Meteor shower

[white_van_man]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6940962.stm

could make for some interesting pics

[ATG]

I don't think they mentioned it in that article, but the shooting stars appear to radiate out from a point centred on Perseus. If you look straight at Persues you'll see sod all because you'll be looking straight at the on-coming meteorites. If you could see anything at all, if would just be a dot. To see the classic shooting star trail most easily you actually want to be looking about 40 degrees either side of Perseus.

[S500]

Going to get out in the garden tonight in the hope of seeing this spectacle (saw 2 last night) what would be an ideal setting to capture some trails?

[Gemm]

I was getting ready and excited and it's suddenly gone cloudy!

[_dobbo_]

Yep I waited for this to start at 22:00 - it got cloudy at about 21:30.

Bum.

Supposed to go on all night getting the most interesting later on, I don't think I'll make it though!

[Pvapour]

just been out to have a look, beautifull clear skys here but i cant see any shower

[jeevescat]

Got this before the cloud arrived

[white_van_man]

i got one but it was very blury and slightly overexposed oh well mite go out again in a bit when my battery has charged again

[ATG]

Cleared up a bit here in Gloucs. Bit of haze, and I'm only about 4 miles from Gloucester and maybe 6 or 7 from Cheltenham, so there's a fair bit of light pollution to the North and West, but East is pretty good. Could see the Pleiades fairly easily. Guess I was seeing one meteorite fairly clearly every 3 or 4 minutes.

[Yellabelly]

Lovely clear skies over Lincoln and a surprising amount of activity.

[456mgt]

Bit of a damp squib IMO. Lovely clear skies here. Saw 5 or 6 in the space of 30 mins and a satellite going over, but it's no light show.

[Stu R]

saw one, possibly two in the 20 minutes or so I was looking, cloud moved in and spoiled the day

[Cuban]

Very over hyped, clear skies here from 10pm - 2am, didn't even see one as I
worked, even with no local light pollution and periods of solid gazing... nothing.


My wife said she saw 3 around the time we were waiting for or watching the Space
Station / Shuttle go over at 10pm, but none were anything to get excited about.

[elliotdavies]

I lost count how many i saw, they werent exactly bright though, may be because it was slightly overcast when i was watching the heavens.
Still worth watching if you were on nightshift like me.
Also a mate pointed out a satelite or something similar moving across the space...........