Perseid Meteor Shower
 

Not sure if this is a repost but it seems you can see a meteor shower at night. I've only seen one once a long time ago so thought this might be worth sharing.

http://www.venturevancouver.com/blog...bc-august-2010

WHEN???? WHICH DIRECTION????? I believe i missed the one last night

i think its tonight and tomorrow night

article says perk time is aug 12th evening (tmr) until the morning hours of aug 13th. so theres still time to view it.

Its happening!!..lol

.... THE WORLD IS GONNA END LOL but serious not gonna miss for the world

Where's a good place in the LM to see it clearly? Any parks open till so late?

edit: outside Iona Beach it is!

:( i see nothing

McDonald Park in Abbotsford is a designated Dark Sky Park, situated mid-way between Abbotsford and Chilliwack. It's right next to Sumas Mountain, with the mountain like a huge wall, essentially blocking off the light of Abbotsford to the west, Chillwack to the east and Mission to the North. The views to the east, south & west are unobstructed, perfect for astronomy & astrophotography.

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?name=Mc...S&id=265655627

I'll be the guy in amongst the other photographers with a Canon 500mm lens. The other astronomy guys will have the big huge telescopes! :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...p/DSC07825.jpg

Just got back from a drive around South Langley. Lots of people are hanging out on their cars around the Pacific Truck Crossing and Campbell Valley Park, just sitting on their hoods and staring up at the sky. Sat and watched the sky for about twenty minutes by the new High Point Estates development at 200 St and 8 Ave (holy multi-million dollar homes!). Saw the three planets but no meteors. Oh well. Gonna hang out at Campbell Valley Park tomorrow night with a bunch of buddies and watch the real show. :D

I just saw one 30mins ago at Marpole :D

Can we pretend that airplanes. In the night sky. Are like shooting stars. I CAN REALLY USE A WISH RIGHT NOW WISH RIGHT NOW WISH RIGHT NOW!!!!

Seriously, that song needs to stop being played, forever.

I still like this song :)

what setting will you be using?

I won't know until I get there, but any shutter speed over 30 seconds will show star movement, so stay below 30 seconds. I'd use f5.6 or f8 and adjust ISO & shutter speeds accordingly.

I am able to see it on my balcony, and this is near magee. I love watching stuff like this, it's super peaceful and calming, especially after a stressful day.

saw a weird lid flying object flying very low around the sky. could be a bomber though

so the thing i saw was not a shooting star? saw few days ago

It may have been. A shooting star will last for only a fraction of a second.

Imma play some mass effect. You can see lots of stars in that game!

light up a joint and enjoy

which direction do you have to be looking to see this?

still happening tonight?