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Title: Get Out of Town
Post by: patric on August 11, 2013, 07:10:05 pm
...if you want to be able to see the Perseid meteor shower.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/08/130811-light-pollution-sky-space-science-perseids-meteor-stars-sky-night/




Title: Re: Get Out of Town
Post by: Red Arrow on August 11, 2013, 07:30:56 pm
...if you want to be able to see the Perseid meteor shower.

You are going to have to go somewhere else.  It ain't gonna happen around Tulsa.
 
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Title: Re: Get Out of Town
Post by: custosnox on August 11, 2013, 07:51:43 pm
You are going to have to go somewhere else.  It ain't gonna happen around Tulsa.
 
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There is an observatory South of Tulsa that is great for viewing.  Of course, you have to know or be a part of the Astronomy Club of Tulsa to get out there, or know what days it's open to the public.  I think they have a website that has the info.


Title: Re: Get Out of Town
Post by: Red Arrow on August 11, 2013, 08:02:19 pm
There is an observatory South of Tulsa that is great for viewing.  Of course, you have to know or be a part of the Astronomy Club of Tulsa to get out there, or know what days it's open to the public.  I think they have a website that has the info.

I believe it's most of the way to Okmulgee.

Edit:

I went out to my backyard, looking north.  After a few minutes I could just barely see the big dipper and the North Star.  It used to be easily visible. I do not consider that progress.  :(



Title: Re: Get Out of Town
Post by: heironymouspasparagus on August 11, 2013, 09:05:38 pm
You have come clear around the circle to what I have been saying for a while now....about "progress"...



Title: Re: Get Out of Town
Post by: patric on November 17, 2013, 01:01:54 pm
A Leonid meteor caught on police dash cam:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnD63JCuWWg[/youtube]


Title: Re: Get Out of Town
Post by: patric on December 01, 2013, 11:31:22 am
I found some comet time-lapse of ISON,  but Dakotalapse.com  had some much more interesting choices.

Check out an earlier comet in this one (best seen fullscreen)
http://vimeo.com/36684976