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Post by sweetpea on Mar 4, 2016 23:34:42 GMT
Duh! Missed that.  Wish i had seen it. Lucky rosie  |
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Post by roofgardener on Mar 5, 2016 10:10:03 GMT
Me neither, dirty great beasties ploutering through your garden would cause a lot of damage  My brother George has got a good few meteors in his collection I guess it puts the odd slug into perspective ! "Boss... there's a Dinosaur in the Courgette Patch" "Oh BLAST... right... get the spears and the nets. And.. what SORT of Dinosaur ? " "It's a Brontasaurus, Boss". "Ah. OK. Ummm... do we have any courgette seeds left ? " |
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Mar 5, 2016 17:26:45 GMT
Post by dianthus on Mar 5, 2016 17:26:45 GMT
Duh! Missed that. Wish i had seen it. Lucky rosie I saw a shooting star looking northwards in the early hours od Thursday morning. I was star gazing after the bright star lit sky woke me up, and it was a fast mover all right. I see more north- directions stars than I used to, since they removed the main road lights last year. |
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Post by Rosie on Mar 5, 2016 20:38:34 GMT
Oo lovely dianthus, I've only seen 2 shooting stars in my life, better than none though Seen the Aurora twice too |
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Mar 5, 2016 20:40:00 GMT
Post by Rosie on Mar 5, 2016 20:40:00 GMT
Duh! Missed that. Wish i had seen it. Lucky rosie It'll be the lottery next sweetpea |
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Mar 5, 2016 23:10:44 GMT
Post by dianthus on Mar 5, 2016 23:10:44 GMT
Oo lovely dianthus , I've only seen 2 shooting stars in my life, better than none though Seen the Aurora twice too I would have thought you'd have seen a lot of the aurora recently, as there has been a lot of solar flare activity. They were seeing it as far south as Anglesey a few weeks ago.
12th - 14th August is a good time to look for shooting stars as the Leonidis meteor showers are happening then.
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Mar 6, 2016 18:44:52 GMT
Post by sweetpea on Mar 6, 2016 18:44:52 GMT
Oo lovely dianthus , I've only seen 2 shooting stars in my life, better than none though Seen the Aurora twice too I would have thought you'd have seen a lot of the aurora recently, as there has been a lot of solar flare activity. They were seeing it as far south as Anglesey a few weeks ago.
12th - 14th August is a good time to look for shooting stars as the Leonidis meteor showers are happening then.
Sorry dianthus but the 12th August is the peak for the PERSEIDS where the radiant is in the constellation of Perseus. Usually a good time to look for meteors as it is not too cold at that time and you can usually spot anything from one or two to several dozen if you are lucky |
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Post by dianthus on Mar 6, 2016 19:04:16 GMT
Thanks for the correction sweetpea. I got the date right though |
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Mar 10, 2016 9:03:52 GMT
Post by Rosie on Mar 10, 2016 9:03:52 GMT
Oo lovely dianthus , I've only seen 2 shooting stars in my life, better than none though Seen the Aurora twice too I would have thought you'd have seen a lot of the aurora recently, as there has been a lot of solar flare activity. They were seeing it as far south as Anglesey a few weeks ago.
12th - 14th August is a good time to look for shooting stars as the Leonidis meteor showers are happening then.
As usual it was cloudy here dianthus...and snowing! |
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Mar 10, 2016 16:39:37 GMT
Post by dianthus on Mar 10, 2016 16:39:37 GMT
That's a shame, rosie
These natural phenomena are some of life's best moments. They can certainly make me feel humble and give me a sense of wonderment at how beautiful Nature can be.
I had to keep getting up to look at the red moon we had a few months back, too  |
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Mar 11, 2016 9:13:21 GMT
Post by Rosie on Mar 11, 2016 9:13:21 GMT
Its always the same here dianthus, There is a wild area called the Cabrach near us and we were waiting for a clear frosty (weekend) night to drive up and watch the stars, still waiting!! |
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Mar 11, 2016 18:04:30 GMT
Post by dianthus on Mar 11, 2016 18:04:30 GMT
About 25ml from here is a Dark Skies area where they get a fantastic display of stars.... I can't get over there, but would love to, sometime, if I could. |
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Post by Rosie on Mar 15, 2016 11:56:06 GMT
My sister Margy goes up to Kielder Forest with a start gazing group she belongs too, gets lovely dark skies there (she lives in Newcastle).
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Wish i had seen it. Lucky 
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