Courtesy - Sky & Telescope
Want some entertainment that won't cost you or the environment? Then plan to watch the Perseids meteor shower August 11 and 12.
The meteor shower starts around midnight on August 11 and continues to dawn on August 12.
Unfortunately, Pittsburgh is not the best place to view the shower since the city lights up at night. Luckily, there are plenty of dark places just a short distance away. And, if you want to convince your entire apartment building and the buildings around you to eliminate the light pollution and turn off unused lights at night, then you might get a glimpse of the shower. Easy ways to cut back on light pollution include, turning off unused lights, using downward facing lights and using fluorescent lights which can be purchased at all grocery stores.
So, get out of the city to a dark area free of light pollution and point your telescope Northeast. The Perseids is supposedly the best shower of the year and it is eco and wallet friendly, no waste from parties and no debt from buying supplies.
For more ways to eliminate pollution and save money on entertainment, check out how to throw a green house party, and how to green up your office and apartment.
Comments
Using a telescope is NOT usually recommended. Unless the Pittsburg Living Green Examiner can tell us precisely where to point it to catch a specific split-second event.
By the way, everyone can make this event even more green if we all volunteer to not exhale between midnight August 11 and dawn August 12! Save the planet!
The post would have been a lot more informative if you didn't constantly shove "green" down our throats. Green, such a trend, soon it will be gone, can't wait.
I don't think promoting a healthy environment is such a sin
What Time Should I Look For It??
Between midnight and dawn. It gets better closer to dawn.
Holding my breath....
Wow, when half of the world's endangered species and world coastlines are wiped out due to global warming you can blame yourselves. Yes green may be a "trend" but at least people are doing something for our enviroment whether it's for the right reasons or not. I agree with tim.
will missouri be a good place to view
im 1 hour from stlouis
do u need a telescope?? i live in califonia north holly wood my neighbor hood dsnt have much lights..orr if its gunna continuee till tommorow i might go to the grifith park observetorie next to the zoo..
i live in the northwest suburbs.
would i need a telescope to see the shower?
I live in Virgina when is the best time to see it?
I can't wait I hope I can see it a midnight the clouds are rolling in. I live in the Bay Area. I am counting down. 3 hours till it starts.
i live in sacramento california what time is it going to start here
I live in Wichita, Ks. Since i cant sit up all night to watch the whole shower, i am wondering what would be my best time frame to see the shower during its peak? Can someone help me with this question? Its almost midnight here now in Wichita.
does anyone see anything yet?
I've been outside since 11.. and I have seen absolutely nothing.
I saw shooting stars though.. so i guess that counts for something.
best time is 2:00 a.m. CST Source: History Channel
i live in fond du lac WI...do i need a telescope to see this shower?
they're streaming it straight from the outskirts of LA to the Internet for free over at jjpeg.com/perseids2009.html if some of you wanna watch, also after the showers are over there'll be a video uploaded to jjpeg.com/file2018451.html if you wanna watch it :)
Last night we saw a UFO was siting acting like a star then flew by on the earth atmosphere it look like it cooked it then fly out of the atmosphere and then disapear werid this happend aug 11 at 1 or 2 am south end of lubbock Tx then about 8 sec later we saw about three fallen star or a metor that was shooting perrty fast right by where the UFO was gone and today we saw three metor or fallen star in the north east heading to southpole. but tonight the sky alittle bright than last night. I bet people who live out of the country might havea better view
I LIVE IN CT AND I DONT SEE ANYTHING :[
gosh darnit this is bs.
welp this is hat i get for living in the city i dont see a thing i have been outside since midnight and NOTHING if in sight darn clouds
For the people complaining, i think that the shower is suppose to start at 12:00 PST
i hear before dwn like at 4 3 ishh is 12 i didnet see nuhingg butt i guess ima miss it maybe nexxt year;p hope u guys can stay up and wachh it 3 or 4 but its gnna show u a peack at 130 ishh i heardd well i read??...
and it is bearly 12:24 soo umm im in the northern side i guess its kinda bearly gunna start beciuse the omments i read its like 2 1 12 andd i thinkk maybe urs is till later or u cant see itt
the damn clouds are in the way :[
i see no clouds??half moon stars are b right prety good and looks towards the moon
i hate clouds ;{ and possums stopping me from opening the window haha
So I live in so cal and I was outside since 12 didnt see much..should I wait till twelve?
This is frustrating!!!!! I'm in Miami, FL (yes lots of lights) but all my friends can see it from their house! What the heck?!?! I went outside and I think I heard one? But i've never seen it before. I'm so mad!!! I've been outside since 1 am and its 3:40!!!
3:50 sorry =]
Been outside since midnight, currently 3:07, and have seen 2 bright and long meteors. Also seen myybe 4-5 small ones. What happened to what was being reported (60-80) and (100-200) per hour. Which is about 1 every minute or 1 every 30 seconds - BS!
im in Mesa Az and dont see a thing!! its 1:21am
i live in california orange county
wat's the specific time for me
does anyone noe?
taryn, you should be looking to the skies right now
but im in OC as well, and i just walked outside and didnt see anything
thanks jeff hope u'll see it :]
I saw the most Beautiful meteor tonight August 11 2009 at somewhere between 1:30-2:00am LIFE CHANGING
OMG!! I so amused that NO ONE thinks the world is going to end! We love the future!
we even saw some on the 14th 1230 am, england burnley , only a few and one big one :)
Just to report back I saw about 28 counted from Lubbock Tx they were everywhere I was on top of apt building that was three floor up it was very neat when you can see smoke trials comeing off of it. tonight i saw a green one kinda blue it very slow. anyway I gues it the last of it wait for oct
the 28 counted was on aug 12th and one the green blue was 16th
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