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Posted: 8/3/2012 4:42:00 AM
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Posted: 8/3/2012 9:15:01 AM
Originally Posted By fmkenner: Just a reminder to get those nite vision scopes out for August. We have meteor showers in August every year, and this year its suppose to be at its peak August 11-12. Heres a link if you want to read up on it. Good thinking :) |
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Posted: 8/3/2012 9:19:15 AM
+1
I like to walk out into the horse pasture and just lay down in the grass and stare up at the stars, may hook up a 2nd PVS-14 to a video recorder and leave it on for a couple of hours...  |
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Posted: 8/3/2012 9:56:04 AM
I had read about one that was supposed to hit its high point overnight between Sat-Sun this past weekend but I forgot to go out to look at it.
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Echo2
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Posted: 8/3/2012 11:07:23 AM
Thanks for the heads up....the kids always get a kick out of it.....if they'll wake up...
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Posted: 8/3/2012 8:35:32 PM
Originally Posted By Echo2: Thanks for the heads up....the kids always get a kick out of it.....if they'll wake up... With NV, you don't have to wait until after midnight... You'll see a lot of activity later in the evening as well. The sort of activity that you can't see without NODs. That's one of the nice things - the NODs let kids actually see stuff at a reasonable time. Regards David |
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Posted: 8/4/2012 9:08:54 AM
Originally Posted By SkyPup:
+1 I like to walk out into the horse pasture and just lay down in the grass and stare up at the stars, may hook up a 2nd PVS-14 to a video recorder and leave it on for a couple of hours... This is the same thing I do
I would love to see the video if you do it. |
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Posted: 8/4/2012 10:37:40 AM
Originally Posted By flashbag:
Originally Posted By SkyPup:
+1 I like to walk out into the horse pasture and just lay down in the grass and stare up at the stars, may hook up a 2nd PVS-14 to a video recorder and leave it on for a couple of hours... This is the same thing I do
I would love to see the video if you do it. +1..Nothing like looking up at the stars with a Gen 3 NOD.
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Posted: 8/4/2012 11:51:29 AM
Originally Posted By TNVC:
Originally Posted By flashbag:
Originally Posted By SkyPup:
+1 I like to walk out into the horse pasture and just lay down in the grass and stare up at the stars, may hook up a 2nd PVS-14 to a video recorder and leave it on for a couple of hours... This is the same thing I do
I would love to see the video if you do it. +1..Nothing like looking up at the stars with a Gen 3 NOD.
Vic And nothing gives you peace of mind like some kind of lanyard when the grandkids (5,6 and 7 y/o) are looking through it! |
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Posted: 8/4/2012 12:09:18 PM
Originally Posted By edwin907:
Originally Posted By TNVC:
Originally Posted By flashbag:
Originally Posted By SkyPup:
+1 I like to walk out into the horse pasture and just lay down in the grass and stare up at the stars, may hook up a 2nd PVS-14 to a video recorder and leave it on for a couple of hours... This is the same thing I do
I would love to see the video if you do it. +1..Nothing like looking up at the stars with a Gen 3 NOD.
Vic And nothing gives you peace of mind like some kind of lanyard when the grandkids (5,6 and 7 y/o) are looking through it! 
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fmkenner
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Posted: 8/4/2012 1:26:49 PM
You dont have to wait til peak days. From my understanding August is pretty good as far as meteor showers go.
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Posted: 8/6/2012 3:03:25 AM
Originally Posted By TNVC:
Originally Posted By flashbag:
Originally Posted By SkyPup:
+1 I like to walk out into the horse pasture and just lay down in the grass and stare up at the stars, may hook up a 2nd PVS-14 to a video recorder and leave it on for a couple of hours... This is the same thing I do
I would love to see the video if you do it. +1..Nothing like looking up at the stars with a Gen 3 NOD.
Vic I was up in the Norcal forest last week and saw three satellites in one night, one of which was visible to the naked eye. |
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Posted: 8/7/2012 11:15:05 PM
There's lots of passes for the ISS and the latest Progress ship this week, check them out for your area: NASA realtime sighting. Definitely don't need NODs for the ISS, but I did see a meteor when waiting for it to show up on Sunday night.
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Posted: 8/9/2012 9:35:29 PM
[Last Edit: 8/9/2012 9:36:09 PM by SkyPup]
OMG
I was just out using the helmet mounted PVS-14 to scope out my new TNVC IR Torch Pro and DBAL-I2 IR Laser looking west when a HUGE meteorite streaked across the sky from North to South leaving a trail at least 50 miles long. This thing looked like a Saturn V rocket going sideways! 
