The BBC was trying to do an article covering the Perseid meteor shower. Well they did a largely fair job on it, well almost.No special equipment is required to watch the shower, which occurs when Earth passes through a stream of dusty debris from th… more »

The Perseid meteor peaks tonight (evening of the 12th, morning of the 13th of August). This year is favourable, like 2005 there is no Moon to wash out the sky. Observers will need to look in an easterly direction, the radiant is within the constellat… more »

Well spotted loads of Perseids this year, pretty clear, no Moon, too much light pollution (town of 36000 people) but averaging 40 per hour. This is based on observations between 11:30 (BST) 00:50 with two sets of eyes looking east.Spotted a very wei… more »