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Hi Leo 

There seems to be one or Persieids still around , I haven't set my camera up lately. 

On space weather gallery there is a bright Cappa-Cygnid from yesterday. 

https://spaceweathergallery2.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=198935

What is also eating into rural dark skies is the expansion of towns. Noticeable is that what were once small lanes with less light pollution a mile or two from town, have become engulfed into new housing/industrial estates. 

Was just checking outside and with no moon it seemed quite dark for a suburban area. 

Looked up light pollution maps and found this. I thought the timeline on the light pollution map was running backwards.

This is quite a basic map, but seems to show a reduction in LP over the last 30 yrs. Although locally I have found skyglow worse than it was 20yrs ago, because of new buildings and houses near the town centre. Quite a few estates on the outskirts of town turn most of the streetlights off at 23.30.

https://www.hillarys.co.uk/skyglow/

Two great captures Leo 

On the cloudy nights I was using 10 sec exp. ISO 2000 f3.2 with Tamron 17-50 f2.8 

On the clear night 15 sec exp. same ISO f stop.

As you know If a really bright fireball comes through, you would only need about ISO 400....

Should be some clear skies during in the next few days

Despite a lot of cloud , I captured a few Persieids. The brightest meteor I saw was on Sunday 6th August, it was out of shot though. 

These are from early hours of the 13th 

This was 3am on the 15th 

Perfect conditions tonight obviously two days late 🤗

Sat outside 00.40 - 01.30 saw one sporadic. The Cygnus region is faintly visible with the naked eye (urban garden)  

Edit

Managed to capture one Persied about 03.05 BST 

17 hours ago, Leo S said:

By the way, a bit late but there might still be more to come in the next hour or three for anyone who has clear sky:

"The International Meteor Organization notes that on August 14 between 1 UT and 2:45 UT (August 13th, 9–10:45 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time) Earth will encounter a trail of dust (called a filament) released by the comet in 68 BCE that could briefly boost meteor counts."

Ok , what is BCE ?  

Also I was thinking tonight is forecast clear for the southeast. Would it be worth having a short session of meteor spotting? Or are the Persieds out of range now? I think after the peak that number of meteors is tiny. I suppose it's always worth a look for some sporadics.

Edit

I see now 68 BCE is quite a while ago, it's fascinating how they know the exact date of this, although in the larger picture that is not long. 

This says Persied numbers have decreased over the last few decades. 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2021/08/03/its-not-just-you-the-perseids-really-are-getting-weaker/?sh=87149f513d7d 

23.30  14-8- 23

Went outside to check the sky, there were some gaps and I could see the summer triangle. Saw two Persieds within three minutes, but the cloud is back for tonight. 

Mostly cloudy until 2am then a clearer spell from 02.50 - 03.50. Nine meteors seen in that time, six were between 03.30-03.50

Friday night was forecast as clear, when it remained cloudy. Saturday night was forecast cloudy, but did get an hour of mostly clear sky. 

9 minutes ago, Kon said:

I have managed quite a few and a couple of very bright greenish ones tonight.

Was this between midnight and one am?

A lot of cloud around in the south and midlands now. 

The north east may have been better, the Aurora was photographed from east Yorkshire. 

1 hour ago, DaveS said:

Nope, clouded out for the foreseeable.

Another meteor shower cancelled by BST 🙄

Had a look 2-3 am into Friday 11th ,saw four meteors, one bright going through Cygnus. Clouded up after 3am.  

Should be a few tonight, but it's still cloudy may not clear until 2am around London. Or not at all....

As it was clear I had a look from 01.30-03.30. I saw six meteors , one was not a Persied, as it tracked from south-north parallel to the horizon at about 40 degrees. 

It was an ideal night for meteor spotting, the weather doesn't look as favourable for the peak.

While out trying to pickup the Aurora (no luck this time), I saw a bright meteor in the north above the plough. It was heading from North east to South west. From about 70 degrees fading out at around 30 degrees. It was white and fading to orange and left a brief trail. Time was 01.22 , I think it was a Persied. 

The moon and Jupiter looked nice together , and the Pleiades nearby.

Thanks Martin

Well done to Clarkpm4242, and PAS 

Noctilucent Clouds June 16th 03.00

Pentax K70 Tamron 17-50 @f3.5 

processed on pixel phone

Noctilucent Clouds From 5/6th July 2023

Pixel 4a phone

23.25 5th July

02.20 July 6th

23.15

about 35 degrees

20/6/2023

About 23.00 

22.40

Moon, Mars , Venus, Castor and Pollox

Also saw a  moderately bright meteor through The Plough heading North-West. Possibly a Camelopardalis 

Just seen two not very bright meteors heading SE from near the Plough.

This was captured on dashcam by Chris Cameron 

Seen a report of a fireball meteor this morning looking South East about 06.00 

Signed- 641

Luckily the rain cleared about 23.30 , saw the Aurora alert on here and skies were clear, so headed out around midnight approx four miles from town. 

White pillars were visible with these next shots. 

Pixel time lapse