Day of the Triffids

[PMC]

Haha!

Luckily there's more shooting stars....

[blobrana]

Hum,
is a meaningful relation with your amiga not enough?

my amiga called is called Douglas...PMC has  Albert ...

anyone else got names for their `companions`?

[PMC]

Seriously Odin,

Best of luck dude...  I hope the lady in question is worth it.

[odin]

@blob:
Heh, actually I tend to call my A1200 Sleipnir :-).

@PMC:
Oh yes......those eyes..........
Slight problematic detail, she lives in Budapest.

[PMC]

Well, I found suitably stmospheric music (Oxygene, c/o JM Jarre) for shooting star spotting.  Unfortunately the weather has other ideas.

@Blob,

Did you really call your Amiga "Douglas"?  

[PMC]

odin wrote:
@blob:
Heh, actually I tend to call my A1200 Sleipnir :-).

I have to be completely unoriginal and confess mine's called "Amy".  Haven't yet named the Alfa Romeo or the mountain bike hehe.

@PMC:
Oh yes......those eyes..........
Slight problematic detail, she lives in Budapest.

Jeez dude, you like complications?  If she's worth it then good luck to you...  How did you meet?

I think I'll be making a wish on your behalf at this rate.

[blobrana]

superb,
"Sleipnir carries Odin between the world of the Gods and the world of matter."

That`s a great name, that epitomizes the essence of the amiga...





Douglas is a fine scottish name that means, er, dark murky water...

[gizz72]

Greetings,
@Odin
Good luck with her! :-) I'm sure you'll find a lot of good time and great dating spots there at Budapest, if you're visiting there and granted your wish came true. :-D

@All

Gee I havn't thought of a name for my Amiga... My pet cat always chase my mouse. He loves to play with my Amiga's mouse.... :-D

Ahhh I'll call my Amiga... 'Jeri'..

BackOnTopic: I just missed those showers back then, I think last June, cause it was cloudy at that time. :-(

Regards

Gizz

[PMC]

Well although it was cloudy last night I made a wish on Odin's behalf....

How long does the perseid shower last for?  I'm hopeful of better weather at the weekend.

[blobrana]

 It lasts until the 20th, but the `rate` has fallen off considerably (though you may be lucky and the earth  strikes another dense patch)

Here’s a link and plug for Distant Suns.
And VWorlds30.lha that will help you visualise the celestial paths (it works great in winuae too)

[odin]

Appreciated, PMC. As for how long the shower will continue: dunno really. All I could find after a few minutes of browsing was the message that it peaked 12th and 13th of August.

[blobrana]

Yes,
its that time of the year again...

Sky watchers outdoors at the right time can see colourful fireballs, occasional outbursts and, almost always, long hours of gracefully streaking meteors. Among the many nights of the Perseid meteor shower, there is always one night that is best. This year, its tonight!

Unfortunately the Weather in Scotland is predictably cloudy…

So I’ll have to make do with just listening to the forward scatter radar web feed from Huntsville, (yes, Alabama)

LISTEN CAREFULLY

[PMC]

Hmmm (hum!?) radar feed takes all the romance out of meteor spotting.

It's disappointing that the weather conspires against a metoer storm yet again.

@Blob,

Slightly O/T but I was outside a couple of weeks back staring at a moonless sky.  I could make out a faint point of light moving across the sky at high speed....  Could it have been a satellite or something man made?  Are artificial satellites visible from the ground?

[odin]

Yeah, low flying (floating?) satellites and stuff can be visible under favourable conditions (in daylight only?). I think I saw a shuttle once.

[blobrana]

hum,
yeah,
it surprisingly crowded up there, so you’ll tend to see a `star` (satellite) moving once every 15 minutes or so, and that’s not counting the fainter geostationary satellites.

Not that I tend to look for them, (in a train spotter stylee), but I am pleased that I can spot something manmade up there – it just brings the reality of space a bit closer to earth….

@odin
>>shuttle

Cool...
you may want to peruse this site for other stuff to look out for...

The next launch is for the Mars Reconnaissance orbiter
tomorrow...



 

[blobrana]

The Perseid meteor shower peaks tonight. Look to the north east on  Sunday, Aug. 12th, at around 10 pm local time as the constellation Perseus rises. Expect to see a meteor every few minutes.
The best viewing will be  after midnight and when the constellation is highest in the sky.
The tiny bits of space sand are going to hit the Earth atmosphere at speeds of 66 km/sec  so the meteors are going to be quick and bright, especially since there  is a new moon.