Originally Posted by HenryGarten:
“I think you got a fair chance of it being clear. What is it like with you now?”
“I think you got a fair chance of it being clear. What is it like with you now?”
blue sky with a few clouds
Originally Posted by HenryGarten:
“Do you know anything about star patterns at all?”
“Do you know anything about star patterns at all?”
not really
it is finding the patterns i don't know about
Here is a picture of the perseids from 1996. See http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960809.html
Originally Posted by tvqueen1905:
“blue sky with a few clouds
not really
it is finding the patterns i don't know about”
“blue sky with a few clouds
not really
it is finding the patterns i don't know about
”
Do you even know what "the plough" looks like?
Originally Posted by HenryGarten:
“Do you even know what "the plough" looks like?”
“Do you even know what "the plough" looks like?”
yeah i know what it looks like
just how to find it in sky
Originally Posted by tvqueen1905:
“yeah i know what it looks like
just how to find it in sky”
“yeah i know what it looks like
just how to find it in sky”
Well from Britain the plough is virtually always in the sky as it is just about circumpolar.
Here are some videos of the perseids. See http://video.google.co.uk/videosearc...itle&resnum=7#
Originally Posted by HenryGarten:
“Well from Britain the plough is virtually always in the sky as it is just about circumpolar.”
“Well from Britain the plough is virtually always in the sky as it is just about circumpolar.”
i just hope i don't look in wrong direction and miss them
last night i went to try spot some with no luck
the stars were all faint
Originally Posted by tvqueen1905:
“i just hope i don't look in wrong direction and miss them
last night i went to try spot some with no luck
the stars were all faint”
“i just hope i don't look in wrong direction and miss them
last night i went to try spot some with no luck
the stars were all faint”
Look toward the north east. Do you know your directions?
Here is the plough. See
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?im...a%3DN%26um%3D1
Originally Posted by tvqueen1905:
“i just hope i don't look in wrong direction and miss them
last night i went to try spot some with no luck
the stars were all faint”
“i just hope i don't look in wrong direction and miss them
last night i went to try spot some with no luck
the stars were all faint”
They will be all over the sky from the horizon to just about straight up anywhere to the north - north east. Just find a spot where you can look northwards, tilt your head back and scan the sky for a while. Give yourself an hour or so - it takes ages for human eyes to fully adjust to darkness. Don't forget to report back what you see.
BTW it's pissing down here in Solihull but as with last night when it clouded over in early evening, I'm holding out hope that it will clear later on.
Originally Posted by tvqueen1905:
“i just hope i don't look in wrong direction and miss them
last night i went to try spot some with no luck
the stars were all faint”
“i just hope i don't look in wrong direction and miss them
last night i went to try spot some with no luck
the stars were all faint”
Have you looked at those videos! ?
Originally Posted by HenryGarten:
“Look toward the north east. Do you know your directions?
Here is the plough. See
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?im...a%3DN%26um%3D1”
“Look toward the north east. Do you know your directions?
Here is the plough. See
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?im...a%3DN%26um%3D1”
when it comes to looking in the sky i don't know my directions
really want to see these
Originally Posted by tvqueen1905:
“when it comes to looking in the sky i don't know my directions
really want to see these”
“when it comes to looking in the sky i don't know my directions
really want to see these”
Do you not know how to find north?
Originally Posted by tvqueen1905:
“when it comes to looking in the sky i don't know my directions
really want to see these”
“when it comes to looking in the sky i don't know my directions
really want to see these”
Do you know your directions when looking towards the horizon?
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