Meteors over Wales tonight
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| 13:58 UK time, Thursday, 12 August 2010
It's Perseids meteor shower time again folks and experts are predicting that this year could be quite spectacular - possibly the best since 2007.
The meteor shower is caused by debris from the comet Swift-Tuttle and is so named because the meteors appear to fly out of the constellation - .
Clear skies and just a slither of crescent shaped moon visible (current phase is waxing crescent) in the night sky, will mean there's very little light pollution (unless you happen to live in a large town or city).
In which case - head for your nearest patch of countryside, well away from street lights. I knew there was a reason why they'd all been switched off! ;)
The meteor shower will peak over the next forty eight hours and we should have clear skies in South and West Wales. In rural areas you could even witness up to a hundred meteors per hour, so have your binoculars at the ready.
When and where to watch?
Tonight from around eleven pm and into the early hours of Friday morning will be the best time to see the meteor shower.
The National Trust has named Penbryn beach in Ceredigion as one of the best places in Britain to watch the meteors from (Grid reference: SN295521).
and look up at an angle of around 45 degrees and wait...
Get involved
This year you can 'tweet' your meteor sightings from around the world providing you have a Twitter account..
Tweet the following hashtag #meteorwatch, your postcode, your country and meteor count (optional) and your sightings will be pulled into an .
For any photographers out there, we'd love to see your pictures so ?
The meteor shower is explained in more detail on 91Èȱ¬ News.
I hope you see something!
Gull
The meteor shower is caused by debris from the comet Swift-Tuttle and is so named because the meteors appear to fly out of the constellation - .
Clear skies and just a slither of crescent shaped moon visible (current phase is waxing crescent) in the night sky, will mean there's very little light pollution (unless you happen to live in a large town or city).
In which case - head for your nearest patch of countryside, well away from street lights. I knew there was a reason why they'd all been switched off! ;)
The meteor shower will peak over the next forty eight hours and we should have clear skies in South and West Wales. In rural areas you could even witness up to a hundred meteors per hour, so have your binoculars at the ready.
When and where to watch?
Tonight from around eleven pm and into the early hours of Friday morning will be the best time to see the meteor shower.
The National Trust has named Penbryn beach in Ceredigion as one of the best places in Britain to watch the meteors from (Grid reference: SN295521).
and look up at an angle of around 45 degrees and wait...
Get involved
This year you can 'tweet' your meteor sightings from around the world providing you have a Twitter account..
Tweet the following hashtag #meteorwatch, your postcode, your country and meteor count (optional) and your sightings will be pulled into an .
For any photographers out there, we'd love to see your pictures so ?
The meteor shower is explained in more detail on 91Èȱ¬ News.
I hope you see something!
Gull
Comment number 1.
At 12th Aug 2010, Master53 wrote:I have tried already on 9 and 10-rate was only about 8-10 per hour. Definitely need a dark site. I am determined to get just one. Have taken 70 shots so far with no luck!! This time, it's up Minera Mountain!
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At 13th Aug 2010, Mike Davies wrote:I went out between 11 & 12 clear skies but not saw any shooting ones
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At 13th Aug 2010, StephanieBeswick wrote:I went out at 11 and came back in at 1 as it was pretty cold, but i managed to see 6 shooting stars. They were gorgeous, so clear & so bright. The worst thing about them is that they were pretty much over in a split second. Still a lovely sight to see.
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