Perseid Meteor Shower
Hi All,
Robin quick-posted that she saw a shooting star recently and it's such a beautiful sight that I thought this is worth a post. The earth is passing through the Perseid Meteor cloud at the moment so for the next few nights we can all share this experience - if you've never seen a shooting star, have a look up in the sky tomorrow night (Aug 12th), it's the best night for a view of the Perseids.
Click here for more info:
http://www.astronomy.ie/perseids2010.html
Happy Astronomy Watching :)
- IM
When I was small, watching stars was our past time. I still remember, the warm Summer nights, sitting on the bench and nearly had a pain in my neck from watching. Yes, you are right, such amazing experience. Every time we saw a shooting star, we made a wish and believed that it will come through
It could help in our recovery as well.
When you are focusing on the stars, you cannot focus on your condition, so why not to try it and do not forget to make a wish...
Oh yes, Marie, I too had this experience when I was younger. I was lucky to grow up with parents that are always interested in nature.
Looking up in the sky and learning to identify different constellations, watching shooting stars, setting the alarm clock for two in the morning to observe a lunar eclipse, watching thunderstorms and counting the seconds between lightening and thunder to figure out how far the centre of the storm is away... loads of stuff...
One warm Summer night in August I was sleeping in the garden with a friend. I was lying in the hammock, she had taken to our little rubber dingy...free sight into the universe...and I counted 21 shooting stars (!!) before my eyes finally closed... :-)
Also, when I was traveling in South America, the southern hemisphere, I realised for the first time just how important the stars were for me and my feeling of safety. Once again a night sleeping outside, I woke in the middle of the night, and, when looking up in the starry sky, I all of a sudden felt rather lost...I just couldn't orient myself up there, all those stars were completely unknown to me!!! Well, I got a star-map and learned my new landmarks (or rather "universe" marks). I also decided to create my very own constellation. :-)
Here is another few sites for people that are more interested in what is going on out there in the Universe...
http://stardate.org/nightsky/
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/lunar.html (there will be a total lunar eclipse on 21st December this year)
Love and happy stargazing...
xxx Robin xxx
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Hey Robin,
Thanks for the links. I've just been out in the back garden star gazing for the last 30 mins, it's such a beautiful night and I caught a gap in the clouds.
Saw a handful of the meteorites but one just stood out from them all. It really streaked across the sky like nothing I've ever seen before. It lasted long enough for me to see it, recognise it and to watch its journey. Amazing! Myself and my boyfriend were just mesmerised by it.
Also for any of you with Android phones, Google Sky Map is a fantastic app. Install it and then point your phone at the sky and it will chart what you are looking at, including stars, constellations and planets. I could spend hours looking at the sky with it. I'm slowly trying to learn the constellation names off by heart - slow progress but getting there :)
Download Sky Map here:
http://www.google.com/mobile/skymap/
- IM