The Perseid meteor shower 2012

[Nicos]

Worth looking out for them if it's not too cloudy!
We spotted a few last night- should be dark enough to see them fairly soon

EarthSky's meteor shower guide for 2012 | Astronomy Essentials | EarthSky

[scarey55]

I saw loads on Thursday Also, the Milky Way is very visible (if you have good weather) Gorn a bit cloudy here but I'm hoping to be able to make a wish or two tonight

[binley100]

Bet you get a fantastic view with no light or other pollution ........

[scarey55]

Bet you get a fantastic view with no light or other pollution ........

Not as good as you might imagine Bins. We have two street lights outside our house so I have to chose my spot for star gazing carefully, having said that, we're a lot luckier than some.

[binley100]

Well I shall pop out here and see if I can spot 'owt .........bit of cloud about tho'

[Niall]

Saw 16 in a period of 25 minutes last night, the sky was completely clear!

Also saw what must have been a large satellite or the ISS fly past at roughly 11.45 last night, very bright and slower than a meteor.

The milky way was also visible quite well even for where I was

[binley100]

Hope none land........one landed in the sea near Rhodes a few years ago when we were staying on the island of Halki , Scared the sh!te out of us ........

[veggiechicken]

Saw some last night but at the moment we have thick cloud cover and have just had some rain With luck it will pass over and something will be visible later tonight.

[beefy]

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Got this photo on the night of the 14 August on top of the Kirkstone pass .It's either a meteor or an iridium flare .

[cardiffsteve]

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Got this photo on the night of the 14 August on top of the Kirkstone pass .It's either a meteor or an iridium flare .

Bit of dust on the lens.
Cracking photo.