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[Plomien]

http://iya2009.com/perseid-meteor-shower-peaks-on-tuesday.html
Should be a good one

(The peak is Thursday but they start from tonight)

[tidla]

i will look forward to seeing that, in between the planes,light pollution from the m42 and the constant grey they call england..

any halfs on a boat out to see??

[Debs.]

Better weather (with clearer skies) is forecast for tonight/thursday; so the seeing should be good.....get out there in the garden (with a comfy chair/recliner) and be ready with the Ooohs & Aaahs.

[Xplicit 2.0]

cool cool, ima go up to a place called Wingreen (a hill to which on a clear do u can see the isle of white from and this is set about an hour in land)
shame i missed the northern lights the other night

[Jimbob]

Seen them a few times, in coastal areas.

Well worth watching. 

[Varche]

Ooh goody. Seen them before. One of natures free shows.

One great advantage of living miles from civilisation .

Thanks for the heads up!

[jerry]

thanks for the link, 'nocs at the ready

[Terbs]

Been standing outside for ages now and the only things I have seen with tails are aircraft over Bovingdon beacon, and a fox that jumped in the garden and frightened the shite out of me

Can you be anywhere to see them??

[jereboam]

They said on the radio that it wasn't a good idea to use binoculars or a telescope, as the area in which the show will occur is quite extensive, and by using a viewing aid you will restrict the area you can look at.

But, of course, if you can read my advice, you aren't outside looking for shooting stars, so I'm wasting my time really.

I've never seen a shooting star.

[Plomien]

Been standing outside for ages now and the only things I have seen with tails are aircraft over Bovingdon beacon, and a fox that jumped in the garden and frightened the shite out of me

Can you be anywhere to see them??

Tomorrow night is best night for it but I also have seen nothing as of yet but there is too much cloud at present will see tomorrow may head to the beach or gower to get less street light interference

[Varche]

They said on the radio that it wasn't a good idea to use binoculars or a telescope, as the area in which the show will occur is quite extensive, and by using a viewing aid you will restrict the area you can look at.

But, of course, if you can read my advice, you aren't outside looking for shooting stars, so I'm wasting my time really.

I've never seen a shooting star.

Blimey. If you are quick and get a flight (and some beer) you can watch them tonight on our terrace till you are sick (of them).

We can watch the International space station and saw the supply vehicle undock once.

Best object though by far was the UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) that the Spanish military have been testing recently. Solar powered and flew for four days hugging the contours.

[Jimbob]

Just an hour down the road from here at Betws-y-coed , The little fella and I were sat outside for ages at 10, 10-30 watching loads of satellites fly over, he was loving it.

So, sure Debs will have a cracking view of em, bet its very dark up there 

[Banjax]

last years was spectacular here, saw hundreds of them - clear night - this year looks like it might be clearing up, but jereboams right - dont bother with binoculars or a telescope as you'll miss most of them - naked eye's all you need 

[LaserLance]

The last time I saw the meoterite showers ,I was driving down M20 on me way to the shuttle when I had some clown bury heself and his merc sl500 in the back end off my trailer ,fortunatly no one was hurt ,only a severly dented merc :obest bit was guy was'nt insured to drive it .That will teach him to drive fast on cruise control and fall asleep at wheel. I think police took a dim view off it at the time Well it was at 2-3 in the morning

[Kevin Wood]

Went and sat on the airfield this evening. Saw a couple of meteorites but they were a bit few and far between.

Saw a 737 night landing as well.

Kevin