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Lyrid Meteor Shower Arrives This Weekend

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the sky-is-falling dept.

mdsolar writes "If you want to take a chance on the Lyrid Meteor Shower you should be looking this weekend. This shower is usually a quiet one but can result is spectacular displays from time to time. Earth & Sky gives viewing times as the very early hours of Sunday and Monday morning. The moon will have set by then."

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  1. Thanks for the warning! by jfengel · · Score: 4, Funny

    Note to self: bring an umbrella this weekend.

    I know of no better predictor of bad weather than an interesting astronomical event, at least here in the Washington, DC area. It's really spooky. How does it know?

    1. Re:Thanks for the warning! by corsec67 · · Score: 4, Funny

      What, you don't think there is a link between astronomical events and the weather?
      Like how when a big meteor hits, it gets really cloudy for a while?

      Yeah, that is kind of odd...

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    2. Re:Thanks for the warning! by QuantumFTL · · Score: 3, Funny

      Note to self: bring an umbrella this weekend.
      When I first read this, I thought you must have one hell of an umbrella...
  2. Re:I live in a city... by iminplaya · · Score: 3, Funny

    I was in a city once. Didn't see much sun either.

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  3. Re:Any info for Australians? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    At night.

  4. This counts. by CrAlt · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think this counts as my weekly shower... sweet!

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  5. Dupe! by pifactorial · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is a dupe! The meteor shower happened last year.