Tonight Perseid Meteor Shower Reaches Peak: meteorites a minute
Filed under: News | By: Daniel
Posted on: August 12, 2007 | 20 Comments
Tonight (Sunday night) the Perseids meteor shower is expected to average a meteor a minute which should be its peak.
If you’re looking to see the meteor shower at its best then it is reported that at around 2:00am on Monday it should peak (according to Taufik Hidayat from the Boscha Space Observatory).
The meteor shower will then carry on for several more days after its peak tonight, if you have seen the August Perseids meteor shower yourself then feel free to leave a comment on how you found it.
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i saw quite a few meteors tonight and am hoping to see some more . most of which have been south of the north star (if that makes sense).
iv seen 2 meteor showers they are so ac it very coudy up here in scotland hope fuly it clears up soi can show my little sisers how ac it is
I AM STAYING UP TILL 4 O CLOCK THIS MORNING JUST TO SEE THE METEOR SHOWER AND WISH UPON A STAR! LOVE YOU LIZARD HEADS
W3ll hey.. me an me ravin friends lmfaoo are styin up until 4 am
whoop ow bad r wee singin r lizard tunes an bein bad.. dno wa us teenagers get up 2 these dais do u.. o my.. enywaii urry tha fka up .. we need ravve an wish good niight god bless miss shannon ell xx
just sitting up at 23 past the hour of 12 watchin the dark nights sky with the four o clock ravers…jst bin having tea and scones talkin about the lizards and them bloody long tongs that ppl seem to have…i hope this god dam star hurrys uppp nyttt
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Havent seen any just YET …. Hopefully will see some soon.
Never seen them in my life so i’m kinda exstatic - had 2 cans of red bull so I’m able to stay up all nite ^^
I’m in central London UK. In five minutes of looking up between buildings and getting a stiff neck I’ve seen only two streaks of light, both bright and long. About midnight to midnight thirty.One was directly overhead and the other was on the northern horizon. I also noted a lot of airplanes out tonight
yeah i saw a few. all different directions and areas of the sky. just look up. about 1 every two mins.
i havent seen s**t tonight
I’ve been out between about 11pm and 3.30am and have spotted around 80 meteors, give or take a few when I was looking the other way! There seemed to be big gaps of up to twenty minutes, then sometimes several coming within a couple of minutes, including a spectactular double trail of two bright meteors parallel to each other. Incredible that before tonight I had never seen a single ’shooting star’ - well worth the cold and the long waits!