Tonight Perseid Meteor Shower Reaches Peak: meteorites a minute

August 12, 2007 | Filed under News 

Perseid Meteor Shower
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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20 Responses to “Tonight Perseid Meteor Shower Reaches Peak: meteorites a minute”

  1. ryan reid on August 12th, 2007 10:33 pm

    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).

  2. charlene mullen on August 12th, 2007 11:49 pm

    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

  3. Chelsea on August 13th, 2007 12:18 am

    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

  4. Shannon on August 13th, 2007 12:23 am

    W3ll hey.. me an me ravin friends lmfaoo are styin up until 4 am :D 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

  5. gertrude potter 8-| on August 13th, 2007 12:26 am

    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 :D xxx

  6. Dovile on August 13th, 2007 12:50 am

    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 ^^

  7. jack on August 13th, 2007 12:58 am

    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

  8. paul on August 13th, 2007 1:11 am

    yeah i saw a few. all different directions and areas of the sky. just look up. about 1 every two mins.

  9. Jay on August 13th, 2007 2:29 am

    i havent seen s**t tonight :-(

  10. Ellie on August 13th, 2007 3:41 am

    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!

  11. Nikki-Nines of the North on August 13th, 2007 3:51 am

    I’m up in the Yukon Territory, and heard that we might be in for a Good Show being way up North. Hopefully the Northern Lights will be out too.

  12. debby mary on August 13th, 2007 5:53 am

    We are in Ontario, CAnada Sioux narrows and we same a few streaks..going to take abreak and come back at 3:00a

  13. kathy on August 13th, 2007 6:48 am

    Was out until midnight tonight (Aug 12), and saw 4 or 5 meteors…a cloud bank rolled in here (KC, MO)and that was the end of our viewing!

  14. daniela on August 13th, 2007 8:45 am

    i’m down here in miami and i went out at around 3am (eastern) till around 3:40am and i didnt see a single meteor…hopefully later on i will, i heard it’s better up in north.

  15. therell oubre on August 13th, 2007 12:24 pm

    hello,i’m a boat captain in the gulf of mexico and for the past few nights between 12am-3am i have been seeing two to three shooting stars.the very first one we had saw was awesome;it was a white light and it shot across the sky it blew up and lit up my wheelhouse and also the water;it also left a trail in the sky for like a couple of minutes.i’m hoping to see alot more activity tonite.i can’t wait for the 27th of august;thats gonna be the s**t!!

  16. David Legg on August 13th, 2007 2:06 pm

    If you look towards the constellation of Perseus, you stand a decent chance of seeing even isolated meteorites. Look it up on a star map on the web or something if you cannot recognise Perseus.

  17. ohio on August 14th, 2007 2:54 am

    i saw what might of been a meteor on Saturday,i don’t know but it was big and seemed pretty low but it was green and had a big streak. it burned out quick.

  18. Miranda:D on August 14th, 2007 8:26 am

    Hey!! PPL nice out eh??? Well my friends and i have been laying on a trampoline under the stars(r there ever LOTS)…anywho we saw several of’em with pretty big and long tails and they look awesome. 1 more thing, we seen a few small things move across the sky that looks like stars:P It could be satellites. Unno!!:D

  19. David Legg on August 14th, 2007 11:59 am

    If they move slowly, they’re satellites.
    If they move slowly and flash, they’re aeroplanes.

  20. meteorite tektite pallasite on April 2nd, 2008 6:18 pm

    thats too bad that most of the time we cannot locate exactly where most of the unburned meteorites did fall….. its so great to find and own a celestial rock

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