Shooting stars

[rustylady]

Apparently we should be able to see shooting stars tonight - the Perseid Meteor Shower- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8193769.stm Anyone going to be watching?

[julesapple]

Hope the cloud clears up. We thought about driving out to Ebbor Gorge, which has a real 'big sky' view so them from there.

It's total cloud cover at the moment though and I think it's set to stay that way

We sat up until 3am on a freezing November morning when we lived in deepest Aberdeenshire to watch a meteor shower once....fabulous!

Jules

[HeyWayne]

Depends on the weather - I'll have a look if:

a - I remember
b - It's clear and not raining
c - I'm not already asleep

[TEB]

Hope the cloud clears up. We thought about driving out to Ebbor Gorge, which has a real 'big sky' view so them from there.

It's total cloud cover at the moment though and I think it's set to stay that way

We sat up until 3am on a freezing November morning when we lived in deepest Aberdeenshire to watch a meteor shower once....fabulous!

Jules

That was probably the Leonid meteor shower and we did the same in 2004, it was fantastic

Apparently we should be able to see shooting stars tonight - the Perseid Meteor Shower- BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Skywatchers set for meteor shower Anyone going to be watching?

Me Miss, hopefully it will be a clear sky as their is not too much light pollution where we are

[Nicos]

We most certainly will if the darned clouds go away!!!....I love this sort of thing!
The stars here are so clear- tis wonderful!!

[Two_Sheds]

Well, we were looking last night, cos as usual Mr Sheds heard something, but heard it wrong !

[allotmentlady]

i want too, but probably will forget xxx

[scarey55]

Certainly will Rustylady, thanks for the heads up.
I've got a couple of wishes that I want to make and I could do with putting a couple in my pocket for a rainy day

[piskieinboots]

Google have a lovely picture today for this - in case you aren't a Googleite - here tis - not sure why but it reminds me of Christmas*



*oops sorry for swearing

[OllieMartin]

Google have a lovely picture today for this - in case you aren't a Googleite - here tis - not sure why but it reminds me of Christmas*



*oops sorry for swearing

It's like a huge-scale, nightime snowball fight!

I didn't realise, but you can see shooting stars every night, you just need a clear sky and you have to look carefully.

I'll be walking home at about 10 o'clock tonight so will try and remember to have a look.

[Nicos]

Here you go...

Head north for Perseids meteor shower tonight, stargazers told | News | guardian.co.uk

[Headfry]

Lovely and clear last night out my way....how many did I see

4

wow such a lot and all in just over 2 hours!!!.....what happened to the 'fantastic' show then ?

[Pumpkin Becki]

Such a shame that they always seem to be in the early hours on a week night, I think I'll miss this one as well, I'll never get up for work in the morning if I try to watch.

[rustylady]

Google have a lovely picture today for this - in case you aren't a Googleite - here tis - not sure why but it reminds me of Christmas*



*oops sorry for swearing

Go to the norty corner immediately Piskie = the "C" word is banned until at least November!!

[julesapple]

Phooey!

Just watched a reply of the lunchtime forecast for our area today. Apparently, it has been sunny all day. I didn't see any sunshine, maybe it was obscured by the low cloud and rain?

What has happened to weather forecasting recently? It sucks.

Doesn't look like we'll see much tonight if the forecast is to be believed, so I'm all for donning warm gear, packing flasks and heading out to Ebbor as it's bound to be wrong!

Jules

Yes, twas the Leonids....very spectacular they were too. I love all this astronomical stuff.