Orionids Meteor Shower ( tonight )

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The best time to see the Orionids is tonight ( 21st) and the coming days, between midnight and dawn.
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Oh look its cloudy, now there's a surprise!
 
Cobra said:
The best time to see the Orionids is tonight ( 21st) and the coming days, between midnight and dawn.
More HERE

Oh look its cloudy, now there's a surprise!
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Oooh thanks for the heads up! :-)
Not looking to clever here though...more cloudy than not. :(
 
Clear skies here ATM but I'm knackered and doubt I'll be awake much after 9 tonight! Probably be awake at 5 or so so I might have a look then (if I remember!)

As Ruth said, thanks for the heads up.
 
Cobra said:
The best time to see the Orionids is tonight ( 21st) and the coming days, between midnight and dawn.
More HERE

Oh look its cloudy, now there's a surprise!
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Just logged on to post this....saw your post and looked outside......full cloud cover!
 
Thanks Cobra. Forecast here says partly cloudy after midnight.

The best thing I can do to help anyone else to see the shower is not to look for them. In 50+ years of stargazing I've seen all the naked eye planets, once the five brightest at the same time; three comets; loads of satellites, lots of DSOs but even after staying up late many times I have never seen a meteor shower.

Good luck all.

Dave
 
Tringa said:
The best thing I can do to help anyone else to see the shower is not to look for them
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You have the same luck as me then Huh? :(
Although I did see a rather cracking comet in Spain recently! It even left a vapour trial as it burned across the night sky
 
Cobra said:
You have the same luck as me then Huh? :(
Although I did see a rather cracking comet in Spain recently! It even left a vapour trial as it burned across the night sky
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Is that like a vapour trail, but more stressful? ;)
 
gremlin16 said:
Perhaps they should move it to June so we can get a clear sky.
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July to September would have worked great here this year, in fact the Perseids were good this year!
 
gremlin16 said:
Perhaps they should move it to June so we can get a clear sky.
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They cant even get a little lander thingy to land on Mars! Not much chance of moving a whole bunch of flying rocks, iron and stuff......
 
Damned autonomous vehicles...
 
viv1969 said:
Is that like a vapour trail, but more stressful? ;)
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I knew I shouldn't have bought a key board from our local "help the dyslexic shop" :(

viv1969 said:
Seems it landed...just a little too hard. :D http://www.space.com/34472-exomars-mars-lander-crash-site-photos.html
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No wonder the Martians invaded us, they probably thought we were attacking them, when it exploded on impact :D

Nod said:
Damned autonomous vehicles...
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They should leave that side of things to Google ....
Oh wait, no, the 1st one they tested in CMK hit a bollard ...
Its kinda in keeping though, the Open University ( in MK ) had some in put into the Mars lander :D
 
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