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Posted: 8/3/2012 12:42:00 AM EDT
| 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. |
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Quoted: 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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Quoted: 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
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+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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+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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+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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+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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+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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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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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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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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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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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. Quoted:
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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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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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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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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