according to nasa.........

"On Sept. 1, 2007, a flurry of bright and oddly-colored meteors might—emphasis on might--come streaming out of the constellation Auriga, putting on a beautiful early morning show for sky watchers in western North America"

They are not sure if infact the meteors will show up.....

But will a shower actually materialize? The answer lies in the unknown contents of the debris stream.
We have so little experience with ancient debris from long-period comets," notes Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office (MEO) at the Marshall Space Flight Center. "Almost anything could happen—from a fizzle to a beautiful meteor shower.
We expect the outburst to peak at 11:36 UT (4:36 a.m. PDT) +/- 20 minutes on Sept. 1st," says Jenniskens. "The whole event should last about 2 hours and be visible from California, Oregon, Hawaii and the eastern Pacific Ocean."



I just think this is a good chance to just drive my mini out of the city lights and see if the shower does happen...

Whatever happens at least I will take a mini Road trip to Joshua Tree in my MC

 

Hey I am up for it , love late night drives out of this god damn city. I am coming.

 

yo let's do this

 

Hmmmm...Joshua Tree is so beautiful...very tempting, even if it may be awfully hot out there.

Edit: I'm going to move this from Off Topic to the SoCal regional forum.

 

thanks clo yeah it's gonna be a warm one out there

 

what the hell , 2 more peeps within 10 minutes. We so gotte do this now. Starbux meet before , overdoze on coffee and then start to roll out.

 

Sunrise picnic breakfast! Even if the meteor shower fizzles, it will still be wonderful to see the sunrise in the desert.

 

hey that sounds good, how far of a drive is it from la and what time would we be heading out ?

 

2 hours out from downtown LA.

are we shooting to catch the meteor shower full on? 2xistRob quoted 4:36 am as the peak. maybe we could leave around 1:00/1:30?

 

I did a quickie Google Maps directions from my West L.A. zip code (90066) to Joshua Tree:

141 mi – about 2 hours 26 mins
(up to 4 hours 40 mins in traffic)

Basically, you take I-10 to 62/Joshua Tree Hwy. and follow the signs to the National Monument.

 

Meeting at 1 AM seems like a good plan. Where to meet?

 

So kool , night driving caravan , I like it I like it. Now , who is coming ?

 

Well, let's keep this thread going for the next day...NAM is going to be down beginning Friday at 5 PM Mountain for migration to the new server, and may be down 24-48 hours, so we need to get this figured out today!

 

Okay I am in glendale, do not have a problem with driving anywhere to meet you guys up . So sat at 1 am we are meeting at......, and so far its;

glnr13 ,Glen
Me ,Arthur
MINIclo
2xistRob, hopefully he wil responde back to this thread.

I might get a few more people from MU to come. vbmenu_register("postmenu_1720800", true); I will copy this thread over there.

 

I'll tell the MININUTS about it, too. They just might be up for it.

MINIclo - Clover

 

here's an article on it from S&T
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/obser...s/9332696.html

 

I am in OC - I am also a 'maybe'

Thread opened in SSOCMCC


If / when NAM goes down - feel free to post there

 

For those of us who DON'T live in southern CA...... (thread needs to be moved again).

I'm thinking of heading up to Lake Tahoe to watch.

 

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.................

 

WOW! didn't think that many people were up for it....

Of Course I'm in...

I think of where to meet and everyone else do the same....

 

So - I am thinking that it is going to be best to meet somewhere en-route.

I woulkd take the 91 to the 60/10 and can meet up with you guys at around Riverside.

If I can persuade a couple of local OC'ers to come it will probably be a plan to meet there at around 2:30ish

 

We could meet about 2:30 AM at the A&W in Cabazon, about 15 miles west of Palm Springs. Here's the address:

A&W
49030 Seminole Drive
Cabazon, CA 92230

This meeting point is about 11 miles from Hwy. 62, which we take to Joshua Tree off of I-10. It's about 40 miles from the A&W to Joshua Tree, or about 45 minutes.

We can wait until 3 AM for stragglers, then caravan together to Joshua Tree.

Anyone in Central Cal or NorCal wishing to plan a similar event should post a new thread in the respective forums.

Thoughts?

 

Depends on the route you take - I just doi not fancy fighting my way into LA only to have to fight my way back out again !

I will probably use the 241/91/60/10 route

 

If I'm not drunk I'll join you.

 

I like it. meeting in cabazon will be good but I think we should meet like 2 and leave like 2:40
Just my thoughts