h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

"If the skies remain clear, it will offer stargazers the best opportunity for a few years to see the Perseids".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6940962.stm

I may stay up late to watch...which direction should I be looking in?

RF

Up

B

Duh! No, really...North, East, South, West?

I want to know whether I need to leave the flat to see them.

RF

Not a chance where I am, judging by the cloud cover.

Towards the North-East, RF near the great big 'W' in the sky

Rubert Murdoch?

B

Or Rupert, even.

B

"Up "

There goes that deja vu again It's the same feeling I get when I start the "predictions for the year" thread

Yes, the big Christiano Ronaldo is the place to look

THIS big 'W'

http://www.astropix.com/HTML/A_FALL/CASS_O.HTM

To the left of it.

That's an M, not a W.

B

Pedant!

Evening sky is clearing down here in Nodnol...

Do you pronounce that "cassie-OH-pia" or "cassio-PEE-a"?

RF

I go with the latter, don't know if it's right or not though.

Deffo the latter.

You're hoping to see a meteor shower in London? with that.

I'm on the east coast so I have a ringside seat.

I've been out there an hour and it's been a bit shit so far and I've only seen one. I've hit the Gindles as a consolation. Tomorrow is the peak so maybe I'll sneak out for an hour but I don't want to be groggy on Monday morning.

It was too cloudy for me - and today is cloudy and the forecast tonight is rain.

Not a sausage. I could barely make out the Big W (or the Big M). London is crap for trying to see this sort of thing.

RF

I've heard the skies are clearer over Beijing.

B

But not over Glossop which would be much more useful for me!

No chance last night, forecast not much better for tonight or the next few days.