Guest 644- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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If anyone is interested, don't forget the nights of August 12th and 13th are the best nights of the year for spotting shooting stars. Unfortunately the viewing conditions are less than ideal this year due to a Full Moon, but if the clouds break, do keep an eye out. The meteors should eminate from a NE direction and despite the bright moon, the brightest ones should still be visible.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#2
thanks for tip off phil, remember this from last year.
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#3
Thanks for that Phil.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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#4
I'm a Leonids man myself......
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#5
Thanks Phil - do you know what sort of time - through the night, or between certain hours ?
Roger
Guest 644- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#6
Normally after midnight tonight is the best time tonight Roger. Having said that you stand an increased chance of seeing a Perseid all week as the 'shower' lasts until the 24th although the number viewable drops off over the days. Still, with the Full Moon viewing conditions are sadly less than ideal this year.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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#7
Thanks indeed Phil for the tip off there, will definitely keep an eye out.
Always thrilling to see activity in the sky above us, reminds us how huge it all is and how small we are in the great scheme of things.
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#8
oh wow love them, last year i was a lucky girl and saw quite a few they are amazing
Guest 663- Registered: 20 Mar 2008
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#9
Will definitely keep my eyes peeled, thanks Phil for the imfo
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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#10
Unfortunately the show is always spoiled for us in Europe because of light pollution. In the Middle East we used to drive out into the desert, about 100 miles from the nearest town, where on a moonless night it would be totally pitch dark except for starlight. So dark that after about half an hour your eyes get much more sensitive and you see any meteors as a dazzling bright streak.
Lie on your back and look up and it's like a firework display, it has to be seen to be believed. There are few places on earth where you can do that.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 675- Registered: 30 Jun 2008
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#11
I can remember quite some years ago walking homeward in London when a power cut suddenly left a brilliant view of this annual event. While standing watching a police constable walked over and just said, "brilliant isn't it."
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.
Richard Armour
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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