Satellids or Aircraftids?

[Steve Knight]

I see no Geminids. According to BBC this timelapse shows Geminid meteor shower in full splendour! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67722017

[Dawson]

There looked to be a few potential candidates, but most bright things were not meteors

[Jeremy Shears]

They showed a few supposed Geminids on the BBC 10 O’clock News last night (or perhaps the weather) and one of them looked more like a satellite trail.

Pity as they did such a good job the night before showing Grant Privett’s pic of a Gem over Stonehenge: https://britastro.org/observations/observation.php?id=20231214_111751_3c1da223edee8f06

[Gary Poyner]

At the end of the piece which contains Grant’s excellent image, there is a photo of a chap looking through a fully automated scope, in silhoutte against a background of the Summer sky, and the heading “You should be able to see the meteors with a naked eye – if the weather is good”.

Good ‘ole Beeb.

Gary

[James Lancashire]

Those looked liked planes at night! I also saw a (pretty/standard) star trail photo described as the meteor shower.

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