Hello,

I saw 6 Meteors from my bank garden in Staffordshire. Some were really small, but one huge one appeared about 12.05 am. They always seemed to come from the same direction!

I Wonder, Staffordshire, UK

The bible readings for now urge us not to worship the Sun, moon, stars and physical objects but to concentrate on the spirit as well away from crime.
In physics we can analyse most of space and prove the creation paths to humans etc by evolution and genetics after the particles, nuclei, atoms and molecules are formed.
On earth it goes much farther and finer e.v of interactions with l time scales of thousands if not millions of years. It is not a fixed set and many hypotheses are around to explain Earth.
It is a big mix of Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein particles and just a spirit is absurd in our clever protoplasm and mind body creation.
Polytheism, God/Devil, drugs and Obeah etc are wrong and Phlogiston theory is not true as our science shows.
It is necessary for the church to progress but going to monasticism and drugs and ancient errors is not right just as the Human mind as Great Creator is wrong and our belief of people being Gods is even worse despotism and stupidity.

Dr MI Barton MA. MBA.PhD, Oxford, UK

Your 'astronomy correspondent' has obviously never read an astronomy book. Otherwise he would recognise the article photo as nothing to do with the trails of meteors. This is a long time-lapse photo of the light trails of stars as the sky appears to rotate around the celestial north pole

Gareth, Brighton,

i viewed the meteor showers early this morning i must have seen twenty in total at about three or four at a time this was around 2am in my back garden in was quite a sight

davdi king, swadlincote, derbyshire

I set my alarm for 2.45 am and saw some amazing meteor trails for abot 30 mins as it clouded over after that. Well worth the early start but I'm feeling knackered now.

My neighbours might have thought I was bonkers if they'd seen me, standing out in my back garden early in the morning with binoculars and a camera. They might have called the police.

Neal, Wokingham, England

I did not see the meteors, but they sound spectacular. However, I am concerned by what Samuel of Chicago says about your photo - is it not genuine? In addition, surely The Times should know how to spell "Mediterranean"?

Cathy, Bristol, UK

"...the unique yearly phenomenon ..." Uh?

Gary Ricin, Vermont, USA

The whole family were out at 0200 this morning in crystal clear visibility but found the whole event dissapointing. Indeed, We'd been expecting an "astonishing firework display" as predicted. We did see several flashes as objects entered the atmosphere but these were minutes apart and very brief, leaving us one with an aching neck and a sense of having missed something important. We're fortunate enough to have an uninterrupted view of the night sky and were able to marvel at the grandeur of the starfield extending close to the horizon with the milky way clearly visible, but Perseids? more damp squib than firework display. I wouldn't stay up late for them again.

Conrad Auten, Dover,

We saw over 20 meteors between midnight and 3:00am up here in Lytham St Annes. Low, patchy cloud didn't help, or the light pollution from Blackpool, so we headed in when it was overcast, back out when the skies were clearer. The best appeared directly overhead, glowing like a fireball with a trail lasting for around three seconds.

MikeD, Lytham St Annes, England

My friend and I were in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire and spent 5 hours totally enthralled by a stunning display. Some clouds threatened to ruin the spectacle between 1.30 and 2 am...but soon drifted off to leave us an uninterrupted view until 4am. We probably saw around 70-80 separate objects, two dozen or so of which left trails and were highly visible. Just after 3am, we saw in quick succession two very brilliant objects, which left long, wide trails and flashed out - seemingly exploding! - before disappearing. One of the most amazing natural sights I've ever seen and well worth a slightly stiff back and cold toes! ;-)

Fin McLaughlin, Loughborough, UK

A clear sky in Surrey. From 10.45pm I saw over a dozen in an hour including one big one. My son went out later and saw quite a few.

sue, Hindhead, UK

I was outside in the garden last night and saw just three shooting stars between 11pm and 11:20pm.

Simon Raine, Alton, UK Hampshire

My family and I watched the diplay under clear skies from Watford in Northamptonshire. We observed around 30 trails between 10.30 and midnight, some thin and faint, others bright orange or white. They emanated generally from the Casseiopaea / Cygnus / Ursa Major constellations. The brightest left contrails across the sky, bringing gasps of wonder from us all - a fantastic sight, and well worth losing a little sleep over !

