#lyrid — Public Fediverse posts

A #Lyrid #meteor caught from the #InternationalSpaceStation (one of two detected by cameras set up by ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot): https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2026/05/A_Lyrid_meteor_from_orbit -> timelapse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU8qYIWAQ0o

Ideal conditions to see peak of Lyrid meteor shower in UK.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/cede7gpjn85o

"The Lyrid meteor shower is an annual event as a result of the Earth passing through dust left behind Comet Thatcher."

Absolutely impossible to read "Comet Thatcher" without imagining Rik Mayall spitting the name out with venom.

#Astronomy #Lyrid

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

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 (...)

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

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."

The #lyrid #meteor shower is ramping up. The peak is on Saturday night, but you can see them from now till late April.
https://www.popastro.com/main_spa1/meteor/lyrids/
And the uk meteor network's report, updated daily:
https://archive.ukmeteornetwork.co.uk/reports/2023/LYR/index.html

Lyrids meteor shower starts Saturday night, expected to peak on April 23

https://abc13.com/lyrids-meteor-shower-2023-mercury-retrograde/13131475/

#meteor #lyrid #space #astronomy #science

#Lyrid of the #Lake
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220428.html

#APOD