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Posted by: Keilnoth Aug 12 2009, 09:20 AM

Wanna see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseids?
So if it's sunny tonight, watch the sky, you will probably see dozens.

This will primarily occurs in the northern hemisphere even though you will probably catch some in the southern's as well.

Enjoy

Posted by: Jesse Aug 12 2009, 09:44 AM

That's amazing, wish I could see it.

Posted by: Emir Hot Aug 12 2009, 09:57 AM

I read about it. There is never clear skies here but maybe tonight I'll be lucky as it's sunny day today.

Posted by: Canis Aug 12 2009, 10:44 AM

That's awesome!
Unfortinatly, where I live, the clear blue sky is even more unusual then a meteorshower

Posted by: Mrblomme Aug 12 2009, 12:27 PM

I guess I wont see much of it here...

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Aug 12 2009, 12:36 PM

Oh I should be in luck, its clear sky here. When should I expect to see the shower and is it possible to see it from Serbia?

Posted by: Keilnoth Aug 12 2009, 04:51 PM

Probably, and you will see that all along the night. It's not instant like an eclipse.

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Aug 12 2009, 10:34 PM

It was somewhere between 21-22h Belgrade time, I heard some people seeing it - it was awesome

Posted by: Toni Suominen Aug 13 2009, 09:51 AM

I didn't even hear about this, it would have been nice to see it.

Posted by: Keilnoth Aug 13 2009, 12:14 PM

You still can. Yesterday was just a peak.

Posted by: Canis Aug 13 2009, 12:18 PM

Of course, since this topic started, we've had a record in "amount of rain without a single break"

Is this an annual event? I haven't heard of this before.

Posted by: Keilnoth Aug 13 2009, 12:38 PM

Yup, it happens every year at nearly the same time (during July-August).

You can read about it here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseids

Posted by: Canis Aug 13 2009, 12:44 PM

Awesome! I can always cross my fingers for next year, then ^^

Posted by: Jmguitar64 Aug 13 2009, 02:04 PM

missed it both times...

Posted by: Santiago Diaz Garces Aug 13 2009, 11:41 PM

I saw it last night. It was great to see something uncommon in the sky

Posted by: Marc_Maiden Aug 14 2009, 04:23 AM

i saw it last night as well awesome site to see for sure

Posted by: fkalich Aug 14 2009, 05:35 AM

We don't ever have it "sunny" at night in Kansas, must be different in Switzerland.

Thank's for the "heads up", which I can take literally in this case, I will look for it. I have this Alpha Grade night vision scope that I bought when I was rich, cost $3,500. Better than 90% of what those in the military get. On any night I can see meteors with it, ever minute or two. I can see Andromeda with it, it just lights up the sky. Probably like the view you would get from the top of one of your mountains on a clear night, only in town. Although my neighborhood is dark, we don't have street lights, don't want them, college towns are like that. Hopefully I did not miss it tonight.