Weekend of Meteor Showers

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Hi, me new in astro area as well.

Sad to find out that no other astro organisations so far in SG planning an observation for tonight, presumably the peak. Had planned to go down ECP for a night of observation, i'm assuming light pollution above the sea is minimum. Is anyone from Singastro planning a trip down anywhere tonight?
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Hi,
Welcome to SingAstro!! :D
My search result was that its the peak is from tonite til tmrw morning.
Am I right?
Yes... that's the predicted peak.
Btw, I am thinking of going to Tuas to try my luck.
I wander if its a 'stupid' thought.
You can try as long as the site is dark, the sky in the North East direction is clear and not so light polluted.

Good luck and have a nice day.
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Hi,
Sad to find out that no other astro organisations so far in SG planning an observation for tonight, presumably the peak.
Ya... most of us need to work tomorrow... :(

Good luck and welcome to SingAstro!!

Have a nice day.
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BTW, the radiant (constellation Perseus) only rises to 20 degrees above the horizon at around 3am this time of the year for us. however, it is said that most meteors occur around midnight since the observer's part of the Earth would then be facing "into the wind". taking these two facts together, what time could Perseids be visible? what's the best time: 10pm, midnight, 3am, or 6am?
Meteor showers are best seen AFTER midnight onwards. Since Perseus rises in the North-eastern sky from about 2am onwards, therefore the optimum period would probably be from 2am to 6am, and the optimum direction to face would probably be reclining at a shallow angle and facing South West (away from the radiant) looking towards the sea at East Coast. The optimum location is a dark site not adversly affected by light pollution, eg, Tg Resang (Mersing) area.
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Hi,
The optimum location is a dark site not adversly affected by light pollution, eg, Tg Resang (Mersing) area.
Since I think most of us will be observing this meteor shower in Singapore, it's best to reference to Singapore site.

Anyway, I think most suitable site in Singapore will be in Changi Beach.

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rlow wrote:
Meteor showers are best seen AFTER midnight onwards. Since Perseus rises in the North-eastern sky from about 2am onwards, therefore the optimum period would probably be from 2am to 6am, and the optimum direction to face would probably be reclining at a shallow angle and facing South West (away from the radiant) looking towards the sea at East Coast. The optimum location is a dark site not adversly affected by light pollution, eg, Tg Resang (Mersing) area.

Hey rlow, tks for the info.

i always thought it would be best to face the general direction of the radiant. well, tonight i will try to look elsewhere. however, it is completely cloudy now: 100% pure party-pooping clouds.

i will try again to lookout tonight at midnight and then at 5am.

hey, I wonder if the astronauts on the ISS-Space Shuttle would be able to see the meteors from up above looking down? hmmmm..... i should think they would, with no clouds to obstruct the view! since they are at about 300km above the surface of the Earth (in Low Earth Orbit), i think they would be nearer to the meteors being zapped. theirs is the ultimate light-pollution and cloud-free environment!
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Anyway, I think most suitable site in Singapore will be in Changi Beach.
If you look under light-polluted skies, then your best hope is to look out for bright meteors or fireballs. Hence in Singapore, it is best to observe for meteors at the outskirts of the main island, ie, Changi, East Coast, West Coast, Tuas etc or on outlying islands.
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hey, I wonder if the astronauts on the ISS-Space Shuttle would be able to see the meteors from up above looking down? hmmmm..... i should think they would, with no clouds to obstruct the view!
Yes they have observed and recorded seeing meteors from space!
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amin7074 wrote::shock: :shock: that's nice you are lucky to get the image....good job.Anyway yesterday went fishing with my old fishing buddy decide too bring along my little bino together.Managed to get four meteor that night, though the sky wasn't really stable cause of the intermittent cloud on and off the cloud come.At 12.40am the first meteor was really shocking it was bright and big streak through the night sky and breaks up into two pieces and died off :shock: :shock: 2nd meteor was almost at 02.00am normal brightness,3rd meteor was just like the second one the last meteor was quite faint coz of the cloud coming in again.Though I never bring along my digital camera to captured it but still enjoyed the meteor and my long time addict (night fishing).Location ( Changi Hyundai Reclamation Land ).
Wow 4 meteors! More than double our count! The one I caught was at about 12.30am.. Hmmm how come none of us caught the rest.. :oops: Must have been too busy catching up :P
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yup bro while waiting my baits too get hook up 8-) 8-) 8-) it better for to look up to the sky and see........since the day is the meteor shower event....I better not waste any chance at the same time chill out with my old buddy (fishing kaki) 8-) 8-) .At the end no fish I catch, but recorded four meteor in my meteor observation log card...... :D :D .
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