[Noisebridge-discuss] Perseid shower?

Mikolaj Habryn dichro at rcpt.to
Sat Aug 1 02:28:14 UTC 2009


That's *exceptionally* poor planning on somebody's part. I'm going to
write to the Chronicle.

m.

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Laura Khalil<zazenergy at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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