re Meteor storm?

Question

Does anyone know or heard about a meteor storm visible from the UK last night and tonight or is it a hoax.

Answer 1

No not a hoax - they've been happening all week in the UK skies xx

Answer 2

No there is a shower currently visible from the UK it is called ORIONIDS if you look towards the east and find Orion look to the left and down a bit The peak of the sower has passed but on Fridat night there was a fantastice Meteor at about 12:15

Answer 3

A supernova is an exploding famous individual. If between the celebrities in our area could desire to undergo supernova, it *ought to* be the tip of human existence right here, simply by radiation effects. A meteor bathe *does* take place in the international, and particularly frequently...this is continuously led to via the Earth traveling interior the trail of the orbit of a comet; the little debris ejected from the comet in this is direction around the solar hit the Earth's atmosphere & deplete, inflicting many greater 'capturing stars' than you will commonly see in a night. infrequently are those debris greater effective than a grain of sand; rarer nevertheless is that if any of those debris proceed to exist re-get entry to and make all of it a thank you to Earth's floor. oftentimes, this is in simple terms rather. Gamma ray bursts additionally are deadly; they're the reason for a collapsing famous individual after this is run out of gasoline. it ought to be collapsing right into a Neutron famous individual, or - being overwhelmed right down to a black hollow; because it collapses, gamma rays are ejected on the celebrities' poles, and we stumble on them from everywhere in the universe, approximately as quickly as an afternoon or so. oftentimes, they're *very* a approaches away, tens of millions to billions of sunshine years; in the event that they have been a lot nearer - Earth could actually be fried. Supernova's could be seen alongside with your eye - if close sufficient. The exploding famous individual who grew to become into the reason for the Crab Nebula grew to become into so dazzling it ought to be seen in sunlight hours. Meteor showers can okay be seen, yet gamma ray bursts... no longer a lot. (except it grew to become into very close, which may be undesirable...)

Answer 4

The Orionid meteor shower is usually in October.It is the debris from comet Halley and has a two day window.

Answer 5

Is this the same thing that happened last night in Sussex?

Answer 6

Think the leonids happen sometime soon, maybe it was the beginning of them

Answer 7

the leonids are due in mid november
there are 2 minor showers in october
http://www.geocities.com/~starwanderer/octmetor2006.htm

for a full list see:
http://www.geocities.com/~starwanderer/meteor.htm

Answer 8

Triffid time?

Answer 9

could be the orionids or taurids. or could just be random... they do happen.