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Meteor shower

ElHabib
ElHabib Posts: 16 Forumite
edited 13 August 2010 at 5:03PM in Freebies (low spend)
Hi All,

Get outside tonight after 11pm and look to the stars. There will be 100 shooting stars every hour. Get the sleeping bags out, dig out the sun lounger and spend an hour in awe and wonder for the massive sum of 0p. The meteors will be there for a few days but they are at their peak tonight.

Regards

ElHabib

Friday the 13th and you could still get lucky. 80 or so shooting stars a minute. Look just after the moon goes down around 10:30-11pm Good hunting.
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  • bwfclad
    bwfclad Posts: 35 Forumite
    just went outside, and it's cloudy! can't see a thing! :(
  • smoker99
    smoker99 Posts: 4,172 Forumite
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    ElHabib wrote: »
    Hi All,

    Get outside tonight after 11pm and look to the stars. There will be 100 shooting stars every hour. Get the sleeping bags out, dig out the sun lounger and spend an hour in awe and wonder for the massive sum of 0p. The meteors will be there for a few days but they are at their peak tonight.

    Regards

    ElHabib
    Didn't you see 'Day Of The Triffids'? :eek:
  • ElHabib
    ElHabib Posts: 16 Forumite
    Heya,

    Was clear at 9:30 and my hopes were high but alas it is cloudy here also now. If the kids wake me at silly o clock I'll have another wander outside. Hope some people get lucky as it is a wonderful sight. ROFL to smoker99 :)

    Habib
  • Rainey_LB
    Rainey_LB Posts: 1,226 Forumite
    Thanks for the reminder, the sky is clear and its visible here!!

    Real shooting stars to wish on!! :)
    :hello:
  • sumoqueen
    sumoqueen Posts: 1,533 Forumite
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    Have seen 3 shooting stars on my way home from work!
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  • cootambear
    cootambear Posts: 1,474 Forumite
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    smoker99 wrote: »
    Didn't you see 'Day Of The Triffids'? :eek:

    very good :). put this post in the gardening thread.
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  • I was outside last night from 10-11pm and again at 5am but saw nothing. It was fairly cloudy though, tonight doesn't look much better :(
  • Saw a few last night :-) they were much brighter than I expected.
    From Starrystarrynight to Starrystarrynight1 and now I'm back...don't have a clue how!
  • Aadam
    Aadam Posts: 51 Forumite
    saw lots! Just thought they were shooting stars, thought we were lucky seeing so many, just a fluke! Is it odd that Last night me and OH watched the CSI episode about the meteor shower/mass suicide...We never watch it but oddly thats the episode we chose to watch, not realising...and it wasnt on tv, just choice to watch that one...Hmm...odd! :P Hope see some more tonight!
  • Aadam
    Aadam Posts: 51 Forumite
    [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]oh forgot to say, For best viewing, look to the northeast after midnight.[/FONT]
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