HUGE BOOBOO! EVERYONE IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE CAN SEE IT!

The Perseids Meteor Shower stars at 2 AM EST.

The whole northern hemisphere is supposed to be able to see it.

I don't want anyone to miss out on this awesome event. There's a New Moon, so they'll be visible in all their splendor.

Even I, who is sick with strep throat and a 101.7F fever, will be watching them.

It'll be a wonderful sight to see, and it'll change you, I promise.

Go out and watch it!


NOTES:

1) Starts at 2AM EST, lasting till 4AM EST
2) Most visible tonight with 50 to 80 meteors per hour
3) Tapers off till the 15th of August, where it'll be at 10 meteors per hour
4) If you're not directionally-incompetent, in the Northeastern sky Mars will be visible, looking like a bright red star.

I think I'm going to stay up and see it!

hrmm will it be visible in canada?

Yes.

YAY!

Oh, sweet! Thanks for the warning.

I read another news article on it for tonight, so, I added NOTE number FOUR.

Man, the lights in my apartment complex are all blazing on. I can't see many stars, and I dunno how to even recognize if something's part of a meteor shower. :S

Turn off your lights, and look in the sky for bright, blazing lights across the night sky. You won't miss it. The bigger ones look like crashing helicopters that are on fire.

It's really pretty.

So, I made a mistake. Everyone in the NH can see it.

Get the Hades outside, people! Go, go! :: Urges everyone outside. ::

not seein any

I haven't seen any here, either.

I've seen three or so- little flickers of light that I almost missed. Nothing big just yet!

Southern hemisphere rule for now!

I went out to the Uni Observatory field and watched. It was pretty good but still a bit too bright to see much. I did get to see a few bright and big ones though.

You missed the "Screw you, Northern Hemisphere, we don't need your crappy meteor shower" option.

I remember two years ago seeing a massive fireball of a meteor in the night sky a during this particular shower. I was just standing outside staring up and this huge streak of white shot across the sky and scared the daylights out of me. I had never seen a shooting star of that magnitude before and it was pretty cool.

The funny thing is that that piece was probably no bigger than a pebble. Perseids usually aren't very good, but the Leonids are sometimes spectacular. I want a repeat of the '66 Leonids.

It was a meteor STORM. Like 100k an hour.

I've gone camping every year with family and friends since I was 1 to see the Persieds (this year included). From my experience, you have to go somewhere with very little light pollution in order to see it. This year was pretty good, given that during the peak (3 am) there wasn't any clouds this year, it was a pretty decent meteor shower.