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Scary Dave 94231

Just went outside to take a peek (bit nippy and have to catch a plane tomorrow so wasn't for long!) and after about 5 minutes I saw a bright white light scream across the sky in the South-Eastern quadrant roughly North-south at a declination of about 45 degrees which was about as long as my index finger at the end of my outstretched arm.....stayed another 15 minutes but didn't see another one.

2:40 - 3:00 am 12th August 2000

Location: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England

42 meteors and 2 fireballs, what a great night.

Nick

I'm Aurora, U142060, and I'll be watching tonight from Ayrshire, in south-west Scotland if it's not too cloudy. I'll be posting my results soon.

I guess somebody forgot to logout Noticeboard??

Wait a second... at 10:00 (pm, right?) GMT, it's noon here! Do you want me to go out at three in the morning (my time) so I can get some good veiwing before dawn, or would that mess up the results? I'd be willing to... I was out there early this morning, counting for unofficial purposes. (How many? 20-something per half hour, at best, with a partially set moon to get in the way.)

I'll do it. I'm in Southwest Virginia. U147055

Please put all your recordings in the following forum. Your results will then be added to the results page. http://www.h2g2.com/F50752?thread=69824&latest=1

Does "Clouds, clouds, clouds, ooh, aeroplane!, clouds, clouds" count as a result?

Yep! They sure do! Those are the only results for most of us on Saturday night!

That's a shame. Will they be as good next year (if they occur at all next year)?

The Perseids are always a good shower. This year, they were less impressive because of a really bright waxing gibbous moon.

They're popular because they occur in the summer so it's not blisteringly cold outside. You can read more about meteor showers at http://www.h2g2.com/A346646 That's a page I did for the h2g2 University.

I'm surprised at how well this was received in the community. We'll have to do this again in November for the Leonids maybe.

Sounds good. Where do we sign up?

LOL! Let's wait till the other one is finished first. I gave them until noon my time on Friday!

You mean you can still see them?

Very sparsly, if at all. They do go on till about the 20th though youd be lucky.

Shame... I was really looking forward to seeing them!

look at X's meteor page which will give you the other showers to look out for. Plus theres loads to see, especially aurora and the continually biulding ISS

Ooh, thanks.