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12-08-2020, 08:15 AM
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Re: Meteors - tonight

I saw a few around midnight but light pollution and clouds didn't help
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12-08-2020, 10:00 AM
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Re: Meteors - tonight

I was in the garden at 11pm for about half an hour but didn’t see anything

I came back indoors with a stiff neck!
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12-08-2020, 10:01 AM
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Re: Meteors - tonight

As always, as soon as the word meteors is mentioned, Europe sends over some rain and clouds.
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12-08-2020, 10:52 AM
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Re: Meteors - tonight

I looked just before I went to bed, but it there was too much cloud.
I also looked again about 4 a.m. when one of the dogs got me up, and still didn't see anything.

I think we may have another chance tonight, haven't we?
I believe Mag's link said it was visible between 11th - 13th Aug.
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12-08-2020, 11:56 AM
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Re: Meteors - tonight

Originally Posted by Mags ->
I was in the garden at 11pm for about half an hour but didn’t see anything

I came back indoors with a stiff neck!
Bet they were hiding from you Mags, they may well be Smart Meteors.
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12-08-2020, 12:36 PM
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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?
Be very, very careful... Have you read The Day of the Triffids?
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12-08-2020, 01:11 PM
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Bet they were hiding from you Mags, they may well be Smart Meteors.
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12-08-2020, 01:45 PM
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Bet they were hiding from you Mags, they may well be Smart Meteors.
Spitty, you get worse as the days get hotter! 😄
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12-08-2020, 02:14 PM
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Be very, very careful... Have you read The Day of the Triffids?
Eeek
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12-08-2020, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Takahashi ->
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!
The Eclipse 1999 was a letdown, I felt cheated of the only time I would experiance it in my life time. Clouds so thick that morning that is was almost dark anyway, yes, it got darker & cooler, but the actual sight of the sun disappearing was not to be.

As to the comets, those are falling in totally the wrong place for me to see them from my house. My back garden faces South West, we have houses & street lights & a railway line in front of the house, no way could I even get a glimpse.

But I seem to remember some years ago they actually fell over the back garden. Laying on my lounger & watching them light up the sky.
 
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