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Posted: 5/23/2014 10:42:41 AM EDT
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Does anyone have any plans to break out the night vision for the meteor shower tonight?
I just got my pvs this week, so I have never had the chance to do it. Has anyone witness something like this before with their NV devices? http://m.space.com/25987-meteor-shower-meteor-storm-webcasts-tonight.html |
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Does anyone have any plans to break out the night vision for the meteor shower tonight? I just got my pvs this week, so I have never had the chance to do it. Has anyone witness something like this before with their NV devices? http://m.space.com/25987-meteor-shower-meteor-storm-webcasts-tonight.html This a newly discovered shower, so no guarantee's how good or bad it will be. Looking up at the sky with a Gen 3 device is spectacular! 
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This a newly discovered shower, so no guarantee's how good or bad it will be. Looking up at the sky with a Gen 3 device is spectacular!
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Does anyone have any plans to break out the night vision for the meteor shower tonight? I just got my pvs this week, so I have never had the chance to do it. Has anyone witness something like this before with their NV devices? http://m.space.com/25987-meteor-shower-meteor-storm-webcasts-tonight.html This a newly discovered shower, so no guarantee's how good or bad it will be. Looking up at the sky with a Gen 3 device is spectacular!
Vic It really is mesmerizing. I do it for hours at a time. I only wish NODs had a much wider FOV. It's amazing how much you can see in the nighttime sky, but that's eclipsed by how much we actually miss with current NV technology. |
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This a newly discovered shower, so no guarantee's how good or bad it will be. Looking up at the sky with a Gen 3 device is spectacular!
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Does anyone have any plans to break out the night vision for the meteor shower tonight? I just got my pvs this week, so I have never had the chance to do it. Has anyone witness something like this before with their NV devices? http://m.space.com/25987-meteor-shower-meteor-storm-webcasts-tonight.html This a newly discovered shower, so no guarantee's how good or bad it will be. Looking up at the sky with a Gen 3 device is spectacular!
Vic I definitely noticed the first time I used my unit a couple nights ago 
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It really is mesmerizing. I do it for hours at a time. I only wish NODs had a much wider FOV. It's amazing how much you can see in the nighttime sky, but that's eclipsed by how much we actually miss with current NV technology. Quoted:
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Does anyone have any plans to break out the night vision for the meteor shower tonight? I just got my pvs this week, so I have never had the chance to do it. Has anyone witness something like this before with their NV devices? http://m.space.com/25987-meteor-shower-meteor-storm-webcasts-tonight.html This a newly discovered shower, so no guarantee's how good or bad it will be. Looking up at the sky with a Gen 3 device is spectacular!
Vic It really is mesmerizing. I do it for hours at a time. I only wish NODs had a much wider FOV. It's amazing how much you can see in the nighttime sky, but that's eclipsed by how much we actually miss with current NV technology. I would suggest THESE , but they are a bit restricted unfortunately. 
**Disclaimer**, these images are NOT from the actual GPNVG but rather PVS-14 pics Photoshopped together to give you the panoramic views. |
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I would suggest THESE , but they are a bit restricted unfortunately.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Clutch99/GPNVG18_dove_fb-1_zps4dd40509.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Clutch99/GPNVG18_10-2_zps20a0dc42.jpg Quoted:
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Does anyone have any plans to break out the night vision for the meteor shower tonight? I just got my pvs this week, so I have never had the chance to do it. Has anyone witness something like this before with their NV devices? http://m.space.com/25987-meteor-shower-meteor-storm-webcasts-tonight.html This a newly discovered shower, so no guarantee's how good or bad it will be. Looking up at the sky with a Gen 3 device is spectacular!
Vic It really is mesmerizing. I do it for hours at a time. I only wish NODs had a much wider FOV. It's amazing how much you can see in the nighttime sky, but that's eclipsed by how much we actually miss with current NV technology. I would suggest THESE , but they are a bit restricted unfortunately.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Clutch99/GPNVG18_dove_fb-1_zps4dd40509.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Clutch99/GPNVG18_10-2_zps20a0dc42.jpg I've seen those... and thought you might chime in with something Unobtanium 
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saw this on the news this morning, wish I had my 14 to watch. I will still probably look for them but it wont be as fun.
im still checking my email 87 times a day hoping for a shipping notice. hopefully next week. 
