If I can force my body to do it, I am gonna try to get up at 2AM this morning and head to percy warner to try to photograph the perseids.
If anyone else wants to go, let me know!
UPDATE: Hm, maybe it would have helped if I turned my alarm on after setting it. Oh well, maybe next year.
why can’t these things happen at say, like, noon? it would be awesome to go, but i don’t do 2am. ever.
You should still have a decent showing tonight. Go tonight! Thanks for the reminder. I took Chris out to see these two years ago (his first time) and I would love to do it again. Where are you planning on going to be free of lights? We went out near the Brentwood library to some backroads and almost got lost.
I went out after midnight (about 3:30 your time) and didn’t see anything. Well, there’s always the Leonids still coming up this year.
So did you catch any? What kind of bait are you using?
The shower kicked in right after dark. We saw some nice ones that made little white tunnels of smoke from the comfort of a chase lounge in Brentwood. (would have been interesting to capture photographically). I have a 4” Celestron refractor with a motor drive (a Chevrolet in the telescope world). The best place I have ever been for observing around here is Water Valley on the Natchez Trace parkway about 10 miles south of Leipers Fork. Bring your sleeping bag,refreshments, and music and you’re good to go… Binoculars are handy for catching the trials before they disappear.
my alarm failed me as well. ditto to catching the leonids.
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Oh man, I almost forgot again! Well, I have a few hours yet, I’m sure I can forget yet again.