Meteor shower tonight

SilverPenguin · 22 Apr 2007 at 20:51

Don't know if anyone already knows about this but there is supposed to be a meteor shower tonight that will last for 11 hours, supposedly visible after dusk onwards (obviously, you wouldn't see it during daylight).

Look to the east, especially after midnight apparently. Probably more info on this online but i just found out about it at work.

robertgilbert86 · 22 Apr 2007 at 21:35

Thanks for the heads-up!

benjo · 22 Apr 2007 at 21:37

Now i just need to find out which was is east...

Messiah Khan · 22 Apr 2007 at 21:55

And maybe a little bit less cloudcover.

Amp34 · 22 Apr 2007 at 21:58

messiah khan said:
And maybe a little bit less cloudcover.

Same here it seems.

Not that I would be able to get anywhere to see it anyway (in the centre of Plymouth)

Westyfield2 · 22 Apr 2007 at 22:22

robertgilbert86 said:
Thanks for the heads-up!

danza · 22 Apr 2007 at 22:24

/Looks out window.....

Very slightly broken cloud.

West Sussex.

JIM_BOB7813 · 22 Apr 2007 at 22:41

Saw this on the news, it's called Lyrid Meteor Shower.
If you don't know which way is east, download Stellarium and go by the moon

, or get a compass

tim_enchanter · 22 Apr 2007 at 22:50

Excellent, I nearly always findout about these after the event.
More Info
Some more

Helium_Junkie · 22 Apr 2007 at 23:53

Saw one!
Just the one though, was out there 30mins

Broken cloud but it blazed right through a thick part and was easily visible.

SilverPenguin · 23 Apr 2007 at 00:04

Excellent! I'll keep a look out when I get out of work ni half an hour.

JIM_BOB7813 · 23 Apr 2007 at 00:54

I saw a few, but they are so quick!

Messiah Khan · 23 Apr 2007 at 09:14

Anyone get any pics? I want to try and and shoot a stary night for playing around with long exposures. Not much chance of that last bight with the clodcover though. Also im guessing the light polution wouldn't help either.