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Message 1555983 - Posted: 13 Aug 2014, 1:04:57 UTC

Website says it should peak between 3 and 4 AM across all time zones. I hope it clears up here.
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Message 1556042 - Posted: 13 Aug 2014, 3:49:28 UTC

With the full moon only two days ago spotting shooting stars may prove difficult tonight. So far I spent about 20 min looking with no results.
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Message 1556548 - Posted: 14 Aug 2014, 4:33:29 UTC

Bob do you know if it can be seen in the southern hemisphere or just in the north ?
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Message 1556557 - Posted: 14 Aug 2014, 5:05:11 UTC

Both, and here's a link showing how to find it/them:
http://meteorshowersonline.com/perseids.html

(Its been too cloudy for me to see the main shower, but I did catch one incoming a couple of weeks ago which must have been one of the early ones)
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Message 1556676 - Posted: 14 Aug 2014, 11:34:32 UTC - in response to Message 1556548.  

Bob do you know if it can be seen in the southern hemisphere or just in the north ?

Glenn, to be honest I'm not sure.
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Message 1556777 - Posted: 14 Aug 2014, 16:34:42 UTC - in response to Message 1556557.  

Thanks rob for the link
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Message 1557210 - Posted: 15 Aug 2014, 7:44:42 UTC
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I saw clouds... lots and lots of clouds... yet again... then I saw... clouds... and clouds...

I'm beginning to see a pattern here... and yep... it looks like clouds :)
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