" CATCH A FALLING STAR " WHERE EVER YOU ARE !

TUESDAY 13^th AUGUST 2013.

When we were talking to Tim he said that after we had finished they were going out to watch ‘Meteor’s’ but it has taken me a day to catch up on what he said!

Every year around mid-August the Earth passes through the debris left behind by a comet called “Swift-Tuttle” that orbits the sun every 133 years, the ‘Perseids’ or the ‘Tears of Saint Lawrence’ are the meteor showers that are also called ‘Falling Stars’ or ‘Shooting Stars’ – they happen when the tiny partical’s  which are traveling at up to 20,000mph  strike the Earth’s upper atmosphere - if they hit the ground they are called a’ Meteorite!’

The nights of the 11^th to 13^th AUGUST are predicted to be the best times with around midnight last night being the maximum – sorry! If you are so lucky to spot a shooting star be sure to make a wish as they always come true!!

We went up on the roof terrace later in the evening and I got my binocular's out but we could not see any shooting stars - the last time I had them out was back at Ludlow Races in 1986 !!! 

See the pictures above taken last night over England;



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