Comments on: Where are all the meteor showers? http://www.meteorblog.com/2009/08/where-are-all-the-meteor-showers/ Meteor Showers of 2011, Meteors, & Meteorites by MeteorBlog.com Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:34:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jill http://www.meteorblog.com/2009/08/where-are-all-the-meteor-showers/comment-page-3/#comment-12230 Jill Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:48:05 +0000 http://www.meteorblog.com/?p=754#comment-12230 I seen a meteor heading Northwest at about 10:30 PM tonight ,8/29/09 in Sylvania, OH. I seen a meteor heading Northwest at about 10:30 PM tonight ,8/29/09 in Sylvania, OH.

]]> By: Meteor http://www.meteorblog.com/2009/08/where-are-all-the-meteor-showers/comment-page-2/#comment-12228 Meteor Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:34:46 +0000 http://www.meteorblog.com/?p=754#comment-12228 George, Sounds like you did see some, thanks for the comment. Get ready for the Leonids! Bookmark the site and keep your head up! - Meteor Mark George,

Sounds like you did see some, thanks for the comment. Get ready for the Leonids! Bookmark the site and keep your head up!

- Meteor Mark

]]> By: George http://www.meteorblog.com/2009/08/where-are-all-the-meteor-showers/comment-page-2/#comment-12227 George Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:23:01 +0000 http://www.meteorblog.com/?p=754#comment-12227 Camping in the Madawaska region could have swore we saw a few there, it was absolutely amazing. Camping in the Madawaska region could have swore we saw a few there, it was absolutely amazing.

]]> By: alfonso http://www.meteorblog.com/2009/08/where-are-all-the-meteor-showers/comment-page-2/#comment-12218 alfonso Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:36:01 +0000 http://www.meteorblog.com/?p=754#comment-12218 Saw a couple nights of the perseids and got some good ones for a few hours...started off real bright and 2 or 3 at a time but dimmed out later....also saw Monday august 24th what looked like a massive fireball in the skies above niagara falls,ny Saw a couple nights of the perseids and got some good ones for a few hours…started off real bright and 2 or 3 at a time but dimmed out later….also saw Monday august 24th what looked like a massive fireball in the skies above niagara falls,ny

]]> By: Meteor http://www.meteorblog.com/2009/08/where-are-all-the-meteor-showers/comment-page-2/#comment-12217 Meteor Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:25:29 +0000 http://www.meteorblog.com/?p=754#comment-12217 Forrest, Wow I love your enthusiasm! The Perseids were active Jul 17 - Aug 24 and peaked Aug 12 and the κ-Cygnids were active Aug 3 - 25 and peaked Aug 17. You may have seen a combination of the two showers near their end. Keep your head up! bookmark the site, there are better meteor showers coming! - Meteor Mark Forrest,

Wow I love your enthusiasm! The Perseids were active Jul 17 – Aug 24 and peaked Aug 12 and the κ-Cygnids were active Aug 3 – 25 and peaked Aug 17. You may have seen a combination of the two showers near their end.

Keep your head up! bookmark the site, there are better meteor showers coming!

- Meteor Mark

]]> By: forrest ann http://www.meteorblog.com/2009/08/where-are-all-the-meteor-showers/comment-page-2/#comment-12216 forrest ann Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:18:29 +0000 http://www.meteorblog.com/?p=754#comment-12216 live in Tempe, AZ and saw an amazing star show. I was outside between 10:30 and 12:30 at night on Sunday, August 23. It was absolutely breathtaking. I thought I missed the Perseids on August 12, but that night it was cloudy and I saw nothing. Do you have any information on the validity of what I actually saw on August 23? I thought I was imagining things until I saw so many of them. Thank you thank you thank you! live in Tempe, AZ and saw an amazing star show. I was outside between 10:30 and 12:30 at night on Sunday, August 23. It was absolutely breathtaking. I thought I missed the Perseids on August 12, but that night it was cloudy and I saw nothing. Do you have any information on the validity of what I actually saw on August 23? I thought I was imagining things until I saw so many of them. Thank you thank you thank you!

]]> By: Meteor http://www.meteorblog.com/2009/08/where-are-all-the-meteor-showers/comment-page-2/#comment-12210 Meteor Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:25:06 +0000 http://www.meteorblog.com/?p=754#comment-12210 Gwynn, You're welcome. Bookmark the site. Clear skies and keep your head up! - Meteor Mark Gwynn,

You’re welcome. Bookmark the site.

Clear skies and keep your head up!

