Meteoric!

The sky last night was dark and clear, so everything looked good for another display of noctilucent clouds - I missed one on Thursday night because we had total cloud cover here in East Norfolk.

In the event (despite staying up until 1.00am) I didn't see any NLCs, but I did photograph a bright meteor and saw a couple more. The only 'scheduled' shower in June is the Boötids (meteor showers are named after the constellation from which they appear to originate) but all last night's came from the region around the bright star Capella: as such they were presumably very early Perseids…

Although it's hard to image galaxies and nebulae using a normal DSLR and lens, I've included a photograph of Cassiopeia (the 'W' shaped constellation) to show how to find M31, the Andromeda galaxy. At the moment, it's well placed in the north-eastern sky. I've also posted a couple of pictures of Cygnus (the Northern Cross!) and Ursa Major (the Great Bear)