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Where should I go to watch the meteor shower tonight?
Posted by: mike ()
Date: November 16, 2009 07:29PM

I wanna see the meteor shower tonight, but I live in falls church, so there's a lot of light pollution around here. where could I go where I could see the meteor shower really well? i'm willing to go out pretty far, maybe 50 miles at most. not sure if it would be better to go west or south. probably west, as the meteor shower is supposed to be seen to the north. any suggestions? thanks.

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Re: Where should I go to watch the meteor shower tonight?
Posted by: nose full of pus ()
Date: November 16, 2009 07:32PM

Head on down to Richmond and, if you're lucky, you might catch a Meadeor shower.

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Re: Where should I go to watch the meteor shower tonight?
Posted by: pgens ()
Date: November 16, 2009 07:41PM

Right where you are now.

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/11/16/2128635.aspx

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Re: Where should I go to watch the meteor shower tonight?
Posted by: graymoose1 ()
Date: November 16, 2009 08:10PM

I would go outside

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Re: Where should I go to watch the meteor shower tonight?
Posted by: angeleyes ()
Date: November 16, 2009 08:15PM

i live in richmond, where is the best place to watch it at.

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Re: Where should I go to watch the meteor shower tonight?
Posted by: I knew it ()
Date: November 16, 2009 08:27PM

The corner of 1st and Uranus

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Re: Where should I go to watch the meteor shower tonight?
Posted by: graymoose1 ()
Date: November 16, 2009 08:27PM

again, I would go outside.

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Re: Where should I go to watch the meteor shower tonight?
Posted by: Space Ghost ()
Date: November 16, 2009 09:24PM

Go to the Nike missile site (Turner Farm Park) in Great Falls. Some time back, a study showed it to have the darkest sky in the area at the time. There's a group of amateur astronomers who gather there.

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Re: Where should I go to watch the meteor shower tonight?
Posted by: mike ()
Date: November 16, 2009 10:41PM

im in richmond as well and would like to know of a nice place to watch the event...

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Re: Where should I go to watch the meteor shower tonight?
Posted by: Lawman ()
Date: November 16, 2009 10:48PM

graymoose1 Wrote:
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> I would go outside

+1

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Re: Where should I go to watch the meteor shower tonight?
Posted by: mike ()
Date: November 17, 2009 12:35AM

ok im going outside.

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Re: Where should I go to watch the meteor shower tonight?
Posted by: shooting star ()
Date: November 17, 2009 01:07AM

Anyone seen any yet?

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Re: Where should I go to watch the meteor shower tonight?
Posted by: outsider ()
Date: November 17, 2009 01:37AM

Nope. not one

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Re: Where should I go to watch the meteor shower tonight?
Posted by: ThePackLeader ()
Date: November 17, 2009 01:45AM

Sometimes I used to go out to Rte. 15 South of Leesburg, as you have fewer lights out there, and some great hills to watch from atop. Lately I've just viewed the Meteors from my deck (I set up a NV Camera one year on a tripod mount with my telescope, and I caught some really amazing fireballs).

BTW, Rte. 15 is where I saw the Northern Lights one time. I heard about a Geo-Magnetic storm, and so I drove out there. Sure enough, at about the time I was giving up, I saw a glittering curtain of light that started shimmering in the sky (It was a very vivid blue). It lasted for about 10 seconds or less, but it was tight.

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Re: Where should I go to watch the meteor shower tonight?
Posted by: Hossein ()
Date: November 16, 2013 07:02PM

"between 1st and Uranus"?
lol. rofl

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