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Post by Neko Bazu on Jul 26, 2007 10:39:03 GMT -1
It's where Eddie Izzard grew up, don't you know I'm hoping for clear skies that Saturday night, because that's when we're due the Perseid meteor shower - and Bexhill's got very few streetlights and is coastal, so it'll be a fantastic place to watch from!
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Post by weallloveleeds on Jul 26, 2007 10:45:17 GMT -1
Cool Can you photograph it?
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Post by Neko Bazu on Jul 26, 2007 10:52:31 GMT -1
Cool Can you photograph it? You'd need a truly fantastic camera and to be exceptionally lucky to stand a snowball's chance in hell of managing it. You should bear in mind that when I say 'shower' I still only mean averaging maybe ten an hour if you're lucky (20 during the peak) - the shower refers moreso to the fact that it's a predictable occurence that originates at roughly the same point in the sky on the same date every year. Even on a good night, that means you get one shot every 6 minutes, and given that the meteors will typically last just under one second, you're only gonna get a shot if you're pointing in the right place and click reflexively. And even then, you have to hope your camera catches enough light. Video footage is a better bet, but even that requires a lot of patience - your best chance is to try to watch it yourself
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Post by weallloveleeds on Jul 26, 2007 10:59:46 GMT -1
Okay From some places in North Yorkshire, if you lie down on you back on the ground, you can just see meteors and stuff in the sky once your eyes adjust Tis really nice Makes you realise how polluted the sky is in the towns and cities
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Post by Neko Bazu on Jul 26, 2007 11:07:32 GMT -1
Okay From some places in North Yorkshire, if you lie down on you back on the ground, you can just see meteors and stuff in the sky once your eyes adjust Tis really nice Makes you realise how polluted the sky is in the towns and cities Oh yeah, it's the same out where my girlfriend lives at the moment - she lived just outside Manchester her entire life, and never once saw a meteor. Now she's living out in the country (somewhere on the border of Essex, about ten miles from any major town of note) and the first time I dragged her out for a late-night stroll, she saw one. Meteors fall all year round; it's just the showers are far larger and more predictable. I love it when you get the "fireballs" - the exceptionally bright meteors that travel across most of the sky and last 3-5 seconds. Only ever seen one in my life, but I've never forgotten it
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Post by Katiekins on Jul 26, 2007 14:06:59 GMT -1
He isnt flying tyil 16:30 he is probably at the gym atm though That's an almost stalkerish knowledge of his movements... "Flying out at four-thirty... He'll be in the gym until twelve-fifty, showered, changed and out by one, home and finished lunch by two, then he'll check his bags one last time before heading to the airport..." Are you sure he loves you, Katie? I know your type sometimes get deluded about that sort of thing Noooo i was texting him yesterday and asked him what time he is flying and he said 4:30 but needs to go to the gym in the morning!! LOL
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Post by Katiekins on Jul 26, 2007 14:09:51 GMT -1
Haha Neko's sussed you out already Katie ;D Rather than create a new thread; I'M GOING AWAY TOMMORROW WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! ;D And she calls me a stalker! Have fun Steevioo! Ypu are an internet stalker You know all of Geography boys websites
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Post by ITFC Dudette6 on Jul 26, 2007 15:27:39 GMT -1
And she calls me a stalker! Have fun Steevioo! Ypu are an internet stalker You know all of Geography boys websites But he put them on his Bebo page!
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Post by Katiekins on Jul 26, 2007 15:28:19 GMT -1
Yea yea yea
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Post by ITFC Dudette6 on Jul 26, 2007 15:30:58 GMT -1
Fine then, don't believe me
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Post by Katiekins on Jul 26, 2007 15:36:24 GMT -1
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