General Chat

Just seen your thread Renes.

I have just been telling the Australian Thread that we are all set with picnic, deck chairs and blankets to go in the car to find somewhere dark to watch it!!! :-D
It is supposed to peak tonight between 2 and 4 am according to Breakfast Telly this morning!

Renes north Essex is cloudy :-( not a star to be seen, the only lights in the sky are from planes heading for Stansted :-(

didnt see out and even had me binocks out :(

My niece has been boasting about falling stars and meteor showers at

Battle in Sussex .......Says it is marvellous......


don't think I will make it there, from Cornwall to see any though ....

x :-( :-(

It's 4am here.

I can't sleep.

So I went outside (in the dark) to see if there was any sight of a meteor.

Nope.

Thousands of stars.......... we have no street lights here, so the sky was brilliant.

Then............ CRASH, SCRAMBLE, BANG, THUD!

I don't know who got the bigger fright, me or the possum who fell out of the tree :-D

Going to brave it and drive up on the edge of Salisbury Plain later, away from the towns and lights.

Neighbours had accidently left an outdoor security light switched on, so my dark viewing point of the previous day was rather too light.
I did try looking for a while, but perhaps not at the optimum time, so saw none.

Gwyn

what is the best time to see it guys?????

*floats back again* :-D

The sky's clear here and forecast to stay that way.

Just about to nip out to get the recliners set up and find a few layers of fleecies.

:-D :-D :-D

Mr Magooo.......are you going through your book of jolly japes for boys and girls again? :-D :-D :-D


Kim, I've read that the hours before dawn are best. When is that at this time of year? I saw a decent display a couple of years ago around 11.30pm - it was a good dark spot. I'll be going out just after midnight tonight as that's when the street lights go out. Enjoy :-D

I read somewhere that around midnight was good tonight.

I guess any time it is a case of 'watch and see', but I have seen them in other years and tonight is supposed to be particularly good if the sky is clear.

Perhaps if someone is lucky, they could post here soon afterwards and say which direction is good.

Gwyn

It's a bit cloudy here

Here a little fact for you though.
ASTRONOMER:
When you rearrange the letters:
you get
MOON STARER :-D

I am trying later ...it is clear here in Cornwall ......



x

For Island.............

Stargazing.

There are 2 blonds sitting on a porch in Kansas looking at the moon.

1 blond says to the other, "which do you think is closer? The moon or Texas?"

The other blond says "duh!Can you see Texas?"

Island

When you next .. float this way . - any meteors pass you by


Good job we are interested in genealogy .....and not astronomy

all we have seen is a

Possum .........................


x

Dear All

Hello

Clear and quite bright here in London but still waiting........ :-)


Take gentle care and keep warm
Best wishes
Elizabeth, EOS
xx

Got a crick in my neck, sitting in a garden chair watching the show.... quite spectacular actually

Have come indoors to watch from an attic window coz I'm chilly now

Just on my way outside

Wow :-D :-D :-D in north Essex tonight :-D

Seen about 4 in the short time I have been watching from the attic skylight.

They were roughly north east from this south coast area and high in the sky.

No need for binos. You will know if you see one :-)

Gwyn

It's a clear sky down south and i have seen 1 so far.

Boy.........am i gonna have a sore neck tomorrow!!

Edit: I mean later today!

:-D