Meteor Shower?

[Draco]

Hi people

Is there a meteor shower happening tonight? Is this the Lyrid Meteor shower?

Does anyone have more details as to when they start and what direction I should be watching?

I am in Sydney

Thank you lots :)

Niv

[CJ]

Hi. This was on the IIS facebook update.

http://earthsky.org/tonight/vega-lights-the-way-to-lyrid-meteor-radiant

[Draco]

Thanks CJ. Will read that up now ;) Have also "liked" IIS on fb :D

[Suzy]

Woohoooo! Keep those "Likes" coming thru :D

I've just done another update on the fb page regarding the Lyrids.
Actually this would make it the third update :P:lol:.



Here's that fabulous link I was raving about:
http://www.spacedex.com/lyrids/more-countries.php#morecountries

[cyclone]

my camera, damn moon http://www.ustream.tv/channel/gco27

[gaa_ian]

Went out for a look at the Lyrids this morning from 4:15 to 1st light and saw about 20 in total. Several of these were quite bright (Mag 0 to -2)
Glad I made the effort with a couple of other Gove Astronomers, who contacted me to see if I was going for a look :-)

[ZeroID]

The only shower we're getting over here is of the wet kind .... :sadeyes:

[pw]

Clouded out in Melbourne this morning and intermittent rain to go with it.

[Draco]

Same here.. clouded out :(

[hotspur]

might be worth a look and have a go at some photography.

I have a good northern aspect,I could take the mount out and put a Canon 50D with 10-22 mm lens on it,moon should set approx 2.30 am.

What settings would be good,if I want to try and stack them?

[ZeroID]

Stop it down a bit, take longish exposures and cross your fingers might work.. :P

[UK1]

there are lots of places about the event and have a few in NSW should have for Cairns area .....Just got one for Queensland




http://www.spacedex.com/lyrids/more-...#morecountries

[Liz]

Well done Ian.... thi9nk you caught a few last year too?? clouded out here on the main night/morning. :sadeyes:

[cyclone]

will the Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower be visible over Australia ?

[Liz]

Cyclone, I have watched, and phototgraphed MANY meteor showers over the years, love them, but the Eta Aquarids has not been high on my list for some reason. Whether I have tried a few times with minimal results, am unsure.

Looking at the info on the net, seems it is worth a watch, and will give them another go. :)

Have you seen many Ian?

'......Every year, the earliest Eta Aquarids can be seen around April 21 and they persist until about May 12; however, the number of meteors you are likely to see will be low until around the time of the peak on May 5/6. At this time, observers in the Northern Hemisphere are likely to see about 10 meteors every hour, while Southern Hemisphere observers will see about 30 per hour.'

http://meteorshowersonline.com/eta_aquarids.html

[Suzy]

Oh boy Ian, you did well. And if I remember correctly you bagged a ton of Geminids as well! :eyepop:
I had a disappointing session. When I stepped outside for half an hour at 12.30 to see how they were panning out, I saw two (one really bright one) in quick succession. So I waited eagerly till around 2am when the moon went away and Lyra to get higher to go back out there for an hour. Zilch. :mad2:

Liz those Aquarids sounds exciting. I'm looking forward to it- I've never seen them before. :)

[gaa_ian]

Hi Liz
I will be back in Cairns observing this year and hope the skies are kind !
Here is an Article I wrote a few years back on the Eta's
http://ezinearticles.com/?Haleys-Comet-and-the-Eta-Aquarid-Meteor-Shower&id=1144748
I have seen several good Eta Aquarid showers

[Liz]

Thank you Ian, and good luck. Hope the clouds associated with that Low will have gone. :thumbsup:

[Bill.davey]

I was out on Monday night @ 9:30 pm looking east but not expecting to see anything. A metior, bright, yellow-orange colour moving fast from west to east got my attention. Nothing special except it was accompinied by a crackling or hissing noise. What would cause that?

Bill

[Draco]

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteoroid

[Bill.davey]

Thanks for the info. For a while I thought I must be hearing things as it was too high up to hear direct sound waves at the same time as I saw the light.

It was quite startling.

Bill