Lyrid Meteor Shower Tonight

Carne Seca · Apr 21, 2012

It's supposed to be a pretty good show tonight. With a new moon the sky should be perfect for watching the meteor shower. The Lyrid meteors are known for producing fireballs and can have up to 100 meteors per hour during its peak. Anytime after midnight go outside (if you don't have light pollution), smoke a bowl, and just relax and enjoy. We saw a few last night. One was really bright.

RainbowBrite86 · Apr 21, 2012

Oooo thank you Carne! I love seeing meteor showers.

Carne Seca · Apr 21, 2012

This is supposed to be a good one. ::crossing fingers::

Alexander Supertramp · Apr 21, 2012

Just gotta keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best. Things are leaning towards it being a dandy......

Carne Seca · Apr 21, 2012

If you have a telescope it's a good night for viewing Saturn and Mars as well.

darksmoker · Apr 21, 2012

what area of the US is it going to be most visible? kinda sucks, cause it's raining right now

Carne Seca · Apr 21, 2012

darksmoker said:
what area of the US is it going to be most visible? kinda sucks, cause it's raining right now

Everywhere that isn't cloudy.

neosapien · Apr 21, 2012

Carne Seca said:
If you have a telescope it's a good night for viewing Saturn and Mars as well.

If I look hard enough will I see Uranus? ;-)

Carne Seca · Apr 21, 2012

neosapien said:
If I look hard enough will I see Uranus?

I'm not that kind of girl, sir!

cannabineer · Apr 21, 2012

neosapien said:
If I look hard enough will I see Uranus?

You'll have to look quite hard, I imagine.For the telescopists among us, this is a premier time of year to tour the brighter galaxies of the Virgo Cluster/Association. I plan to be out there with 20x90s. If it's a good might (and so far it looks promising) I should be able to see all of Markarian's Chain. cn

Killer Bud · Apr 21, 2012

Thanks Carne I didnt know about this.

Sr. Verde · Apr 21, 2012

Carne Seca said:
It's supposed to be a pretty good show tonight. With a new moon the sky should be perfect for watching the meteor shower. The Lyrid meteors are known for producing fireballs and can have up to 100 meteors per hour during its peak. Anytime after midnight go outside (if you don't have light pollution), smoke a bowl, and just relax and enjoy. We saw a few last night. One was really bright.

Sweet! Thanks for the heads up.. I might drive up into the hills to check this out with a companion!

cannabineer · Apr 21, 2012

I just watched Tiangong-1 pass nearly overhead. It is the Chinese test article for a space station module, roughly equivalent to a Russian Salyut/Mir core. As it entered shadow near Arcturus (α Boötis), it went blue, then dark. Not a hint of yellow, which means the thousand miles west of me are cloudless and low in haze. So the hot clear weather we've been enduring will continue ... so far not a Lyrid. But Vega just broke horizon, so it's early yet ... cn

Sat passes at heavens-above.com

lokie · Apr 21, 2012

Its cloudy out. :cuss:

Carne Seca · Apr 21, 2012

It's clear as a bell here. The temps are hovering in the upper 60's. Yay!! Perfect night. I have some tequila and a bowl of Northern Lights on standby.

cannabineer · Apr 21, 2012

Carne Seca said:
It's clear as a bell here. The temps are hovering in the upper 60's. Yay!! Perfect night. I have some tequila and a bowl of Northern Lights on standby.

One of the wildest experiences I had was stargazing while coming down from a psychedelic. All those extra stars ... it confounded my usually easy reading of the sky. Like those dreams I sometimes have of seeing extraordinary constellations ... cn

Carne Seca · Apr 21, 2012

cannabineer said:
One of the wildest experiences I had was stargazing while coming down from a psychedelic. All those extra stars ... it confounded my usually easy reading of the sky. Like those dreams I sometimes have of seeing extraordinary constellations ... cn

I need the tequila for some liquid courage. I hate going outside at night around here. It's fucking spooky as hell.

RainbowBrite86 · Apr 21, 2012

I'm so bummed. It's foggy here. I won't be able to see it

cannabineer · Apr 21, 2012

Carne Seca said:
I need the tequila for some liquid courage. I hate going outside at night around here. It's fucking spooky as hell.

You need silver buckshot in a suitable dispenser. cn

UncleBuck · Apr 21, 2012

just saw my first lyrid, dimly and briefly pass very low on the horizon.

waiting for the world to turn a little now.

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