Lyrid Meteor Showers

[sherlew99]

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Lyrid Meteor Shower 2017: When, Where & How to See It

By Jesse Emspak, Space.com Contributor | April 7, 2017 07:00am ET




In late April, skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere will get a view of the Lyrid meteor shower, the dusty trail of a comet with a centuries-long orbit around the sun. Skywatchers will have a chance to see Lyrid meteors streak across the sky between April 16 and April 25.

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[pickinduck]

OMG Sherlew, it would be so great if it would be nice enough out for me to use my zero gravity chair to view it. Sherlew box up a great big box of luck and mail it to me?

[sherlew99]

Certainly

[pickinduck]

[pickinduck]

[pickinduck]

Should we try to count how many we see in a given span of time?

[sherlew99]

If we stay out long enough it might be fun to try.

[pickinduck]

I may have my new binoculars by then but naked eyes might be best.

[sherlew99]

From what I understand, they are, though I guess you could try using binos to see how it goes.


Also, Stardate has an informative article on the meteor showers this year.

[pickinduck]

Just looked up the Lyrid Meteor Shower in NIGHTWATCH. It gives an hourly rate at maximum of 5~25.

[pickinduck]

These are from the long-period Comet C/1861 G1 Thatcher.

[pickinduck]

In 1803 they counted 700 per hour.

[sherlew99]

Oh my, that tremendous.