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Old 22-10-2012, 04:54 AM
Danack (Dan Ackroyd)
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Originally Posted by Regulus View Post
I was out at 4.30 and Orion was perhaps a bit high
I was visiting my sister in Wales and watched the sky from about 3:45am to 4:45am and saw about 10 Orionids, though probably missed some as I was also setting up a camera for a star trail (sky too light for a good one unfortunately).

Turns out that Wales is quite cool at that time of night at the end of October, even with a nice warm glass of ale, so couldn't hold out to see if the rate increased towards dawn.
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