Pretty Large Meteor Shower - 10pm ET

#29
#29
Can you guys get a northward view? Just saw a couple bright ones, maybe 40-50 degrees up
 
#31
#31
I just seen this thread about 30 minutes ago. I'm located in rural Middle Tennessee. I went outside with a buddy, and we seen 4 within 20-25 mins. I seen one huge bright one with a very long tail, another pretty good one, a decent one, then a very small one. The first 3 was in the Northeastern sky. The last one, the small one was traveling West.
 
#32
#32
kiddiedoc said:
Y'all see that one? Incredible, went toward horizon with a huge trail
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I believe I too seen the one you're referring to. If not I see one that was pretty incredible as well. 4 total within a 20-25 min time frame. My neck started hurting so I came back in.
 
#35
#35
i can finally get out side,I do hope it picks up and we can see a 100 an hour and yes it has happened with the Perseid meteor shower
 
#36
#36
I've counted 14 since my last post,I am out in the sticks,so that helps a lot,'m facing dead north and don't have much of a sky,the tall ridges block out a lot of it

the swievl in my office chair helps a lot too lol
 
#37
#37
governmentmule said:
I've counted 14 since my last post,I am out in the sticks,so that helps a lot,'m facing dead north and don't have much of a sky,the tall ridges block out a lot of it

the swievl in my office chair helps a lot too lol
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I tapped out. I have a friend who'll have pictures on Facebook in the morning.
 
#38
#38
7 so far - 4 duds and 3 good ones. 1 per 5 - 10 minutes. too much ambient light to see them all.

facing N to slightly NE seems to be the best though one came over my head from the SE heading NNW and it was a good one - might have been lost

Gonna go back out in a bit to see if it picks ups
 
#39
#39
the north to slighty NE is working best for me,it is the milky way,i don't know if you can see it or not

I've seen quite a few more,but it looks like either the clouds are moving in or it is fog off the river,is anybody else having cloud problems ?

I'm about 40 to 50 miles north of Knoxville,right over the Clinch Mountain from Bean Station
 
#40
#40
governmentmule said:
the north to slighty NE is working best for me,it is the milky way,i don't know if you can see it or not

I've seen quite a few more,but it looks like either the clouds are moving in or it is fog off the river,is anybody else having cloud problems ?

I'm about 40 to 50 miles north of Knoxville,right over the Clinch Mountain from Bean Station
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The light from the one stop light you have probably isn't affecting star gazing much. :)
 
#41
#41
there isn't a stop light for a good 15 miles or so,actually you can't see a house from my place,even though they are fairly close by and yes they are scared of the dark and there are a couple of street lights around lol
 
#42
#42
well the sky has cleared up a bit as far as clouds go,but I'm fighting the fog too lol but I have seen a good amount of meteors since my last post,I had to come in and see why the music stopped and thought I'd give a report,I still haven't seen a really big one yet,but enough small ones to keep it interesting

I did hear a coyote pack off in the distant and some Owls and was attacked by a big ass cootie bug :)
 
#44
#44
at a guess,i'd say I saw around 50 or more meteors tonight,nothing spectacular,but quite a few good small ones and I did see one split in two,that was the best

the clouds and fog finally made me give it up,it did seem like it was picking up right before that,but I did hit a fairly clear patch of sky right before it clouded up good
 
#46
#46
A whopping 300 people in Dowelltown and the next town has the same amount in Liberty lol. I have family in both. I actually live in Alexandria so I'm just down the road.
 
#47
#47
kiddiedoc said:
Sitting out back watching... Perfectly clear in west K-town. Saw 3-4 good ones last night.
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Glad to hear you had some viewing fun in W Knox. I usually go to the Foothills Parkway to view the showers. There is a little light pollution from Maryville / Alcoa, and who knows what emanating from Nebo, but it is pretty dark up there.

I didn't catch this thread in time, but having moved to W Knox myself I am glad there is potential to see a show here. I really didn't think there would be.
 
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