It's 22:37 and I've seen 3 so far, including a humongous one about 10 minutes ago. If you can get yourself to a place far from light pollution, you won't regret the show, it's so thrilling I still have goosebumps.
Plus it's nice and cool right now!
Posted Aug 11, 2022, 9:41 PM UTC
Thanks for this post! Was laid in bed melting so went to sit outside and saw 2 of them. Feel much better, and cooler
It makes me so happy that a bunch of us saw shooting stars! I don't know about but I'll do it again tonight, I might even venture out in the Peaks for a better view.
Is this why I can see a big flickering light/star? I was wondering what that was! I noticed it around half an hour ago. Looks to be in the direction of westwood country park.
Lol, no. Meteors last less than a second usually, and streak across the sky. You're seeing probably Jupiter or Mars. Which is still cool, eh?
Yeah like warfaceuk said, the big ones are like a streak. I saw some smaller ones that were like a light fart, by the time you've processed what you're seeing they were gone.
This is why directions exist - we don’t know which side of Westwood country park you are!
Me and my girlfriend were taking the rubbish out to the bins because we're moving, and had a little look at the stars because the moon was so big a pretty, and we seen one of them right above us!! It was beautiful!!
That's so romantic! Minus the rubbish part :D
It was lovely!!!! Rest assured I'll be in the garden of our new house watching the sky tonight 😊
Great that you saw some! Full moon means that most of the shooting stars arent visible this year, but a reminder to have a look anyway and get it in the diary as a regular event. (Also the moon is nice.)
I'll be taking a little walk tomorrow night, and will probably get neck ache :D
But it'll be so worth it!
Ah dammit. Wish I knew this, usually it's in the news...
Tonight is the best night though, you've not missed out! Keep an eye out after half 10, I'm sure you'll spot a few.
Thanks. I will do. If I haven't boiled to death that is...
So is tonight the peak then?
Just went out to have a peek and was lucky enough to catch one myself! Thanks for the reminder, better stargazing than sleeping in this heat!
I'm really glad you saw them! I'll do it again tonight, but this time I'll stay up longer - the real peak starts at midnight.