Just freakin' awesome!!! 
I saw many more minor meteors but this thing was the real thing. Check it out, they are coming down strong now.... |
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Posted: 8/9/2012 10:09:38 PM
I saw a meteor last night with my nekkid eye.
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Posted: 8/9/2012 10:34:01 PM
Originally Posted By SkyPup:
OMG I was just out using the helmet mounted PVS-14 to scope out my new TNVC IR Torch Pro and DBAL-I2 IR Laser looking west when a HUGE meteorite streaked across the sky from North to South leaving a trail at least 50 miles long. This thing looked like a Saturn V rocket going sideways!
Just freakin' awesome!!!
I saw many more minor meteors but this thing was the real thing. Check it out, they are coming down strong now.... Always an issue with something being here is So-Cal. Either bad gun laws, or just too damn light outside when the fun starts!  |
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Posted: 8/9/2012 10:37:40 PM
There is always the desert!
Head on out to the Joshua Tree National Park, but watch out for the rattlers and Gila monsters...  |
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Posted: 8/9/2012 10:49:04 PM
Saw a satellite and one shooter...
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Posted: 8/10/2012 8:11:22 AM
Conditions should be just about heavenly for viewing this weekend's Perseid meteor shower, typically one of the year's most spectacular arrays of shooting stars. First there's the timing: Saturday night into early Sunday morning. That means kids can stay up late for a little stargazing in the name of science. Just tell 'em how the meteors are wee grains of dust that appear when Earth passes through the tail of comet Swift-Tuttle. And they're traveling at an astounding 130,000 mph. Then there's the moon, or lack thereof. The moon, a waning crescent, won't rise until about 3 a.m. Sunday, leaving the sky unobscured. |
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Posted: 8/10/2012 9:39:31 AM
Many years ago I saw a part of a russian space craft re-enter. Driving on a rural texas highway, i had time to pull over and stop and finish watching it go over the horizon. Found out later what it was. Very spectactular. Originally Posted By SkyPup:
OMG I was just out using the helmet mounted PVS-14 to scope out my new TNVC IR Torch Pro and DBAL-I2 IR Laser looking west when a HUGE meteorite streaked across the sky from North to South leaving a trail at least 50 miles long. This thing looked like a Saturn V rocket going sideways!
Just freakin' awesome!!!
I saw many more minor meteors but this thing was the real thing. Check it out, they are coming down strong now.... |
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Posted: 8/11/2012 6:59:54 PM
they're predicting up to 100 meteors per hour...
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Posted: 8/11/2012 7:39:02 PM
Originally Posted By TNVC:
Originally Posted By SkyPup:
OMG I was just out using the helmet mounted PVS-14 to scope out my new TNVC IR Torch Pro and DBAL-I2 IR Laser looking west when a HUGE meteorite streaked across the sky from North to South leaving a trail at least 50 miles long. This thing looked like a Saturn V rocket going sideways!
Just freakin' awesome!!!
I saw many more minor meteors but this thing was the real thing. Check it out, they are coming down strong now.... Always an issue with something being here is So-Cal. Either bad gun laws, or just too damn light outside when the fun starts! Vic, sounds like you are getting Californicated.....
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Posted: 8/11/2012 11:14:05 PM
Get out there and look I just seen 6 in about 10 minutes.
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Posted: 8/11/2012 11:17:13 PM
Originally Posted By SkyPup:
Originally Posted By TNVC:
Originally Posted By SkyPup:
OMG I was just out using the helmet mounted PVS-14 to scope out my new TNVC IR Torch Pro and DBAL-I2 IR Laser looking west when a HUGE meteorite streaked across the sky from North to South leaving a trail at least 50 miles long. This thing looked like a Saturn V rocket going sideways!
Just freakin' awesome!!!
I saw many more minor meteors but this thing was the real thing. Check it out, they are coming down strong now.... Always an issue with something being here is So-Cal. Either bad gun laws, or just too damn light outside when the fun starts! Vic, sounds like you are getting Californicated.....
Add insult to injury, now we have T-storms coming in almost every night blocking further look-ups! When does it stop!
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Echo2
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Posted: 8/12/2012 12:52:33 AM
I watched it rain.....meteors!!!!!.... for about 10 seconds straight....just right of the big dipper @ around 12:30.....was awesome....died down to less than 15...20 per min....I gotta get some sleep.
Thanks again for the heads up.....that was the best natural fireworks I'd seen via NVDs.... |
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Posted: 8/12/2012 1:00:28 AM
My son saw 3 . I only saw one but it was A GOOD ONE
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