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The Lyrids Are Coming!
SeaDour writes "The year's first meteor shower, the Lyrids, will peak in the pre-dawn hours of April 22nd when the Earth plows through the debris trail of Comet Thatcher at a relative velocity of 49 km/s (110,000 mph). Lyrids usually aren't as numerous as other showers (such as the famed Leonids), but they're well-known for their spectacular tails; you can expect to see about 5-20 meteors per hour, depending on the severity of your local light pollution. Unfortunately, my current location in the midwest under stormy skies puts me at a bit of a disposition, but hopefully some other Slashdotters can share their observations with us tomorrow."
... just be sure there isn't a dead seal nearby. And that you have permission to use the house you're in.
I've found that my posts don't format quite right w/o a sig.
Unfortunately, my current location in the midwest under stormy skies puts me at a bit of a disposition,
Wow, that's really condition. I feel really emotion for you, salutation. Perhaps the condition will become adjective, and you'll be affected.
The year's first meteor shower, the Lyrids, will peak in the pre-dawn hours of April 22nd when the Earth plows through the debris trail of Comet Thatcher...
I've been waiting years to see this... Thatcher falling from the sky in a ball of flames!
I think I saw a few of those suckers streaking across the sky a night or two ago. It was the first time I'd seen more than one "shooting star" in a night. I guess I was wrong. It's not an extraterrestrial planetary attack plan in progress.
/me removes tinfoil hat
-- Stu
/. ID under 2,000. I feel old now.
Meteor showers used to be cool years ago when I used to take drugs and watch them. Now that I've quit all that stuff, they just don't excite me anymore :(
Funny, now that you've stopped taking drugs you aren't very exciting either.
Southern hemisphere won't see anything, apart from the usual bunyips, wobbegongs and taniwhas
God was my co-pilot, but then we crashed and I was forced to eat him.
That's a relief. At first I thought it was the Lurids -- a different meteor shower which is too graphic and disturbing to watch and definitely Not Safe For Work.
Yeah, it's far too late to order a few million nano-Bruce Willis clones to save the Earth from all those grain-of-sand impacts. We're doomed!
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
Thanks for the advance notice, guys...