Meteor shower

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/ear...-and-east.html

I'd quite like too see it tbh

[Spiderman]

i'd like to see it too but i guess it'l be on The Sky At Night soon and better than i could see from here, lol.

I saw the International Space Station fly over a couple of years ago now. That was magical.

I like that it happens every year, first ive heard of it! i'd love to see it, first ever, then i can say that ive seen a meteor shower trouble is altho southe east is meant to see it best its cloudy where i live

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It does look awesome but you need to away from light pollution to see it really well, yes it does happen every year. I saw it a few years back, but not in the UK.

[gruntygiggles]

On any clear night between October and March, if you're out walking in the dark and in an area with low or no light pollution, just look up. This period is best for shooting stars.

As for the meteor shower last night, I didn't see anything. The sky was fairly clear, but still saw nothing and I live in the sticks!

I'm lucky to have a dad that's obsessed with this stuff. In 1999 he planned a trip to Arizona and worked the trip around us being in the Sonora Desert on the Mexican border for us to watch a Leonids Meteor Storm. The first recorded was in 1767 and there have only been 11 since then.

I can honestly say it was the most amazing night of my life (not including Stretchie of course )
There were hundreds of normal shooting stars going through the sky for over four hours and there were 10-20 really big streaks a minutes, capped off every 15-20 minutes by a bl00dy giant burning through. The giants were incredible, they literally streaked across the whole sky, lasted a good 10 seconds each and were really wide. You could see all the colours of the rainbow in the tails.

Leonids normally peak on 17th November ( my birthday) but don't happen very often. Best places to see them are either the Great Wall of China or Arizona/Mexico border, where I was. No light pollution and we could hear coyotes howl all through the night while we lay on top of our RV with a jug of Margharitas.....FAB!

Originally Posted by gruntygiggles

Very intresting stuff

Jealous, part from the stretchie bit, im not jealous about that

must be an event - google have honoured it!

Which is how i found out about it lol

Same here lol