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Tonight there are 2 Meteor Showers are at Peak:
The Perseids meteor shower is near its peak.
Zenith Hourly Rate: 100 per Hour.
Average Velocity: 59 km/s
Approx Magnitude: 2.2
The eta-Eridanids meteor shower is near its peak.
Zenith Hourly Rate: 6 per Hour.
Average Velocity: 65 km/s
Approx Magnitude: 2.0
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A guide to view the meteors.
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With this weather, moon, and the city lights, the best we can expect to see is a rain shower 
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Cloudy in Vellore here as well. Hopefully I’ll be able to able to catch a sight if it doesn’t rain.
Here too, good rain and cloudy, we can expect same for tomorrow as well, so show is ruled out.
Has anyone had experience with building your own telescope?
The title is a clickbait but the science is very interesting.
how to find various deep sky objects through a manual dobsonian telescope ? I have brotle 6 light pollution in my location .
It comes with practice…you need to start by seeing clusters and bright nebulae. Learn to star hop. Once you get the hang of it, you can start trying for fainter objects. Bortle 6 is actually not that bad.
Thank you for the info ! will try to star hop today 
I use sky view app on my phone. Then, use the finderscopes to narrowdown. Then use the scope to look at the Target.
Another tool that I use on my computer is stellarium. It only helps to get the approximate location of the targets. Still it takes efforts to spot the targets.
Thanks !!! It works good !
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Can anyone help me in Finding the requirements for becoming a 3rd trust level user and have I completed it yet ?
Regular - Chennai Astronomy Club
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But how can I check if I have accomplished it?
I am sure that you will get a notification and a message once you get a badge.
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Thanks for the info !