BRADLEY 1953

Great capture.

Thanks theropod, it is interesting that you too saw less meteors, and once again an higher percentage of bright ones. Actually you did quite well considering your last observation was some 2/3 days before the predicted maximum.

Hi Tenor. I hope you had rather more luck than I did? I park my car in Shropshire but actually live in Worcestershire! we had thunderstorms and 32mm of rain overnight, and I saw no stars. The local weather forecast always seem more of a miss than a hit. However, on tuesday night I did a Perseid watch for some 2 hours, very hazy with intermittent light cloud and almost continuous lightning flashes. Almost predictably I only saw 4 meteors all night, all of them approaching zero magnitude. It was a case of "where have all the Perseids gone" long time passing. Albeit the Perseids have declined quite dramatically in recent years, especially compared with the 1970's and 80's, CAN ANYONE EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR? with only 4 Perseids seen by myself. Hoping for much better luck in 2021 !

I agree, great sketches and so much detail on show. Also, surprisingly early in the night for mikeDknight ! I did a sketch myself (not posted yet) but so much later, 3.15 -5.00 BST.

Another lovely image Craig, keep them coming.

Absolutely superb images.

A really impressive image Craig.

Very nice image indeed.

Wow, an absolutely superb image.

Lovely image of Mars. Thanks for posting.

Great image considering size of disc. I had a similar view visually with my 130mm APO, although, at 100x disc appeared tiny. Thanks for posting.

A lovely "naked eye" view. Thanks for posting.

Lovely sketches Mike. Thanks for posting.

Outstanding, a truly beautiful image.

Really lovely images, particularly widefield views.

ABSOLUTELY FAB U LOUS !

FANTASTIC IMAGES . Rain and cloud here in the UK, but hopefully I might get a chance to see it on Saturday morning.

Great images, lovely view of Petavious.

That is a truly outstanding image. Well done. Chris.

Hi Paul, very nice shots as usual. I managed about 20 minutes viewing with the 130 mm APO, before the proverbial trees got in the way again ! However the seeing was fairly good, and Copernicus looked superb. Cheers Chris.

Nice image Paul, full disc especially. I only managed a view through my 8x42 binoculars, too many trees in the way. Cheers Chris.

That is a really lovely and well executed sketch. Well done.

Great sketches Mike, I particularly like the close up of the cusp extension. PS. As Mrs Dnight noticed your new telescope yet ! Cheers Chris.

Those are really lovely images. Well done. Chris.