I think I saw a meteor last night. How can I confirm?

[BetsyClark]

[FONT=&quot]Hi

I think I saw a meteor last night, 14 August, at just after 10 pm, off the coast just south of Dundalk. Is there an Irish astronomical group I can contact to ask them about it?

BC [/FONT]

 

[Darthvadar]

Try Astronomy Ireland.... http://www.astronomy.ie/indexa.php

I think there was huge meteor activity over the last few nights...

Darth....

 

[fizzelina]

Yeah it was on the weather report to watch out for the shooting stars...

 

[silverwake]

Hi BetsyClark, it's very common to see shooting stars during this time of the year.
Here's some information related:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseids