12 Aug
2008
12 Aug
'08
4:03 a.m.
How are the Perseids going for y'all? I just came in from an observing run lasting from 0316 to 0346 MDT. Clear sky. Dark enough to allow me to see all the primary stars in the Little Dipper so that would put the limiting magnitude at about 5. During the half hour I observed I saw 14 Perseids and one sporadic. Also saw another 5 or 6 "maybes" but they were too faint for me to feel confident enough to count them. As I was climbing down off the room I saw two more Perseids within 30 seconds of one another. Astronomical dark doesn't end until about 0450 so I'll probably have another go between 0430 and 0500. patrick