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The Aurora was around at your latitude earlier.

I expect most of that ridiculous price goes on London rates. It wouldn't be worth getting a job there, even with staff discounts.

High Pressure does not always result in clear skies. Any moisture picked up over seas can mean cloudy weather is pushed inland. In winter this often happens when North east winds drag cloud in from the North Sea. The cloud in the southeast England might clear in the early hours. Wales Ireland and Scotland are having clear intervals but showers too. https://en.sat24.com/en/gb

Hi Leo I really need two tripods🤔 , I had two cameras running, one on a tripod. And the other on my camera bag, that is why it has too much foreground, it was trying to slide off the bag. I have used a mini tripod before, that night It was holding my phone at the time.

Apologies the cirrus cloud has spilled ahead of the next low already 🤬 https://en.sat24.com/en/gb

Ironic the phone pic was the most liked 😄 I used RAW and Snapseed+ inbuilt phone editor. Sorry about the strange quotes , poor phone signal

Tonight will be one of the last clear nights in central and eastern areas for a week or so. Next week looks mostly cloudy especially the further east you are. So make the most of tonight.

From a couple of nights ago while looking for meteors. These were taken between 01.00-02.15 am This maybe a Taurid Two wide-field shots first with DSLR From my pixel 4a

It's from Pentax K5, Tamron 17-50 set to 17mm ISO 4000 f 3.2 15 seconds.

Yes in town it's a battle between light pollution and enough ISO to pickup any meteors. There's so many satellites now, that it's easy to mistake one for a meteor when going through photos. The meteor trails often have colours though. I took this about 2am last Tuesday, I'm not sure if it's a Leonid, or satellite. This was ISO 4000 f3.2 15 seconds.

Those UKMON cameras seem quite sensitive, to get the same sensitivity on a DSLR taking stills, I'm thinking the ISO would be about 6400? Last night it looked like there were a few meteors on the UKMON near Orion. I had my camera with Orion in the frame taking 15sec exposures with ISO 1600 but nothing showed on my photos. Although I expect a bright meteor would show even at ISO 1600. I've used ISO 6400 if I'm away from town lights.

The Chelyabinsk super bolide wasn't detected before it exploded,as it's trajectory was masked by the sun. But if there had been time to warn the public I think a few observers would of had there cameras ready. Although heading into a bomb shelter may of been wiser. This is fascinating and terrifying at the same time.

That must of been awesome to see all those meteors. Not sure I'm going all the way to Australia to watch meteors! You must be really dedicated to do that. As you said luck plays a big part sometimes. I saw a bright fireball from my garden a few yrs back, I think it was February 2018. It started overhead and headed south, I thought it was a firework when I first saw it, as there were yellow sparks trailing from it. The meteor flashed green twice as it sunk below the houses opposite, silhouetting the roof. There were reports of sightings from Scotland. I actually had my camera in the garden and was just setting it up. If i had done what I'd planned to do, which was set my camera running from the loft. I would of captured it, by taking my camera and tripod into the garden, I delayed just long enough to miss it....🤬

Wish I'd seen this earlier, but turned cloudy/misty here about an hour ago. 🧐 I hoped to try find comet c/2022 e3 ztf with my DSLR and astrotracer. It's not above the horizon until about 4am. Hope it's clear tmrw night, could be a bit windy though.

When I've looked for Leonids it's not been impressive, but it has been prolific in the past according to the reports. The Perseids ,and Geminis are usually worth checking as you know. Not sure how much light pollution you have there? But I'd love those thunderstorms you get.

There's a bright meteor on the UKMON at 04.49 from Basildon. I had a DSLR running from 0.100-02.30 only saw one meteor, as I was adjusting my camera, but it wasn't very bright. It was below Taurus heading NW. Tracing it back in may of been a Leonid.

https://www.spaceweather.com/

I was thinking it could be part radiogram, a can of pledge and a duster to polish it. But also looks like it could be mounted on a steam/or sailing ship.

Visited Stump Cross Caverns in the late 80s, remember it being on a high area plateau. Would like to see how dark it is, it's bortle 4.5-5 hereabouts on a good night. Also did White scar caverns, and Ingleton waterfall trail.

Too much cloud would you believe, I called it off at 01.30.

🤐 If you have a helicopter....

I'm not jealous 🤥

Looking cloudy hereabouts , looking better in South West England.

@Leo S I often seen Frankie Lucena' s photos on Spaceweather.

I just read this about the Winchcombe meteorite. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63631563.amp