Just finished my Perseid Skywatch for the night-looked out between 01.00 and 02.00 and got to see 10 Meteors giving a ZHR of +/- 10
I also noticed the Perseid Meteors that went to the East from my area out to sea and making flashes on the Horizon-I wondered if it was to do with these hot pieces of space dust hitting the sea at high speed and causing a flash of some kind that looked like lightning?
Although this could have actually been lightning as it can be seen as far away as Greece from the U.K.
A lot of rain today making it very damp and exceptionally wet on the grass outside-quite a bit of haze in the sky reflecting the orange glow of the streetlights around my Village making seeing conditions down to around Magnitude +1 to +2 stars to be seen with the unaided eye so not a brilliantly clear sky.
I went outside again @ 02,40 until 03.20 and only got to see 1 giving a ZHR that time roughly +/- 1 so the Meteor activity had waned a little as the Constellation of Perseus had risen a little higher in the North East in the early hours.
See the ISS pass over @ 03.16 as it came out of the shadow around 31 Degrees up and fell into the Eastern Morning sky-now waiting for its 04.48 pass which will be a better pass of 74 Degrees if the thin clouds disperse by then in my area but they seem to be getting thicker all the time.
I will be looking tomorrow if the sky is clear so GCS...
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Good Clear Skies
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Astrocomet
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Colin James Watling
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Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/astrocomera
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Real Astronomer and head of the Comet section for LYRA (Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers) also head of K.A.G (Kessingland Astronomy Group) and Navigator (Astrogator) of the Stars (Fieldwork)
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Web: http://lyra.freewebsites.com/
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Information: http://www.clubbz.com/club/2895/LOWESTOFT---3054/Lowestoft%20And%20Great%20Yarmouth%20Regional%20Astronomers%20(Lyra
I also noticed the Perseid Meteors that went to the East from my area out to sea and making flashes on the Horizon-I wondered if it was to do with these hot pieces of space dust hitting the sea at high speed and causing a flash of some kind that looked like lightning?
Although this could have actually been lightning as it can be seen as far away as Greece from the U.K.
A lot of rain today making it very damp and exceptionally wet on the grass outside-quite a bit of haze in the sky reflecting the orange glow of the streetlights around my Village making seeing conditions down to around Magnitude +1 to +2 stars to be seen with the unaided eye so not a brilliantly clear sky.
I went outside again @ 02,40 until 03.20 and only got to see 1 giving a ZHR that time roughly +/- 1 so the Meteor activity had waned a little as the Constellation of Perseus had risen a little higher in the North East in the early hours.
See the ISS pass over @ 03.16 as it came out of the shadow around 31 Degrees up and fell into the Eastern Morning sky-now waiting for its 04.48 pass which will be a better pass of 74 Degrees if the thin clouds disperse by then in my area but they seem to be getting thicker all the time.
I will be looking tomorrow if the sky is clear so GCS...
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Good Clear Skies
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Astrocomet
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Colin James Watling
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Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/astrocomera
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Real Astronomer and head of the Comet section for LYRA (Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers) also head of K.A.G (Kessingland Astronomy Group) and Navigator (Astrogator) of the Stars (Fieldwork)
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Web: http://lyra.freewebsites.com/
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Information: http://www.clubbz.com/club/2895/LOWESTOFT---3054/Lowestoft%20And%20Great%20Yarmouth%20Regional%20Astronomers%20(Lyra