- Meteor Mark

]]> By: Gwynn Ketel http://www.meteorblog.com/2009/08/where-are-all-the-meteor-showers/comment-page-1/#comment-12209 Gwynn Ketel Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:21:19 +0000 http://www.meteorblog.com/?p=754#comment-12209 My husband and I enjoyed sky gazing Wed. the 12th --the last clear night for our Pine River, Manitoba area. Between 10:40 and 10:55 pm we sighted 8 meteors, some directly overhead and others toward the east. The moon rose shortly after that and diminished the view and within a few hours there were enough light clouds to obscure the view. Thanks for the information! My husband and I enjoyed sky gazing Wed. the 12th –the last clear night for our Pine River, Manitoba area. Between 10:40 and 10:55 pm we sighted 8 meteors, some directly overhead and others toward the east. The moon rose shortly after that and diminished the view and within a few hours there were enough light clouds to obscure the view. Thanks for the information!

]]> By: Meteor http://www.meteorblog.com/2009/08/where-are-all-the-meteor-showers/comment-page-1/#comment-12206 Meteor Sun, 23 Aug 2009 07:40:59 +0000 http://www.meteorblog.com/?p=754#comment-12206 Karen, It may have been a Cygnid or Perseid meteor or sporadic. I would have to been there to make a better guess. You may have seen a bolide or fireball, check the glossary on this site. AJF, Sound like a fireball or bolide. When you say it stopped I'm a little confused. Keep your head up! - Meteor Mark Karen,

It may have been a Cygnid or Perseid meteor or sporadic. I would have to been there to make a better guess. You may have seen a bolide or fireball, check the glossary on this site.

AJF,

Sound like a fireball or bolide. When you say it stopped I’m a little confused.

Keep your head up!

- Meteor Mark

]]> By: Karen http://www.meteorblog.com/2009/08/where-are-all-the-meteor-showers/comment-page-1/#comment-12205 Karen Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:58:31 +0000 http://www.meteorblog.com/?p=754#comment-12205 Last night, Aug 21, at around 11pm, my husband and I saw a really unusual meteor in the high southern sky. (We're in Northern California) It was very fast, a very bright but thin trail, with a downward trajectory. It flashed bright about two or three times before it disappeared. Any ideas if it was part of a shower, or a sporadic? Maybe a Cygnid? Whatever it was it was very cool! Last night, Aug 21, at around 11pm, my husband and I saw a really unusual meteor in the high southern sky. (We’re in Northern California) It was very fast, a very bright but thin trail, with a downward trajectory. It flashed bright about two or three times before it disappeared. Any ideas if it was part of a shower, or a sporadic?
Maybe a Cygnid?
Whatever it was it was very cool!

]]> By: AJF http://www.meteorblog.com/2009/08/where-are-all-the-meteor-showers/comment-page-1/#comment-12204 AJF Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:34:00 +0000 http://www.meteorblog.com/?p=754#comment-12204 About 4:30 AM (guess?) camping near Sisters, Oregon, saw a bright star traveling west to east like a plane...it stopped briefly at about 45 degrees in the eastern sky and got VERY bright, shooting off short light beams in 4 directions (for less than a second). It then continued onward to drop towards the horizon getting dimmer and smaller as it fell....finally it disappeared on the eastern horizon. I have no idea what this was, but I am guessing the pause/brightening was when the object hit the atmosphere and basically "blew up"....??? About 4:30 AM (guess?) camping near Sisters, Oregon, saw a bright star traveling west to east like a plane…it stopped briefly at about 45 degrees in the eastern sky and got VERY bright, shooting off short light beams in 4 directions (for less than a second). It then continued onward to drop towards the horizon getting dimmer and smaller as it fell….finally it disappeared on the eastern horizon. I have no idea what this was, but I am guessing the pause/brightening was when the object hit the atmosphere and basically “blew up”….???

]]> By: Meteor http://www.meteorblog.com/2009/08/where-are-all-the-meteor-showers/comment-page-1/#comment-12201 Meteor Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:15:52 +0000 http://www.meteorblog.com/?p=754#comment-12201 Edward, Sounds like you saw the last of the Perseids! Awesome comment! Keep your head up! - Meteor Mark Meteor Shower Edward,

Sounds like you saw the last of the Perseids! Awesome comment!

Keep your head up!

- Meteor Mark
Meteor Shower

]]> By: Edward Collins http://www.meteorblog.com/2009/08/where-are-all-the-meteor-showers/comment-page-1/#comment-12200 Edward Collins Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:06:51 +0000 http://www.meteorblog.com/?p=754#comment-12200 10.44pm - East Coast - Lowestoft Over a period of about 15mins, Approx 10 - 15 meteors enetered our atmosphere and looked to burn up above the North Sea! These seemed to be travelling in groups of 1 - 3. 10.44pm – East Coast – Lowestoft

Over a period of about 15mins, Approx 10 – 15 meteors enetered our atmosphere and looked to burn up above the North Sea! These seemed to be travelling in groups of 1 – 3.

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