Rocks falling out of the sky

Hi Ziggy thanks for the INFO.:thmb:

 

Good evening everyone,out of interest saw this today


October 7, 8, 2010 Draconids
The radiant point of the Draconid meteor shower almost coincides with the head of the constellation Draco the Dragon, in the northern sky. Thatâ??s why it is best viewed from the northern hemisphere. This shower is a real oddity, in the respect that its radiant point is highest in the sky as darkness falls. The shower is definitely a sleeper, producing only a handful of languid meteors per hour in most years. But watch out if the dragon awakes! On occasion, fiery Draco has been known to spew forth hundreds â?? if not thousands â?? of meteors in a single hour. An outburt is not predicted for this year, but then, one never knows when an outburt may occur. Since the new moon will fall on October 7, weâ??re guaranteed of dark nights for observing these meteors. Unlike most meteor showers, more Draconid meteors are likely to fly in the evening than in the morning hours after midnight. Look northward for the very slow-moving Draconid meteors on the evenings of October 7 and 8..

 

Thanks ziggy:thmb:

Update.
[align=left]The Draconids meteor shower is active from October 6th to October 10th with the maximum occurring on October the 8th. Unfortunately the moon is only 4 days past the full so any chance of observing any meteors will be limited to an hour after sunset before moon rise. However as the maximum occurs at 17:40 BST and can occasionally produce hourly rates of 20 â?? 500 meteors it is quite possible that in that hour after sunset you may be able to observe some slow moving meteors.




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[align=left]Below is the night sky for October the 8th at 20:00. As you can see the radiant is high in the west. [/align]

 

Nothing to report low cloud almost down to ground level .Set my camera on the bulb setting /Tripod/Cable release/for the hour after Sunset and not a glimmer :dh: but I shall be there next time.:thmb:

 

Hi Kristen my honest answer is that I am not sure of anything and you could be right,I will double check and then come back and apologise:dh::hehe: thanks for the heads up
my friend.