Perseids meteor shower peaks tonight

Heres hoping for clear skies

"The Perseid meteor shower is already underway and will continue through Aug. 24. The peak viewing will be Aug. 11–12 when stargazers could see upward of 60 meteorites flash before them per hour.

According to Astronomy.com, the Perseid Meteor shower has some added bonuses this year: It will occur on a night when the moon is in its waning crescent phase, which means the moonlight will interfere only slightly with your view of the meteors."



"The Perseids are one of the most prolific and best-known of the meteor showers and the Perseid Meteor Showercan be seen in late July and through August each year, with the maximum Perseid meteor activity on or around12/13 August.

One advantage of the Perseids meteor shower is that it happens in the warmer weather of Summer, which makes it ideal for anyone interested in seeing their first meteor. You can see meteors at any time of year but, for a day or so around the date of Perseid maximum, there is a high chance of seeing one.

Meteors in a shower appear to come from a particular area of the sky, We call this area the radiant. The Perseidradiant is in the constellation of Perseus, just below the familiar ‘W’ of the constellation of Cassiopeia. In August this can be seen reasonably high in the north-eastern sky later in the evening."

 

Cloudy and grey here

 

oh good i thought id missed i thought it was last week , clearish sky here looks a bit spooky actually, will look out later cheers!!

 

Was watching this last night, absolutely fantastic,
will back out there tonight.

 

'Scope ready but cloudy as #%^* here

 

Watch out, it could be like the start of The Day Of The Triffids.

 

Had a look out of the window before going to bed - clear sky but too much light pollution round here. And cos it was a 'school night' couldn't really go out into the countryside to have a proper look.

 

We laid on picnic blankets in the garden and watched for about half an hour - saw about 15 or so. Was magic as it's th efirts time my 2 girls (10 and 13) have seen shooting stars

Will look again tonight from a campsite on the Isle of Wight

 

looked really sparkly here last night wish i could have got a picture, when i told someone about watching it i said dont forget meat yours tonight ,he thought i ment he had to get the meat for the barbie

 

It's this weekend. Peaking sometime between tomorrow and Wednesday.

 

Also a 'super moon' on Sunday.

 

Pity the military guys have this weekend, be nice if our do coincided with them

 

I'm on a midnight ferry to France tonight so might go out on deck to see.

 

Excellent, here's hoping the sky stays clear enough to see something

 

Forcast is nasty up here. Always seems to rain or be cloudy when theres meteor showers.

 

noooo please dont osc

 

Ex Bertha is ruining it.

 

We've had really bad heavy rain but it seems to have cleared now, the suns out shining bright

 

Yeah cleared up here now. Fingers crossed for clear skies tonight. I may be a little tipsy though.

 

Rubbish photo taken on my phone but the moon is really bright out there tonight