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I like that Ptolemy quote! and thanks for the info! I like this star feature.



What about that May 6 meteor shower then? I wonder will we see it from Devon. (if the skies are clear enough). I saw a meteor shower in Greece a few summers ago. That was awesome.

Had to check up about The Rapture. . Didn't know what Rapture, capital R, meant. Enough rapture for me right now, in seeing the full moon rise all deep orange and huge, like it did this month.

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Hi cc, and thanks for the compliments

It's not a fantastically well known meteor shower, but worth mentioning at a projected 20 meters per hour (during the max). If you don't get a clear night on the 6th, try any clear night either side, and it's always possible to see any stray meteors on any clear night of course, I see the most when I'm not expecting them

I'm with you, I knew nothing about the Rapture until I read of someone being scared by the prophesy, and I was completely bowled over by the awesome perigee full moon in March

Here's to clear skies

Well we had a lovely clear night here last night and I went out about 11pm to try out my brand new binos (birthday from my partner) and inbetween selecting objects to enhance I managed to clock 3 meteors although they were very high up, directly overhead and extremely fast - blink and you'd miss 'em

Hullo GB!

Nice present! Binocs. We had some, but I think we left them at a music venue. Much better to look at stars, rather than rockstars. haha. .

You've seen meteors? That's amazing. I thought it was May 6th? So they start before, and max on the 6th. I get it. We've got scuzzy sludgy rainclouds here right now. Grrr. Still time for them to clear.

Now I want to learn about meteors. OK so I'm not the brightest star in the pack when it comes to learning technical stuff. Is it possible to define a meteor in two easy paragraphs, (with diagrams and free popcorn)... ?

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