maybe there will be an error in my order and Vic will accidentally drop the gp18's in the box instead 
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Quoted: I would suggest THESE , but they are a bit restricted unfortunately. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Clutch99/GPNVG18_dove_fb-1_zps4dd40509.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Clutch99/GPNVG18_10-2_zps20a0dc42.jpg **Disclaimer**, these images are NOT from the actual GPNVG but rather PVS-14 pics Photoshopped together to give you the panoramic views. Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Does anyone have any plans to break out the night vision for the meteor shower tonight? I just got my pvs this week, so I have never had the chance to do it. Has anyone witness something like this before with their NV devices? http://m.space.com/25987-meteor-shower-meteor-storm-webcasts-tonight.html This a newly discovered shower, so no guarantee's how good or bad it will be. Looking up at the sky with a Gen 3 device is spectacular! Vic It really is mesmerizing. I do it for hours at a time. I only wish NODs had a much wider FOV. It's amazing how much you can see in the nighttime sky, but that's eclipsed by how much we actually miss with current NV technology. I would suggest THESE , but they are a bit restricted unfortunately. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Clutch99/GPNVG18_dove_fb-1_zps4dd40509.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Clutch99/GPNVG18_10-2_zps20a0dc42.jpg **Disclaimer**, these images are NOT from the actual GPNVG but rather PVS-14 pics Photoshopped together to give you the panoramic views. Those guys are serious about guarding their pizza boxes.
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HA! You guys are killin' me.
The occurrence of celestial events of ANY importance or interest means one thing here in NW Oregon: It's gonna be solid overcast. There have been no exceptions in recorded history. I have NV. I guess I'll watch TV with them while you have fun. |
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HA! You guys are killin' me. The occurrence of celestial events of ANY importance or interest means one thing here in NW Oregon: It's gonna be solid overcast. There have been no exceptions in recorded history. I have NV. I guess I'll watch TV with them while you have fun. Looks like it will be cloudy here in central Texas tonight so I might be out of luck also. |
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HA! You guys are killin' me. The occurrence of celestial events of ANY importance or interest means one thing here in NW Oregon: It's gonna be solid overcast. There have been no exceptions in recorded history. I have NV. I guess I'll watch TV with them while you have fun. Nothing but clear skies here and we're almost in the direct-best path the showers ("storm") are expected to take. I'll enjoy it enough for both of us! |
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couple of places on line http://live.slooh.com/ 10pm eastern also chat and live if possible off nasa.gov 11pm eastern - see nasa.gov for link off their links edit - looks like slooh isn't live yet, though it was suppose to be. |
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it is really kind of unknown, as this is debrie that has not been encountered before, so there are some estimates that it could be be over a few days. peak rates estimated between 2am and 4am edt on sat morning may 24 (night of friday, may 23) per spaceweather site information off the spaceweather.com site some stuff off space.com http://www.space.com/25967-new-meteor-shower-camelopardalids-predictions.html sky and telescope has a star map of where the radiant should be http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/weeks-sky-glance-may-23-31/ |
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Not much meteor activity seen here. I saw 4, maybe 5 faint, fast ones and checked Spaceweather in the morning.
They reported 5 to 10 per hour in "some places" and then went on and on about this being a small comet and explained how nobody could have reasonably thought it would be a big shower, even though Spaceweather had claimed it just might be. They closed with the comment that the calculations might have been off, and it COULD happen later on the 24th. Pretty lame if you ask me. BTW, I had expected to buy a FLIR T-75 today with money that was expected to flow into my account. But I checked the balance and have only 5 or 10 Dollars. But, the money COULD arrive later today, though....You just never know. |
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Quoted: Not much meteor activity seen here. I saw 4, maybe 5 faint, fast ones and checked Spaceweather in the morning. They reported 5 to 10 per hour in "some places" and then went on and on about this being a small comet and explained how nobody could have reasonably thought it would be a big shower, even though Spaceweather had claimed it just might be. They closed with the comment that the calculations might have been off, and it COULD happen later on the 24th. Pretty lame if you ask me. BTW, I had expected to buy a FLIR T-75 today with money that was expected to flow into my account. But I checked the balance and have only 5 or 10 Dollars. But, the money COULD arrive later today, though....You just never know. You have $10 in your bank account? After buying a PVS-14 and an LWTS on the same day, my account has been DRAINED.  |
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Same here. I stayed out from about 11PM to 2AM looking up at the sky. I did see a 3-4 spectacular ones -- the kind that move a little slower and go on for a few seconds -- but aside from that it was a complete let-down. My wife came out around midnight with "her" NODs (I tell them they're hers so I can buy more, chicks are so gullible ), and we proceeded to skywatch together. She bored quickly as literally nothing happened for close to a half-hour.
What a bust. On a more positive note, I was abducted again... I think. My ass hurts anyway. |
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This a newly discovered shower, so no guarantee's how good or bad it will be. Looking up at the sky with a Gen 3 device is spectacular!
Vic Quoted:
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Does anyone have any plans to break out the night vision for the meteor shower tonight? I just got my pvs this week, so I have never had the chance to do it. Has anyone witness something like this before with their NV devices? http://m.space.com/25987-meteor-shower-meteor-storm-webcasts-tonight.html This a newly discovered shower, so no guarantee's how good or bad it will be. Looking up at the sky with a Gen 3 device is spectacular!
Vic ....And as others reported, not too much going on that I saw. Saw more cigar smoke than anything else.
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