If anyone saw any last night, can they put their hand up. How many did I see? zero. None. Nada.
“Up to 20 times more shooting stars than a normal night are expected, so instead of seeing one every 10 minutes there could be one or more each minute. Although the waxing gibbous Moon will not set until after midnight there will still be plenty of opportunity to see these bright trailing streaks across the sky.”
Everyone hope for the rain to fall all afternoon and be gone, by tonight.
If you miss out there’s also a bit of a lunar eclipse at the weekend. It’s a full moon so that makes people mad anyway:
The exact colour of the eclipsed Moon will not be known beforehand and will, ironically, depend on the condition of the Earth’s atmosphere at the time.
More from the Astronomy lads.
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Didn’t see anything last night cos of the rain. Boo-urns.
Boo-urns is right.
Cleared up last night around midnight so I sat out to watch. Caught 4 of em and was chuffed. I <3 meteors.
If by shooting stars you mean big-ass water particles then yeah, I’ve seen them all week as they continue to soak me.
When’s it summer?
[...] going to Muse tonight and this entry is about meteors, I’m making the leap. Indulge me. RP pointed out the fact that a meteor shower has been peaking over the past few days. Monday night was too overcast and rainy to see anything in [...]
I saw a shooting star august 11th but i only saw 1 and it was around 1:18 or so a.m. and it it was really cool!!!
well technically it would’ve been august 12th
Anthony: Glad someone got to see some, I missed out, and I had my eyes peeled
Joe: The minute I have an answer to that I’ll be all over it!
Maria: Lucky you, I did see one last weekend, it was gorgeous
*Keep an eye out at the weekend for the lunar eclipse. Had a brilliant conversation with a taxi man about eclipses and meteor showers the other day.