Meteor Shower
 

Where's a good place to watch Meteor Showers in Vancouver/Bby?

theres a meteor shower ?!!


whens that ?

The Perseids Meteor Shower is tonight, till early morning of Aug. 12th

no place in the lower mainland.

you should hit squamish for the event, much lower light surroundings

Burnaby mountain?

Wreck Beach?

I tried that last time there was a meteor shower.

the lighting from the streets are way to bright and I could see shit.

Garry's Point is alright
but too far for me haha

Heading to Cypress tonight. :D

is there actually one for tonight?

yup there is!

it should start around sun set when the constellation of Perseus rises. It should be visible till early morning of the 12th

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...htm?list778348

There aren't a lot of places in the Vancouver/Tri-city/Richmond areas where you can get to a dark enough area in order to see it properly. You need to either head north to at least Cypress (or even Grouse) or east towards the countryside of Langley onwards. I've already got my spot picked out for tonight.

Westwood Plateau/BBY Mtn?

Whats the best time to view the meteor shower?

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2006/08/11/perseids.html

it seems like the meteor shower started saturday and will last until the 24th... gonna go check it out tonight...

anyone know how to take pics of them with a DSLR?

^yeah, I wanna see some pics :D

is there a good place in richmond to watch this meteor shower?

Yes, it lasts several days... tonight will be the "peak" activity - according to PimpYourScope.com, upwards of 92-93 per hour.

Generally just lock your shutter open and leave it for a while - they'll leave long streaks across the small arcs of stars.

Suppose to peak just after midnight. CBC suggested to head out to Pitt Lake.

grouse mtn ?

grouse mountain, cypress, any where thats far away city lights as possible...
heard it's best at arnd 2am...

Pitt Lake, or up that direction, is great - the surrounding mountains block out the city lights nicely without blocking too much of the sky.

Dammit... I wanna head up tonight, but I gotta be up for work at 6... and I still don't have a remote for my 40D. Stupid Canon for changing the plugs!

just wanted to point out that the article was from '06...
so this time around it might not last til the 24th.

dam stupid me...... but yea for sure there's meteor shower within these few days...