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Lyrid Meteoroid Shower

Postby Squirrel Girl » Apr 21, 2007 8:09 am

Saturday and Sunday nights (April 21 & 22) there will the Lyrid meteoroids. Look up!
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Postby wendy » Apr 21, 2007 9:03 am

which direction in the sky should we be looking?
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Postby Squirrel Girl » Apr 21, 2007 11:26 am

From the Spaceweather newsletter:

WEEKEND METEORS: Earth is entering the dusty tail of Comet Thatcher,
and this will cause a mild meteor shower this weekend. It's called the
Lyrid meteor shower because the bits of incandescent comet dust appear
to come from the constellation Lyra. The best time to look is during
the dark hours before dawn on Sunday, April 22nd, and Monday, April 23rd,
when you can expect to see a shooting star overhead every 5 minutes or
so.
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Postby ian mckenzie » Apr 21, 2007 4:36 pm

wendy wrote:which direction in the sky should we be looking?


Upwards. :-)
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Postby Bobatnathrop » Apr 21, 2007 5:23 pm

Bwhaha Good one, Ian.
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Postby Jep » Apr 22, 2007 7:46 am

https://www.wunderground.com/sky/ShowSk ... raw=Change

I don't know if this link works, but almost straight up and to the east at 4 AM eastern tomorrow morning in Renick WV. Jep.
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Postby Jonathan » Apr 22, 2007 7:57 am

grr... I totally missed it too :( I was so tired from doing cemetery pit yesterday that I fell asleep at like 11:30 pm. oh well, maybe next year. did anyone on here get to see them?
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Postby Jep » Apr 22, 2007 9:31 am

You stilll can see them tomorrow morning if you get up real early. They were this morning and tomorrow morning, just before dawn. Sky was exceptionally clear last night in southern WV. Jep.
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Postby ScottM » Apr 22, 2007 12:00 pm

I watched for a long time in central Indiana around 4 am, didn't see anything...
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