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It was so clear last night i almost forgot i was in the cesspitt that is London.

I caught 3 Perseids in 1 hour, will try to catch more tonight as it is looking very clear, might even drive out of the smog to somewhere darker.

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it was also my first naked eye viewing of andromeda, and only my second of the milky way, spectacular night!

Also saw 3 or 4 fantastic bright perseids, leaving trails, i'm sure i would have seen many more if i wasnt glued to the eyepiece!

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I was out for 3 hours last night and only saw 1 meteor. I'm sure they were all waiting until my back was turned to show themselves.:p

It wasn't a completely wasted night though because I did manage to see andromeda with the naked eye, although I convinced myself I was just imagining it at the time because I didn't know it could be seen unaided. The double cluster and cygnus looked spectacular, through my 15x70 bins, last night as well.

Unfortunately I couldn't make out the milky way though.

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I'm toying with the idea of throwing a sickie in tomorrow as I'm on nights this week and the weather is at last looking good for the main show in the early hours of Friday morning......hmmm should I shouldn't I? :p

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I am staying out in my lorry on thursday night somewhere in the north east so no doubt it will be cloudy then :p

If it looks clear I am toying with the idea of parking up somewhere dark and setting my alarm for midnight where I should get to see the show in its busiest spell.

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Well last night was in the lakes , tonight we are in Scarborough . So let's hope we have another clear night as I think these skies might be dark to. Tomo back in sunny Salford for the shower peak. Busy busy busy.

Still gobsmacked how clear n dark last night was. The view of the milkyway might never be beaten ?? A glittery band is a good description.

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Good luck with that, the weather is looking a little dodgy for me over the next couple of days. Thats why I stayed up uber-late last night, to get as much done as poss before the cloud returns to annoy us all again.

It was well worth it, i could call a high-point in what ive experienced since getting my first scope last December... more of the same please :p

PS: Last nights results are now in deep sky section

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it was also my first naked eye viewing of andromeda, and only my second of the milky way, spectacular night!

Also saw 3 or 4 fantastic bright perseids, leaving trails, i'm sure i would have seen many more if i wasnt glued to the eyepiece!

Sounds like we had an identical observing session. Andromeda was really very obvious last night with the naked eye, as was the MW. I also caught a few meteors.......some of which left lovely glowing trains behind.

Then the clouds happened at 2AM.

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