Spacestation Sighting Over England Tonight

[wendilla]

10 28 pm for 3 mins w departing s

PERSEID METEOR SHOWER--THIS WEEK: Earth is entering a stream of debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle, source of the annual Perseid meteor shower. Forecasters expect meteor rates to peak at 100+ per hour on the night of Aug. 12-13 when our planet passes through the heart of the debris stream. Perseids produce more fireballs than any other meteor shower of the year, so stay tuned for a good show.

[rsvp]

I love looking out for meteor showers, shooting stars etc - a couple of years ago I got all settled at 10.30pm in the garden with yoga mat, pillow and duvet, facing the right way too - woke up at 6am the following morning soaking wet without seeing a single thing.
Better luck tonight although thunderstorms and heavy rain are forecast but fingers crossed.

[wendilla]

You need to look in a north eastern on direction coming from the point of the border from the constellation Perseus.if you go to space weather.com you will get more info about it there .

[wendilla]

RSVP think it will be a downpour again tonight .

[Peaspeculiars]

Nice one Wendi, cheers xx

[Peter Pedant]

didnt see any last night
but thanks for adverting us

will go out tonight !

[Canary42]

An article I read said looking in any direction is adequate (providing it's up of course). Think driving rain - it still wets the ground evenly.

[tonyav]

For the first time since 2007 this coincides with an invisible new moon, which means many people should get a glimpse of the shooting stars due to exceptionally dark skies.


What is an invisible new moon ?.

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/perseid-meteor-shower-to-burn-bright-over-uk/ar-BBlBXzL

[ethandron]

Yay, just saw the space station float past, and two big meteors whizz by overhead, sky is clear as a bell :)
Thanks we dills x

[ethandron]

'wendilla'