meteor shower , visible around the world but best seen from europe , has been observed for the past 2,700 years and peaked overnight with between ten and 20 an hour .
and the cosmic show will continue on into saturday , so it is still possible to catch a glimpse of some meteors if you did n't last night .
` it was the first time i had seen the lyrid meteor shower and i 'm really pleased to have got a shooting star on camera that