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Old 13th August 2017, 14:49
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Originally Posted by BobClay View Post
I've been out tonight trying to observe the Persied meteor shower. Alas a bright three quarter moon and broken cloud cover pretty much screwed that up.

I think probably typical of the summer we're having.

I was lucky seeing quite a few. The moon plus broken cloud made viewing harder, but the moon was behind my bungalow, which helped. The Perseid meteor shower is debris from the comet Swift-Tuttle.
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