Neil Turner, Watford, UK

Saw a few last night and have just been outside again and seen a couple more! Wonderful sight - even if it is just mainly looking at the stars and getting a stiff neck!

Bridget Chilvers, Downham Market, Norfolk, UK

yes i saw a couple last night but not like that it is just trippy to see it like that

Melissa, san bernardino, ca

I agree with Samuel. Journalists - jack of all trades, ...

Barrie, Brussels, Belgium

I had a fantastic view of both the meteor shower and the star clusters of the Milky Way from our back garden in Derbyshire. Though I wouldn't say there was a shooting star every few seconds (there seemed to be longer waits followed by three or four within a couple of a minutes), I clocked up over 80 between 11pm and 3.30am, even taking away ones I missed because I was looking the wrong way or had popped inside!

A few in particular ignited into large, brilliant streaks of flame, and at one point a spectacularly vivid double trail of two parallel meteors could be seen right overhead. Any clouds were quick to pass over and it was worth braving the cold for the view, particularly since I had never seen a shooting star in my life before last night. Absolutely incredible!

Eleanor, Matlock,

Me and my family sat out in the back garden last night in Redcar for around about an hour and a half from 11pm till 12.30pm and the sky was perfectly clear the shower was unbelievable and we saw around about 30 or 40 meteors with some shooting right across the sky and leaving a very large trail. I have to say it was amazing and hope I get to see something like it again !

Steph, Redcar, UK

My youngest son (age 12), his friend and I lay on the grass in our back garden at 11.30 til 12 midnight and watched several shooting stars passing overhead - it was a very clear, warm night and the milky way was incredibly clearly visible.

Emma Phillips, Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales

We had clear skies last night in S England but hardly a spectaular show. I saw 2 meteors in about 20 minutes from 2.50 am to 3.10 am

Martin, H Wycombe,

North East Northumberland had clear skies and we saw many meteorites without light polution. A wonderful evening.
Norman, Lowick, Berwick upon Tweed

Norman McMullen, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland

We saw them in Hampshire - the sky had patchy cloud at midnight and was totaly clear by 3am. My son counted 36 before we sent him to bed at 12.45am.

By the way, that is not a phot of a meteor shower, but the natural progression of the stars as their earth turns (with the camera on a long exposure) or the photographer moved the camera as he took the shot.

NM, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK

In America's northeast we had approaching clouds that cut down on meteors seen after 1am, but until then it was the expected meteor-per-minute rate one would normally associate with the Perseids. Fast with smoke trails and a few really bright ones, it was a great sight to see!

Rob Donner, Boston, MA

Every time we have one of these events its always cloudy. Another shower will be appearing in November and it'll be cludy then. I've been trying for 20 years and never ever seen one !

Phil de Buquet, Newport, England

So where is the meteor in the photograph? Between 2330 and and 0030 12-13 August, I saw 20-odd meteors here on the South Coast. Of those, 4 left distinct ionisation trails, and 1 was a green fireball. Most of the rest were still quite bright. The fireball was the highlight, though.

Stuart Fyles, Worthing, UK

I sat up intil 1.45 and saw one decent meteor shower across the sky, and a few very minor ones, I could however see the milky way, an amazing sight by itself. I am in the very South East corner of the UK and couldn't have asked for a clearer night. I tried to stay up later but with the children wearing me out in the day I had no chance of my eyelids standing to attention till 4am.

Mrs A Hill, Canterbury, Kent

We saw them in Hampshire - the sky had patchy cloud at midnight and was totaly clear by 3am. My son counted 36 before we sent him to bed at 12.45am.

By the way, that is not a photo of a meteor shower, but the natural progression of the stars as their earth turns (with the camera on a long exposure) or the photographer moved the camera as he took the shot.

NM, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK

Breathtaking????? The sky was fairly clear in Mid Sussex and I went out for a look at 11, 11.35 and 1.45. Hardly anything to see. Was it April fool's day yesterday?

Alan Finners, Crawley,

Last night my husband saw three meteors in the St albans Area of Uk and my son saw two - it was between 11.30 and 12 midnight this took place

Jill, St Albans, UK

the photo shown has no meteors in it at all! it is a picture of stars as the earth rotates on axis, with time exposure, and demonstrates that it is the Earth that rotates , not heavens

samuel, chicago,