Leonid shower

[Tinkerbell]

Although the Leonid shower has subsided, there may still be as many as 30 meteors per hour in the early hours of the 17th Nov. So, if you are out and about and it's a clear night sky, look up and you may see a few shooting stars.

Tinkerbell

[Susie]

Did anyone manage to see any?

[glsammy]

No, our usual lovely cloud covered sky put paid to that, again!

[Susie]

It might be clear tonight ... I think the main shower has passed but is it too late to see the odd shooting star?

[Tinkerbell]

I didn't spot anything last night but shall take a look skywards tonight if I remember. I imagine there may still be a few shooting stars to be seen.

Tinkerbell

[forestelf]

Tonights the big night for the Leonid Shower. Quarter to Four in the morning is THE time to be watching for this display. This will be our last chance to see it for a hundred odd years.

[Susie]

I thought that was this morning .... not tonight (as in Sunday morning).

[forestelf]

No, its definitely the early hours of Sunday. Just getting ready for a jaunt don the Gower countryside to hopefully catch a glimpse of them.

[cranky22uk]

Got up in the early hours of Sunday morning to watch the event, from 04.30 until 05.00.
The thin cloud cleared in time, but it was a bit disappointing. I only saw one brief flash in the area around Virgo where the articles said it would be, and that was all.