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elleng

(131,670 posts)
Sat Aug 12, 2023, 10:52 PM Aug 2023

The meteor shower will peak late Saturday night into the early-morning hours of Sunday

and is best viewed from locations with low light pollution away from cities, with the official peak happening at midnight Eastern time, according to the American Meteor Society.

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The meteor shower will peak late Saturday night into the early-morning hours of Sunday (Original Post) elleng Aug 2023 OP
Cool! cilla4progress Aug 2023 #1
Neat! My friend was out for a bit, and saw a family on a nearby road, stargazing! elleng Aug 2023 #2
I hope I can keep my eyes open! cilla4progress Aug 2023 #3
Good luck. elleng Aug 2023 #4
Cloudy here in Biglerville Pennsylvania Duncanpup Aug 2023 #5
Tahoe here... Sat on the deck a bit around 11PDT FirstLight Aug 2023 #6
I saw 3 RSherman Aug 2023 #7
Sounds good to me. elleng Aug 2023 #9
Same here - cilla4progress Aug 2023 #8
sounds like fun! RSherman Aug 2023 #10

FirstLight

(13,393 posts)
6. Tahoe here... Sat on the deck a bit around 11PDT
Sun Aug 13, 2023, 03:23 AM
Aug 2023

Partly cloudy from the thunderstorm that rolled over around sunset... ( Already a great way to start the evening!)

I saw about 20 or so,,, from the south and southwest... But that was also one of the windows through the clouds, lol.
Saw one that was reddish in color, that was definitely new and cool. Also it's neat seeing the flash just barely behind the clouds! Couldn't make out a radiant with the limited sky and some stupid tourists who don't know how to turn off the damn lights!

It was a short sitting, clouds came through and blocked everything. ...and I heard varmints scuffling, NOPE, BACK INSIDE!

RSherman

(576 posts)
7. I saw 3
Sun Aug 13, 2023, 07:06 AM
Aug 2023

Everything I read/heard said the Perseids were supposed to be amazing this year. I went out a little after midnight (NY). I live in the country and there is no light pollution. I stayed out for an hour and saw only 3.

cilla4progress

(24,860 posts)
8. Same here -
Sun Aug 13, 2023, 12:03 PM
Aug 2023

not many! We've seen some amazing shows from our little ranch here.

A coyote howled near us almost all night. I think I heard deer run by. Thankfully no snakes! Our dog remained on high alert.

Then my air mattress went flat. 😳

So I baled. 🤣

RSherman

(576 posts)
10. sounds like fun!
Sun Aug 13, 2023, 12:21 PM
Aug 2023

ha ha, that sounds like a good time, all in all.

I was happy for the 3 "shooting stars" that I saw. I guess my disappointment stems from a fantastic show I saw years ago. A friend and I got up in the middle of the night and sat in his vehicle. We were surrounded by meteors--we could not look in enough directions at once! And some appeared to have color--green I think.

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