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Lyrid meteor Shower TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT! Watch map says good LA, TX, FL!
Posted on 4/21/17 at 9:36 am
Posted on 4/21/17 at 9:36 am
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The Lyrid meteor shower reaches its peak Friday night into Saturday's pre-dawn hours, when observers can expect to see up to 20 meteors per hour, or roughly one every three minutes. This will be the first meteor shower since January. Although unexpected this year, the Lyrids can sometimes produce as many as 100 meteors in an hour at its peak.
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These meteors typically lack persistent trains but can produce fireballs, according to the American Meteor Society. A fireball is a meteor that becomes immensely bright as it burns up and enters the Earth's atmosphere, sometimes lighting up the whole sky for a few seconds. Midnight to dawn is the best timeframe to view the shower, and meteors will appear in all areas of the sky. There's no need to focus on a single point, as is the case with other meteor showers at different times of the year.
This post was edited on 4/21/17 at 9:39 am
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Posted on 4/21/17 at 9:39 am to CptBengal
quote:Glad they narrowed it down for us.
Midnight to dawn is the best timeframe to view the shower
Posted on 4/21/17 at 9:41 am to CptBengal
Nice! I'm spending the night out in the country where there aren't many lights. Should be good viewing. 
Posted on 4/21/17 at 9:42 am to CptBengal
I ill be looking for this tonight, being on the bench should provide a great view.
Posted on 4/21/17 at 9:44 am to The Mick
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Glad they narrowed it down for us.
That's the duration of the shower.
Posted on 4/21/17 at 9:48 am to Smokezilla82
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I ill be looking for this tonight, being on the bench should provide a great view.
A secluded beach wouldn't be bad, either.
Posted on 4/21/17 at 9:50 am to CptBengal
What's going to make it even better is the moon phase for tonight. It won't rise until almost 4am and when it does it is in waning crescent. It'll make for an even darker night. Better viewing conditions. Also that big asteroid everyone was talking about is still supposed to be visible. I've tried to find it but no luck. Should be between the constellations Little Dipper and Draco.
Posted on 4/21/17 at 10:06 am to Kcrad
fortunately for me, there aren't any highrise condo buildings around me, just a few 2-3 story condo complexes. Should be a great view!
Posted on 4/21/17 at 10:08 am to CptBengal
:jump1: :jump2:
We will be watching this!
We will be watching this!
Posted on 4/21/17 at 10:16 am to OKellsBells
just made my day
Posted on 4/21/17 at 7:48 pm to LSUvegasbombed
Anybody gonna sit in the backyard and take this in?
Posted on 4/21/17 at 8:12 pm to CptBengal
My particular part of Texas will be under tornado watch beginning at midnight, which means there's a possibility of witnessing lightning and meteors at the same time. Will report back.
Posted on 4/21/17 at 8:28 pm to BehindtheWoodshed
If I can't see them before I go to bed I just won't see them.
Posted on 4/21/17 at 9:38 pm to BehindtheWoodshed
Hell yes we will be staying up. I really hope the weather cooperates.
Posted on 4/21/17 at 10:23 pm to OKellsBells
Right. It's always friustrating to me when it's overcast or the meteor shower turns out to be a dud.
About 20 years ago, a spectacular meteor shower was forecasted. On Friday night, we saw a few but living in the city, there was quite a bit of light pollution that washed out the view. Saturday night/Sunday morning was supposed to be the peak. It was winter and the forecast was for clear skies and mid-40s. So I convinced my brother and his son, who was about 10, that we should drive out to Ruddock and watch from there. My mother catches wind of our plan and announces that she wants to go with us. So we load up and drive out to the swamp.
I brought binoculars, an astronomy guide, a pile of blankets and sleeping bags, a reclining lawn chair for my mom and a cooler of Heineken for me and my brother. It started off great. Cool and calm, but not that cold. We identified a few constellations. But we didn't see any meteors. After about two hours, we saw a dim one. After that, we'd see some increasingly dimmer ones every 20 or 30 minutes. Nothing near the 120/hour predicted. It started to get foggier towards dawn. And much colder...
Supposedly, right before dawn is the best time to view meteors because they're reflecting the rising sun, even though it's still below the horizon at ground level. We figured we'd already been out there most of the night, so we stayed until dawn. We didn't see shite.
The only good thing that happened was that a Krispy Kreme doughnuts had just opened at W. Metairie and Clearview, so we got a pile of doughnuts and drove back to my parents house. I've never seen my father happier. He filled his face with Krispy Kreme's while telling us how well he slept, how warm he was and how stupid we were.
Ahhhhh, memories...
About 20 years ago, a spectacular meteor shower was forecasted. On Friday night, we saw a few but living in the city, there was quite a bit of light pollution that washed out the view. Saturday night/Sunday morning was supposed to be the peak. It was winter and the forecast was for clear skies and mid-40s. So I convinced my brother and his son, who was about 10, that we should drive out to Ruddock and watch from there. My mother catches wind of our plan and announces that she wants to go with us. So we load up and drive out to the swamp.
I brought binoculars, an astronomy guide, a pile of blankets and sleeping bags, a reclining lawn chair for my mom and a cooler of Heineken for me and my brother. It started off great. Cool and calm, but not that cold. We identified a few constellations. But we didn't see any meteors. After about two hours, we saw a dim one. After that, we'd see some increasingly dimmer ones every 20 or 30 minutes. Nothing near the 120/hour predicted. It started to get foggier towards dawn. And much colder...
Supposedly, right before dawn is the best time to view meteors because they're reflecting the rising sun, even though it's still below the horizon at ground level. We figured we'd already been out there most of the night, so we stayed until dawn. We didn't see shite.
The only good thing that happened was that a Krispy Kreme doughnuts had just opened at W. Metairie and Clearview, so we got a pile of doughnuts and drove back to my parents house. I've never seen my father happier. He filled his face with Krispy Kreme's while telling us how well he slept, how warm he was and how stupid we were.
Ahhhhh, memories...
Posted on 4/21/17 at 10:25 pm to CptBengal
Do you need a group of people to watch different parts of the sky?
How easy is it to see anything, or miss anything?
How easy is it to see anything, or miss anything?
Posted on 4/21/17 at 11:33 pm to CptBengal
Just saw the first one in the southeast sky while sitting in backyard.
Posted on 4/21/17 at 11:34 pm to texashorn
There is a thin layer of clouds that obscures the northern skies (where the lightning strikes are occurring), and unfortunately, only the brightest of stars show in the south. It would be a one-in-a-million shot to see a lightning bolt and meteor at the same glance, but it was worth a look.
Posted on 4/21/17 at 11:34 pm to CptBengal
too many damn mosquitoes!! 
Posted on 4/21/17 at 11:53 pm to Jimmy2shoes
You ain't lying. I'm about to give it up soon.
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