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New meteor shower could make for heavenly viewing - CNET

Your welcome Gary,

The National Weather Service (NWS) has me at 54 to 52% sky cover so I might see it,


Though if you go here: Clear Sky Chart: map of weather conditions for | Central Pa. This forecast is for 06UT which translates to 2am for Eastern time and there's a smack of clouds where I'm at, near the small square over Central Pa.

This also covers your area there where you're at. Scroll down a bit, below the map there are two forecasts before and after the selected time.

You should have a range of 50 to 20% of cover and your Transparency should be average to above average, with your Seeing average to good. Mine will be average to poor respectively, the humidity is what's going to hurt me.

It should of been this morning, I could see all the way to Saturn in the Sou'west, and I did spot a short bluish meteor going into the big dipper's ladle.


May you have clear skies!

Steve

I hope for clear skies as well. I have managed to see the ISS several times now. I hope it'll soon have orbits earlier in the night though.

But wait, there's more.

http://www.accuweather.com/en/featur...me_ne/27352068

That all depends on the orbital elements. If you go here Heavens-Above, and set your location it will show you the exact times for passages in your area.

Your in luck though, It looks like starting the first of June the passage times will run from 9, 10, 11, 12am to 1 , 2, 3am.

I hope this shows okay, I had to really shrink the browser page.

• Go to heavens above, click on ISS.

• Click on one of the dates.

• A star chart - pass detail map will show, then click on Ground Track and if you have your location set it will show exactly how it will pass over your area; Your home if you set the co-ordinates.

If you need help setting it up just give a shout.

Thanks Steve, Heavens Above is a nice predictor page. Some days there are 4 visible passes.

This early morning (24th) meteor shower was a resounding disappointment.

https://twitter.com/hashtag/meteorshower

For myself, between the approaching cloud deck (there were some breaks) and the lack of transparency from the humidity, I didn't get to see much. Only two.

Well between 1AM and 5Am ET I was out for a total of two hours under a crystal sky and saw none at all.

Too much light pollution. You need to be out in the boonies. I bet there is a light show every night in the Outback, or areas of Africa. A Guy

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Anak said:

This early morning (24th) meteor shower was a resounding disappointment.

Yeah, we didn't see much either. Looking at the web posts, looks like not much activity at all.