Mastodawn

COSPAR Apr 19, 2024

Late April means it's time for the #Lyrid #meteorshower: one of the oldest known showers, observed for 2700 years.

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📸 Lyrids seen from the ISS, 2012. Credit: NASA/JSC/D. Pettit

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Mark McIntyre Apr 28, 2023

I think i can call time on the 2023 #Lyrid #meteor shower now. A full report is available at the link below, but TLDR:

#UKMON made 2039 single-station detections, 88% of which were involved in multistation matches, leading to 331 confirmed matched Lyrids. 144 cameras were involved in matches. The brightest was mag -2.6; there were no fireballs or potential meteorite droppers.

https://archive.ukmeteornetwork.co.uk/reports/2023/LYR/index.html

The peak of observations was on the night of 23/24 April, but this reflects poor weather (...)

UK Meteor Network Archive

Meteor Observation Data

Jennifer MacNeil Apr 27, 2023

We went out for the #Lyrid meteor shower last week and set up cameras to take shots in about 16 second intervals. I chose about 16 of them to blend together with some of the brighter meteors it captured and this is what I ended up with.
#meteorshower #photography #nightsky #darksky #grandstaircaseescalante #Astrophotograhy

PrivacyDigest Apr 22, 2023

Watch the #Lyrid #MeteorShower Peak During a New Moon

The first major springtime meteor shower will become most active right after a new moon.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/lyrid-meteor-shower.html

Watch the Lyrid Meteor Shower Peak During a New Moon

The first major springtime meteor shower will become most active right after a new moon.

The New York Times

Jennifer Morency

Apr 22, 2023

How to see peak of the #Lyrid #meteor shower this weekend https://www.axios.com/2023/04/21/meteor-shower-2023-april-lyrid "Why it matters: It's one of the oldest known meteor showers, with the first recorded sighting going back to 687 B.C. in China, according to NASA."