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• 2010 Lyrid meteor shower peaks April 22 - Examiner
• Lyrid meteor shower set to dazzle night sky on Earth ... - Daily News and Analysis
• Meteor shower sparks UFO calls (From Bournemouth Echo) - Daily Echo

2010 Lyrid meteor shower peaks April 22 - Examiner Posted: 20 Apr 2010 06:47 AM PDT 1 comment Subscribe Subscribe The annual Lyrid meteor shower will peak on April 22, 2010. The Lyrid meteor shower actually lasts from about April 16 to April 25, but near the beginning and end of these dates there are fewer meteors. The meteor rate will be fairly high for about two days before and after the peak date of April 22. The Lyrid meteor showers typically produce about 10 to 20 meteors per hour. Predicting the number of meteors that will be visible in a meteor shower is notoriously difficult and therefore unreliable. The Lyrid meteor showers are fairly reliable compared to many other meteor showers. There are however no guarantees of seeing any specific number of meteors. There are normally more meteors between midnight and dawn, because Earth's orbital motions are moving Earth into the meteors. This year during the Lyrid shower the waxing gibbous Moon will set before dawn. Stargazers wanting to observe the Lyrid meteor shower should therefore get up well before dawn and observe the moonless sky. Meteor observers should also find a dark, but safe, location with minimal light pollution. Stargazers need no special optical equipment to see meteors. Happy meteor hunting! Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Lyrid meteor shower set to dazzle night sky on Earth ... - Daily News and Analysis Posted: 20 Apr 2010 06:47 AM PDT Washington, DC: The 40th anniversary celebration of Earth Day could be followed by some 'natural fireworks,' courtesy the peak of the annual Lyrid meteor shower arriving on April 22. "Although the Lyrids have been observed since 687 B.C., the behavior of the shower from year to year is unpredictable," National Geographic News quoted Anthony Cook, an astronomer for the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, as saying. "An average Lyrid shower produces between 10 and 20 meteors per hour, but occasionally these rates increase to 90 per hour," Cook said. He added, "In 1803 the shower produced about a thousand meteors per hour"-just enough to qualify as a meteor storm. This year, Lyrid meteor activity began picking up on April 16, and the shower will run until April 25. The peak of the Lyrid meteor shower will come in the early morning hours of April 22. "The best time to look will be between the time of moonset [between 1 and 2 am, local time] and dawn, and the best way to observe the show is to recline comfortably, facing anywhere from north to east and gazing nearly overhead," Cook said. "The best location is a region far from urban light pollution with a fairly open horizon," he added. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Meteor shower sparks UFO calls (From Bournemouth Echo) - Daily Echo Posted: 20 Apr 2010 06:40 AM PDT Meteor shower sparks UFO calls 3:00pm Tuesday 20th April 2010 Print Email Share Comments(1) A METEOR shower is believed to have sparked a spate of calls to coastguards on Friday night from people who thought they were seeing flares or UFOs. A Portland coastguard spokesman said there had been reports of green flare sightings up and down the coast, from Brixham to Southampton, at around 10pm. "We were right in the middle of meteorite activity so no action was taken." A Christchurch man told the Daily Echo: "We saw the lights around 11.30pm. They definitely weren't Chinese lanterns, when we were out in the garden. "It was really strange." Print Email Share Comments(1) Your Say YourEcho ben111, Ringwood says... 4:31pm Tue 20 Apr 10 we are told its vulcanic dust , they are watching us Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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