[Gemmer-x]

aw that pic looks quite pretty ^^ but i'd rather be sleeping tbh

[Ninastar]

so does that mean that like no one else can see it then

[Benjamin]

If the skies above are clear you can still see it. Although an area with high light pollution will decrease your chances.


It's happening again tonight and possibly the last few tomorrow night.

[Ninastar]

yay! I might see some tonight!!! i think its clear out. there isnt any fog like there was yesterdday.

[Twilight]

I wanna see them

[Ninastar]

omg i think i ssaw one but i think i was imagining it

[Princess]

Skies pretty much covered here

[Tom4784]

I just looked outside for a few minutes and it was quite cloudy but I think I saw a few lights inbetween the clouds. It might not have been the meteor shower but I'm satisfied.

[James]

Clouds but I saw a couple of shooting stars.

[Benjamin]

It's not as good this year. Too much cloud coverage for most of UK.
I'm glad I live in Devon though, plenty of places with no light pollution.

[bettiepage]

I've missed it - the grounds all wet

[Mrluvaluva]

Stargazers across the UK have been disappointed when the predicted peak of a Perseids meteor shower was mainly obscured by clouds.

Astronomers said the annual night sky spectacle would be most visible last night, but many Brits who stayed up late to glimpse a shooting star were disappointed.

A major following on the microblogging website Twitter was set up to track the meteors, but most users posted messages of disappointment.

"#Meteorwatch has failed. It's quite cloudy out, just like last night. Figures," wrote Twitter user ginger_curls.

Tuesday night was more successful for many across Britain, although clouds also hampered efforts to see anything clearly.

Founder of the Twitter movement and member of skywatching group the Newbury Astronomical Society, Ann Davies told Sky News Online yesterday she was hopeful for a good night's viewing.

But come 2am BST, the groups Twitter account posted: "Clouds are too thick even to see where the moon is! Time to turn in.

"Due to the weather the team at Astrobunker have seen more journalists than meteors over the last 30 hours."

On Wednesday, astronomer Mark Thompson had told Sky News that meteor showers could be very unpredictable - but he had anticipated last night to be the peak of any activity.

The Perseids shower shoots across the sky every August when the Earth passes through dust debris left by the comet Swift-Tuttle.

The meteors - made up of small particles the size of a grain of sand - collide with the Earth's atmosphere at high speeds, creating up to 80 streaks of light per hour.


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