On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:51:36 -0700, wrote:

On 13 Aug, 17:34, Pete Lawrence
wrote:
On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:03:12 -0700, wrote:
On 13 Aug, 13:11, Andy Guthrie wrote:
Steve Wolstenholme wrote:
On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:16:15 +0100, Pete Lawrence
wrote:

Meteors are statistical beasts and even in high activity showers you
can go for ages without seeing anything. Observing close to dawn will
increase the chances of seeing a meteor markedly. Satellites are more
predictable and I normally only have to wait a few minutes before the
first one can be spotted from my garden.

It's the unpredictability that makes seeing a meteor more rewarding.

Since the Leonids a few years ago when I was counting 8-10 per minute I
get impatient with last night's 2 in 45 minutes ! I've been spoiled

I don't know why people in the UK were told to view the sky from
11pm. The Pleiades are only clearly visible in the southern sky
around 3-4pm, at least from Scotland.

Apart from the fact that we're talking about the Perseids and the fact
that the Pleiades are in the east between 3 and 4am, that comment's
spot on
--
Petehttp://www.digitalsky.org.uk

woops, meant to say 3-4am. I thought the perseids passed near the
pleiades when looking up at the sky? makes no difference, I hurt my
neck looking all over the sky for two hours and saw nothing.

I was so tired I didn't even see the pm and assumed you meant am!
--
Pete
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk