Watch out for Perseid Meteors TONIGHT!

[The Judge]

http://space.newscientist.com/articl...to-dazzle.html

[antix]

I just read about this. And the good news is I don't have to get up early, so I can get some snacks and perhaps a brew or two, stay up and watch. WOOT!

That is, assuming that the Lawd doesn't send a bunch of clouds my way.

[ubs]

I'm jazzed. I'm waiting to see this. I just went outside and its clear...no marine layer! God must want me to see it!

A little bright in my back yard -- saw a couple, but nothing spectacular. Maybe tomorrow night.

[Smellyoldgit]

I had a slight blurring problem, related to Weetwood Oast-House Gold - perhaps I'll also do better tonight.
Mars should be visible in the east - as a "red smudge" - must be worth a look.

[ubs]

I have more light pollution than I realized, but I did see quite a few. They seemed to be all over and not located around any constellation. Most of them were very quick, but there was one really spectacularly long one that made it all worth while.

Thanks Judge. I never would have known.

[Tenspace]

I stayed out all night for the meteor shower, ended up driving about sixty miles to get clear of the cloud cover. Saw a few, nothing more than a couple every fifteen minutes, and they didn't seem to come from any one direction.

Now, let me ask, fellow atheists... would you soften your position on atheism so you could get to know her better? By "her", I mean:




There we were, kicked back on a blanket in the middle of a dirt road waay out in the boonies, watching the meteor shower. She brought up the evolution/creation controversy, saying that if evolution was true, then God didn't create man... I (cringe) said, "well, maybe God kickstarted life on Earth, and used evolution to produce what we see today."

[Professor Chaos]

Tenspace wrote

There we were, kicked back on a blanket in the middle of a dirt road waay out in the boonies, watching the meteor shower. She brought up the evolution/creation controversy, saying that if evolution was true, then God didn't create man... I (cringe) said, "well, maybe God kickstarted life on Earth, and used evolution to produce what we see today."

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

:thumbsup:

Yeah, I took my dob out last night... it was awsome! Didn't get any pics :( but it was one helluva show!
I'm pretty lucky to live right by Lake Michigan,(no light pollution over the lake) and even luckier to have the meteors go right over it!

[ubs]

Method21 wrote

Yeah, I took my dob out last night...

It seems like it would be hard to follow something moving that fast through a telescope. Were you able to see more of the meteor with it?

I have a wide-angle eyepiece that shows a lot of sky. But, when it all comes down to it, the naked eye is best for viewing meteors.

[Philboid Studge]

Tenspace wrote

Now, let me ask, fellow atheists... would you soften your position on atheism so you could get to know her better?

That's about the only thing that would soften.

[calpurnpiso]

AHHHH..a Sign from the heavens is approaching. I'll done my Toga virilis and enjoy a moment of Divus-Iulius psychosis tonight, while watching these falling errand spirit manifestations. I'll do my prayers at each revelation. After an hour of enjoying the dopamine producing psychosis . I'll return to my mentally healthy, aka atheist, self....:)

Tenspace, go for it. Other people are more important than your rejection of god. I have atheists friends and we never talk about atheism. I am friends with them not because of atheism, but because they are cool people.

Philboid Studge wrote

That's about the only thing that would soften.

:lol::lol::lol::lol:

ahhh, you little devil....you made me laugh very.....hard.