Meteors - tonight

Rumour has it we are due a spectacular shower tonight - but I missed the vital information as to where and what time - does anyone know?

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I keep missing it too. Of course, it does depend on a nice clear sky.

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This may help Tabby .......

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamieca.../#661cd1e13776

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I will have a look tonight before I go to bed.
Thanks Tabs and Mags.

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Thank you, Mags. Will trot outside about 11.00pm and have a look!

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More info here ....

https://www.radiotimes.com/technolog...-how-to-watch/

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Wow! So many and so fast! Thought I was going to miss them as it it is a bit cloudy but there was a timely break! Amazing. Will have another look later on.

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Lucky you, ST! It's overcast and raining here.

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Went out again about 1:30am - but it was too cloudy to see anything.

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I like the bit in the Radio Times where it says a clear sky is best for observing meteors!! Apart from the British weather, the Perseids can be very disappointing but it doesn't stop the media from hyping it up every year. August is traditionally a slow news month so that may explain some of it. I remember being in Cornwall in August 1999 where we were camping out all night lying on our backs looking skywards. No clouds that night but saw very few meteors. That would have been 12th August, exactly 21 years ago today, the day after the first total eclipse visible from UK since 1927. That was ruined by clouds too! Oh well, roll on September 2090!