Once in a lifetime meteor event Tonight

NotaSuv
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Monday night will be an opportunity to witness a brand new meteor shower that has never been seen before.

Sam Storch is a retired planetarium astronomer and also a current member of the Astronomical Society of the Palm Beaches in Florida. Storch said the tau Herculids meteor shower will be a once-in-a-lifetime event.

Night sky watchers in North America have the best chance of seeing the tau Herculid shower, with NASA recommending around 1 a.m. on the East Coast or 10 p.m. on the West Coast as the best times to look up. The moon is new, so there will be no moonlight to obscure the meteors.
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  • HzTweaker
    HzTweaker Posts: 788
    I was unaware. Thanks for the heads up.
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,502
    I'm hoping you don't mean once in a lifetime event because it is a plant killer event. We've had enough stressful stuff this week.
    George / NJ

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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    I'll still be up at 11PM I'll take a look.

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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,159
    edited May 2022
    I went out at 1am and didn't see one in 20+ minutes. I came back in for a while. I'm going back out now.

    Nothing.

    Bummer. :(
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    Was just outside for about 10 minutes and didn't see any meteors, but there are plenty of stars. I will check again before going to bed.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,647
    They said it could be nothing or spectacular. Nothing it was.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • NotaSuv
    NotaSuv Posts: 3,854
    well that sucked lol
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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,000
    F1nut wrote: »
    They said it could be nothing or spectacular. Nothing it was.

    Kinda like trying out speaker cables.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,738
    Only on an audio forum can a meteor thread turn into a cable thread.
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,502
    What type of speaker cables are best?
    George / NJ

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    iDefender w/ iPower PS
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,601
    I like the Audioquest Meteors personally.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,556
    audioluvr wrote: »
    I like the Audioquest Meteors personally.

    Well played!
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,300
    Out here in west TX this week.
    Saw one good streak and 5-6 micro bursts
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,895
    Happened to be awake at ca.1:25 AM EDT, so I looked out front and out back (sky was clear enough to see stars). Saw zero of the shooting kind. :/
    Apropos of nothing: I did see one at about midnight last Friday night (Saturday morning) and a bright & persistent one driving home from Mrs. H's reunion in western MA at about 9 PM Saturday night.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    I crashed early last night from a weekend of hard labor in the yard. I did wake up around 1:30 to go to the bathroom and looked out the window and...clouds.

    Such is my life.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,895
    Jstas wrote: »
    I crashed early last night from a weekend of hard labor in the yard. I did wake up around 1:30 to go to the bathroom and looked out the window and...clouds.

    Such is my life.

    I've looked at clouds from both sides now
    From up and down and still somehow
    It's cloud illusions I recall
    I really don't know clouds at all

    B)

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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,000
    VR3 wrote: »
    Only on an audio forum can a meteor thread turn into a cable thread.

    All kidding aside, I'll be trying out Supra Rondo wire next, on your recommendation.😉
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,738
    Great for internal wiring due to its neutral nature and tinplating for long life.

    As a speaker wire for a system, would just depend on the system synergy.

    For internal wiring, neutrality should be the goal, imo
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