Sat night is a sky party for families so you can bring as many family members as you want. You are totally qualified to join because you are a guest of me (Ming Huang if people as but usually no one cares). You can camp there or you can leave anytime. You will have to bring your camping gear and food/water. There might be a potluck dinner party before dark. I will bring a trailer so I will stay overnight.
Here is the message from LAAS:
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Our last Family Night event of the year is happening this Saturday at our Dark Sky site in Lockwood, CA. Come on up before sunset and be treated to one of Nature's best shows of the year, the Perseids Meteor Shower. I've posted information below for anyone not familiar with Perseids.
"The Perseid shower is very old and spread out and covers late July through most of August with a higher percentage of fireballs than most. "
"The Family night event is the day before the peak of the Perseid meteor shower which should peak between 2:00 AM and 4:00 AM on Monday morning, the 12th. " John O'Bryan, Jr. - LAAS Club Treasurer
So grab your folding chairs and lounges, bring up some food for the potluck meal, and drive up to Lockwood for a weekend of stargazing and shooting stars! Bring your camping gear if you want to spend the night.
Directions to Lockwood may be found by reviewing your New Member Info packets or by logging on to the Night Sky Network and viewing the date on our event calendar.
August 10-13, 2013 before dawn, the Perseids
The Perseid meteor shower is perhaps the most beloved meteor shower of the year for the Northern Hemisphere. The shower builds gradually to a peak, often produces 50 to 100 meteors per hour in a dark sky at the peak, and, for us in the Northern Hemisphere, this shower comes when the weather is warm. The Perseids tend to strengthen in number as late night deepens into midnight, and typically produce the most meteors in the wee hours before dawn. They radiate from a point in the constellation Perseus the Hero, but, as with all meteor shower radiant points, you don’t need to know Perseus to watch the shower; instead, the meteors appear in all parts of the sky. They are typically fast and bright meteors. They frequently leave persistent trains. Every year, you can look for the Perseids around August 10-13. They combine with the Delta Aquarid shower (above) to produce the year’s most dazzling display of shooting stars. In 2013, the Perseid meteors will streak across the short summer nights – August 10-13 – from late night until dawn, with little to no interference from the waxing crescent moon. Plus the moon will be near the planet Saturn in the evening hours, giving a colorful prelude to late-night Perseid show. Best mornings to look: August 11, 12 and 13.
Everything you need to know: Perseid meteor shower or
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