It has been clear for a week. Hazy some nights, but you could see the stars. Sunday night I saw a Persied going through the Little Dipper.

Monday was clear and hazy. I set up both cameras (D200 & D300) on tripods, set the interval timers to 1 minute, and have myself a practice run. The cameras were taking pictures of the sky while the wife and I sat in the hot tub watching the stars. Everything went great. I was really stoked about Tuesday night.

So Tuesday I get up with a couple of friends, they come over to the house and we're going to have a meteor watching party. Everyone brought their swimsuits and cameras, and we're going to sit in the hot tub and watch the meteor shower, and take some pictures. Right!

Except, around 5:00 pm yesterday, it started clouding up. And became a solid overcast. It looked like it might break up around 9:30, and we saw a few stars, but it clouded back up and stayed that way until we called it a night (around 11:00).

I have lost track of how many meteor showers, lunar eclipses and other astronomy events I've missed due to the weather. It's times like this that I miss Arizona! I'm going to try again tonight - IF the weather clears...

So did anyone capture any Persieds?