[gaa_ian (Ian)]

We were out doing an observing night last night out in western Qld. I had not seen any meteor showers on my Calendar, so i was surprised to see a very bright and slow meteor rising up from the NE against the twilight navy blue sky around 7pm .... WOW. We proceeded to see 6 bright slow meteors over the next 2 hrs & several fainter ones from this radiant.
I suspected a Taurid Meteor stream and this was confirmed (Northern Taurids) with a check in Star Walk when I got back home around 9pm
I will be going out again tonight with a comfortable chair, just for the last night of the peak of this meteor shower. I would rate this up with the Persids for the spectacular display (if not as many) of larger than usual meteors from Comet Enke.