[Noisebridge-discuss] Perseid shower?

[Laura Khalil]

I don't mean to rain on your parade (because this really does sound cool),
but I just want to point out that the Perseids are going to be largely
obscured this year by moonlight (since the moon will be right in their
path).  I'll surely be looking out for them, but don't expect great things
:(

Laura

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Mikolaj Habryn <dichro at rcpt.to> wrote:

> Weren't we just talking about this the other night? :) I went out to a
> B&B out near Livermore somewhere for the Perseids a couple of years
> back, and it was a beautiful thing to do. Rumour has it there's a tiny
> B&B somewhere in the middle of a vineyard around those parts, which
> would be an *excellent* way to do it. Did you have any particular
> places in mind?
>
> m.
>
> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Christie Dudley<longobord at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > No, this isn't about bathing.  But I did think it was the sort of
> > thing that this group of people might have an interest in.
> >
> > I've been meaning to get out for a viewing of the perseids for some
> > time now.  Although it occurs at a bad time, I still think it'd be
> > neat to get outside the bay light dome to see how many we could catch.
> >  It peaks on the night of August 12/13, which is a Wednesday.  I don't
> > think it would be worth it to go on any other day, as 10-15
> > meteors/hour in the entire sky isn't worth the necessary drive.
> >
> > Now, I'd be willing to drive out if I could convince people to come
> > with me.  If you're nice let me know in advance, I can even have seats
> > for everyone.  In fact, I'd rather not drive that kind of distance
> > without them.
> >
> > So, what do you say?  Who's up for this?
> >
> > Christie
> >
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