saw one tonight, only ever seen 1 before, f***en cool~

ps. i made a wish :D

/superstitious

so, whens the next qgl?

new breed of nerd - not only does he stay in doors all day, but also all night

shooting stars are so boring ... unless they crash through your roof and cause a lot of damage, then they're annoying but kind of cool as well

Me neither! Wow that would be cool, I've only ever seen debris burning up in the atmosphere.

If you want to see more,

GO WEST
to the open space
GO WEST
away from the city lights

See Pet Shop Boys where into amateur astronomy...

See Pet Shop Boys where into amateur astronomy...

Really?
I thought that they were just into "Ass"otomy

I've been seeing a lot of falling stars lately now that you mention it, at least 2 in the past 3 months, which is pretty good considering I'm hardly ever outside.

ummm u should see about at least a few per hour...

i remember a cpl of years ago watching the meteor shower... had 100-200 / hour...

was pretty cool...

Never seen one, also

so, whens the next qgl?

heh

Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Never let it fade away
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Save it for a rainy day

Me neither! Wow that would be cool, I've only ever seen debris burning up in the atmosphere.

"Falling" or "shooting" stars are actually bits of dust burning up while entering Earth's atmosphere;)

ummm u should see about at least a few per hour...

i remember a cpl of years ago watching the meteor shower... had 100-200 / hour...

was pretty cool...

Yeah I saw a meteor shower in Cairns when I was up there, was rad.

yeah i never seen a falling star

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"Falling" or "shooting" stars are actually bits of dust burning up while entering Earth's atmosphere;)

Not always, they can be big f***ing chunks of metal call Skylab as well!

I've seen dozens. Really theres heaps of em.

If you have never seen one you have never slept under the stars out in the scrub.

Which is just completely Un-Australian

here here

hear hear

WITH POWERS COMPARABLE TO WONDER BOY

I've seen dozens. Really theres heaps of em.

yeah same

you are probably seeing satellites

you are probably seeing satellites

Why would you say that? 'Shooting stars' are just as common if not more so than satellites.

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Also, if a satellite is moving accross the sky that fast, then something is very wrong.

satellites move very slow, but look like a star, some of them change colour too

I shot Kerri Anne Kennerley, so I got 2 for the price of one. I was shooting a falling star!

/me holds up the laugh cue card

you are probably seeing satellites
Why would you say that? 'Shooting stars' are just as common if not more so than satellites.

Cause if people say they have been seeing a lot lately in civilization its most prolly a sat, they are easier to see and id say more common.

Im not saying shooting stars don't exist, I have seen a few in my time, but not buttloads at a time unless its some magical meteor shower, ive seen far more sats floating around up there tho.

Also, if a satellite is moving accross the sky that fast, then something is very wrong.

exactly - how can you even draw similarities between them? sat's dont cain across the sky with big tales. thats just dumb

maybe it came from uranus

maybe it came from uranus

s***, we've run out of laugh cue cards.

And yeh, you'd have to blind or retarded (severely) to mistake a satellite for a shooting star.

also technically a satellite is anything in our orbit / visible from earth

so they're all satellites ;D

Firstly,

maybe it came from uranus

made me LOL. Secondly,

so they're all satellites ;D

No, as I said,

"Falling" or "shooting" stars are actually bits of dust burning up while entering Earth's atmosphere;)

They are not orbitting:p

And thirdly,

also technically a satellite is anything in our orbit / visible from earth

What!? All stars aren't satellites are they?

also technically a satellite is anything in our orbit
so they're all satellites ;D

can someone point me to a star that its in the earth's orbit please?

I seem to have missed it.....

er I seen heaps of shooting stars, and Im sure ive seen quite a few sats moving actually quite quick across the sky?
Y/N?
I thought that when they werent shooting stars, they had to be sats.
hehe prob spotted a UFO or 3 and didnt know it

sattelites don't shoot accross the sky, they slowly orbit the earth.

*cue spooky music*

I saw that Leonid meteor shower a couple of years ago. Was good but the arseclowns who live around me believe they're part of some giant landing strip so as a result they have almost every light in the entire house switched on at all hours.

I remember driving to Darwin in the 80's and we where in the middle of nowhere between 3 Ways and Katherine when we saw a metorite shower, probably 10-20 "shooting stars" a minute for about 10-15 minutes. Was way cool.