Meteorwatch 2010

This astonishing trailer was produced by Adrian West, the Virtual Astronomer. Adrian and I are members of the BAA, and we need your help cataloguing this year's Perseid Meteor Shower, which will be peaking very favourably this Thurday night/Friday morning shortly after New Moon. Details can be found at this link:

• http://britastro.org/ProjectPerseid2010

For full information on how to take part in the second annual Twitter Perseids Meteorwatch, check out the official site:

• http://meteorwatch.org

To keep up with the Tweeteors (yep, that is the official decision of the IAU Nomenclature Committee) follow VirtualAstro:

• http://www.twitter.com/virtualastro

Please support this great outreach initiative in future by subscribing to the Meteorwatch channel on YouTube:

• http://www.youtube.com/user/Meteorwatch

The Perseid Meteor Shower is by far the best throughout the year, and this will be one of the best chances to see it in recent years. Get out there and witness the extraordinary beauty that tiny fragments of cometary dust and the Earth's atmosphere can orchestrate together. Clear skies, and have a great shower!

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[EyeLean5280]

Great video, but don't you have that other channel, Sirius Stargazing? I really like that channel. Why don't you do videos for it anymore?

[AndromedasWake]

@EyeLean5280 The same reason I rarely upload to this one. I just don't have the time. Work and charity commitments take up so much of my time, that my remaining hours with my friends/family/girlfriend are extremely precious. Then there's the fact that I'll take any clear night I get not to be indoors. Those who upload very frequently HAVE to be unemployed, I just can't figure any other way they can be so active. Unless youtube was a job for me, I can't conceive of being a regular uploader.

[DinMorsPimp]

Is there any point in the sky where it is better to look at than others? Or any direction?

I live in Denmark which, I guess, means that the shower will peak around 23:00 local time(?) which is great because by then it's fairly dark here at this time of year. (we have only recently begun to have something resembling actual night again and not just twilight) But unfortunately the weather forecast isn't particularly promising...

[AndromedasWake]

@DinMorsPimp Look for the Great Square of Pegasus (his body). That'll be a good place to look, and is easy to find. If you can identify the constellation of Perseus you'll be looking at the radiant (the point where the meteors appear to originate from) so looking a big circle about 60 degrees wide all around Perseus is where you'll see most of them. Meteors not travelling outwards from Perseus in this circle are probably sporadic ones, not associated with the shower.

[wesleyjames81]

please dont call meteors "shooting stars" its misleading to people who might not know the difference.

[XtalQRP]

Watched this this year from SW of Cambridge, UK. We had a large fireball cross from high in the east to low in the west before fading out. It left a smoke trail visible for around ten minutes. Absolutely inspiring. I think our count was ~30 or so in twenty minutes.

[bonnie43uk]

I live in a town of about 180,000 ( swindon England), on an average clear night, you see very little of the nightsky due to the density of streetlighting, .. however, travel 10 minutes out of town, ..drive down a dark lonely lane... look up at the nightsky ..the difference is unbelievable, ..thousands upon thousands of stars. It really is awe- inspiring.

[GodlessHippie]

yeah the perseids were pretty awesome this year.

i went camping on acid to see them. XD

i guarantee you tripping is THE best way to see a meteor shower.

cause my first time shrooming AND first time seeing a meteor shower serendipitously occurred on the same night, and that was like a well deserved vacation in my backyard!

but the next thing on my list is to go on a camping "trip" where i can see auroras.

that just sounds life changing to me.

[cmsalvagio]

ON the 12th of August I stayed all night in the country on my hammock and in just under 4 hours I was able to see 55 meteors total and about 10 as well were absolutely phenomenal. I did not hear any of them but it was really to see such a beautiful natural phenomena.

[Dwalimz]

@AndromedasWake I wish I was as intelligent as you. :P

[Crosswarrior1]

Praise the lord and the beauty he puts around us!

[EyeLean5280]

@AndromedasWake, well I'm happy to hear your life is your life is so full and varied. Enjoy!