How interesting... Cheers Angoose and morpteh..

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This week’s must-see naked-eye celestial event is the Lyrid meteor shower.
This is one of the oldest meteor showers, with Chinese references dating back to more than 2,500 years ago.
Modern analysis shows that the meteors are dust ejected by Comet Thatcher, which orbits the sun once every 415 years.
Currently in the depths of the outer solar system, Comet Thatcher will return in the year 2276.

The Lyrids are an active meteor shower from 16 to 25 April, but the peak this week could happen in the early hours of 22 April or later that night as 22 becomes 23 April.

They are called Lyrids because they emanate from a point in the constellation Lyra, the lyre.
Between 10-15 moderately bright meteors are expected per hour at the storm’s peak.
The chart shows the view looking north-east from London on 22 April at 11pm BST.
Unfortunately, Lyra never rises very high in the southern hemisphere.
This will make seeing the Lyrids challenging, but not impossible.

Is it worth looking tonight? is what i meant..

https://findstarlink.com/

its 8.58 up here too, problem is wont be completely dark. also angle to see them is quite low. back round after 10pm and classes as bright ie more visible

I just saw them. I saw 5 "stars" moving across the sky in a line.

nothing for me up here, back around about 10.30ish apparently

Maybe they were buffering

can't believe how clear and detailed the sky is these days ...wonder if the lack of pollution is helping

Im in Stoke, they were about a third of the way up the sky, certainly not overhead.
The sky during the day is noticeably clearer and alot more blue due to lack of vapour trails off those pesky planes

Are these showers about half way up the sky to the roof in a North easterly direction. Looks a bit hazy to me, bit of light pollution spoiling it too

Lyra was the constellation jodie Foster went in the movie Contact. Decent movie

The meteor showers were last night ? Im on about the satellites tonight

main night for showers is tonight, so they say

Been out again, is it meant to be where there's a big twinkling star but it's too hazy cos of the road. Should do lock down lights out for a few hours

I am watching 'Day of the Triffids' on Freeview 81. I hope this Meteor shower does not blind us.
We have enough problems with the virus.

nowt here again, did see saturn though ( had me bins so could see rings )

At only 20 or so an hour I fear this thread has peoples expectations up too high, Geminids in Dec over 100 and even then you have to have decent weather, suppose the clear skies give a good chance atm but still no certantanty you gunna see anything,although perhaps that's the challenge. Anyone see starlink tonight?