The Perseids Meteor Shower

Come to The Preserve Club property to view this year's Perseids Meteor Shower!

Club members and their guests are welcome to come to The Preserve and use the member and guest hangout areas to enjoy. RSVP just to let us know you are coming.  We'll be setting up in the dedicated dark sky area of the property just past the entrance.  You can bring your astronomy equipment to set up anywhere you want in the large dark sky area - even if you need to trailer it in.  If you want to spend the night, besure to reserve a site through Hipcamp! This RSVP is simply to mark your calendars for a trip to the property and doesn't reserve you any of the guest sites.

Good to know:

• You can show up anytime after 7PM
• The best viewing hours will be 10PM to Midnight
• We'll be down there ~9PM to ~11PM
• No flashlights, headlights, lanterns or headlamps allowed in the dark sky area
• Quite Hours on the property start at 10PM.  No music, generators, drones or revelry.

What you need:

• One member of your group's name on the RSVP list

What you'll want:

• Chairs or blankets to set up on the ground and look up
• Snacks and refreshments
• Camera and Tripod

What we'll have:

• We have quite a few dispersed picnic tables in the dark sky area - first come first serve and we doubt they will fill up
• Geodome with rain shades if the weather turns
• Emergency Gear (first aid, batter jumper, tire puncture kit, air compressor)
• First Aid/CFP/AED Certified Host (Bob or Magda)

The Perseid meteor shower, which peaks in mid-August, is considered the best meteor shower of the year. With swift and bright meteors, Perseids frequently leave long "wakes" of light and color behind them as they streak through Earth's atmosphere. The Perseids are one of the most plentiful showers with about 50 to 100 meteors seen per hour. They occur with warm summer nighttime weather allowing sky watchers to comfortably view them.

Perseids are also known for their fireballs. Fireballs are larger explosions of light and color that can persist longer than an average meteor streak. This is due to the fact that fireballs originate from larger particles of cometary material. Fireballs are also brighter, with apparent magnitudes greater than -3.