Guest Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 It was quite hazy down south and M34 was a struggle, even for 70mm bins. I didn't see any Perseids but wonder if there were any fainter ones that I missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 P.S. I saw sunspots in my bins this morning but now have 100% cloud: http://sungazer127mak.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/august-2015.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Saw half a dozen last night at the meeting in WW - one even shot straight through my bins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 I saw a few last night as well Kim from WW. They were Perseids as they were heading towards Perseus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 I saw a few last night as well Kim from WW. They were Perseids as they were heading towards Perseus. Hi Mick, I think that's a typo but I have often noticed "reverse Perseids" and other sporadics while watching the shower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 The best 3 I saw from home last night came by Vega heading towards Polaris? Sporadics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Hi Mick, I think that's a typo but I have often noticed "reverse Perseids" and other sporadics while watching the shower. Yes you are right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 I caught half a dozen or so at WW as well, just fast and faint mostly, but a couple of bright ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Watching ISS part 2 last night, i saw a bright one passing across the path off the iss about 30 secs before it went in to shadow Probably seen by many..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 The missus said she spotted a few, we got a smashing look at the ISS here too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 2 tonight under poor conditions: http://sungazer127mak.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/august-2015.html A third one might have been a shower one but I was unsure of its exact track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolygonPi Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Saw 9 or 10 from the garden in half an hour just now, before the clouds came over completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Can only see one or two stars through the clouds here - I keep popping out but not seen a single Perseid so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan the Plumber Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 seen a few in the last hour cloud starting to come in now me and the wife in the garden with a quilt over us how romantic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest paultarnecki Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Seen nothing yet. What part of the sky I need to look at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 I've just been outside and seen precisely one Perseid. Not exactly a shower lol Look towards Perseus in the North East Paul - and welcome to EMS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Had a great night in the garden in Mansfield. Been out with ST120 and 15x70 bins since before 10pm. No clouds here, milky way looking good and a pleasant, warm atmosphere. I'm feeling very impressed with my new eyepieces and ES finder. My newly fitted pan and tilt handle is so conveniant and precise to use. Forgot all about the Perseids while bagging clusters and nebulae in the Delos and Speers WALER zoom. Seen all the usual brighter DSOs and a few interesting more obscure gems. Being rivetted mainly to the eyepiece, I only saw one first mag meteor with a long path from Perseus side of the zenith going a long way south. Just amazed at the number of artificial satellites visible many telescopic. Was totally side tracked with looking through the scope and missed the ISS pass at 10.28pm. Decided I'm going to cut an inch off the OTA and refit the focuser so I can get focus with both 2" and 1.25" eyepieces with out changing diagonals. Got too little in focus but loads of out focus. Other alternative might be a lower profile dual speed focuser. Thoroughly enjoyed the session tuckstar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 I stayed up for a bit and managed two sporadic's, one being really bright, but my sky was poor and lots of Light pollution. I did get our resident hedgehog wander under my chair. Don't forget this shower isn't over, there will be meteors from it for a good few days as it slowly decreases in intensity. If the weather is good over the weekend I'll be having a look. The are meteors hitting the Earth all the time, so it's worth while just having a few minutes just looking up any time of the year. I have been lucky enough to see a couple of really bright fireballs which seem to go on for ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Maybe I was the lucky one last night: http://sungazer127mak.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/august-2015.html Highlight was a mag -3 one that left a smoke trail. I really missed my DSLR but am getting it back from repair today. If it's clear tomorrow or Friday night, I'll have some great constellation shots even if I don't get any meteors on film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Currently on holiday in the south Lake District, really dark sky here, it threw me for a while as I couldn't make out Persius, got it eventually though. Spent an hour sitting out the back of the van, saw quite a few, some really bright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricktom Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Hi saw three from back garden, one brighter than the other two which were quite faint just about 10.45 before the patchy cloud rolled over, and saw the ISS as well. rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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