Thanks for the post, C.H.U.D.

Although it's not the biggest shower of the year, it's the one I look forward to the most, because I can typically sit out in the backyard without freezing my arse off

I'll be watchin'

they are really fun to watch
where I live the sky is black at night and I get a very good showing each year
if it isn't cloudy

Thanks for the heads-up C.H.U.D. (literally!)

I am looking forward to the show.

Hopefully the weather will clear up, it's been uncharacteristically cloudy here lately.

Last week I saw some Alpha Capricornids. I caught a really good clear, dark (pre-moon) night and saw four in the space of 10 minutes as well as a sporadic. I was struck by the fact that they were bright yellow, slow and tail-less.

Happy Observing!

I've already seen the start of this, can't wait to go out on the 12th.

Happy star gazing.

Bump for the weekend.
I spotted quite a few last night. all Perseids.
So the display is ramping up nicely.

I was outside for about an hour. Awake for at least 30 minutes of that hour.
The weather was so nice, slight breeze..and a "wall of sound" of crickets chirping, I was lulled right to sleep..Funny thing is I opened my eyes just as a nice bright one was cruising by. Good timing.

While I haven't seen much in the way of quantity, the quality has been amazing.

Sunday night, Aug 3rd I saw a very bright, green meteor while looking west over the entrance of the Cape Cod canal. I would guess that it was lit up for over 5 seconds or so and seemed to "flare out" at the end.

I also witnessed another green meteor Saturday Aug 9th looking North from Seekonk, MA.

Too bad for Sweden where it's completely bright during that time:S I would have wanted to see it;(

A bit late, but what the hey...

Good to hear most of you got to see a few -

ZikhaN - better luck next time. Try and see them on the nights before, so you don' t get caught out if the peak is clouded out. The weather here is also very frustrating sometimes!

Insomniac - "yellow, slow and tail-less" Alpha Capricornids I guess you mean... yeah - they are something to watch ain't they! I only saw a couple of dimmer ones this year, but the brighter ones I've seen in previous years
have been spectacular on occasion. IIRC a couple of years back I saw a few that were distinctly golden in color.

spacedoubt - Hope you caught a good peak. Just in case you missed it, the Leonids are looking promising despite the moon. I've already been caught out by one shower this year (the Orionids), and I'm determined not to let another slip by!

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I had perhaps the worst weather in living memory throughout the shower - completely clouded out for the peak

Despite this, I did spend a couple of partially cloudy nights out observing them, and saw a few quite nice ones.

In fact, one Perseid (by far the most impressive this year)I saw by pure chance made all the effort I put into the trip worth it!

It was the evening after peak, the sun had barely set, the sky was still light and I was outside the B&B where I was staying, trying to get a photo of the clouds that were still standing out against the fast fading sunset. It was an orange earth grazer that flew parallel to the horizon and only perhaps 15 degrees above it. It only lasted a couple of seconds, but it threw off sparks and was approaching the brightness of perhaps a 1/4 moon!

Can't wait for the Leonids