By elp allsky
The 2012 Lyrid meteor shower will be excellently seen from the entire northern hemisphere and may peak near April 22, 6h UT. Note though that the peak times vary by a few hours every year. Perhaps European observers see highest rates in ...
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Meteor Shower
ABC News
If the visibility was clear from your location after midnight Saturday night and if the Lyrid meteorshower of 2012 is good to you, you were able to see the sky falling. Every year at this time, the Earth passes through the orbit of an old comet called ...
Meteor shower to fly through Saturday night
KHON2
During the night the Lyrid meteor shower will peak in the northeast sky, near the Lyra constellation. The best time to see it is around midnight to the early morning hours Sunday. Expect to see about ten to twenty shooting stars an hour.
Spectacular Lyrid meteor shower to peak this weekend with light show in an ...
Daily Mail
By Damien Gayle Amateur astronomers will be out in force this weekend to see a spectacular light show as one of the year's regular meteor showers coincides with the dark night sky of a new moon. The Lyrid Meteor Shower - so called as the radiant (from ...
A collection of meteor shower photographs.
Denver Post
The first meteor shower of note this year – the Lyrids – peaks Saturday night into Sunday morning, April 21-22. Read more of the story” Meteors shower across the night sky over Prachinburi province, 95 kilometers (59 miles) east of Bangkok early Monday ...
2012 Lyrid meteor shower and Lyra the Harp
EarthSky (blog)
Tonight presents another good night for the 2012 Lyrid meteor shower, from late night Saturday (April 21) until dawn Sunday (April 22). Usually, the hour before dawn is best, regardless of time zone. The Lyrids are generally a modest shower, ...
The 3D Lyrid meteor showerThis weekend, NASA scientists, amateur astronomers, and an astronaut on board the ...
phys.org
Meteor streaks across Montana sky near Billings
KXLH Helena News
Reports came in from Molt to Roscoe, and even folks in Red Lodge had a report of a strange blue light in the sky. Glenn Smith of Roscoe said the meteor caused the whole sky to light up as it passed. The National Weather Service in Billings fielded a ...
Festival at the Park features meteorite
Daily Home Online
by MARK LEDBETTER OAK GROVE – The Hodges Meteorite will be on display during the town's Festival at the Park April 28. In addition to the famous meteorite, the festival will feature music, food and craft vendors, exhibits and fun for the kids.
Video shows meteor streak across Montana sky
KXLH Helena News
Q2 News in Billings has discovered video from Monday night that shows what appears to be ameteor streaking across the sky. We received several reports around 9 pm Monday. This surveillance video from U-Store-it in Laurel shows the meteor moving in a ...
Meteor shower this weekend aided by no moon
Denver Post
By Ann Schrader The first meteor shower of note this year - the Lyrids - peaks Saturday night into Sunday morning, April 21-22. There should be plenty of dark skies for observations since there will be a new moon and no moonlight to get in the way.
Meteor/Fireball Seen Over Brazil – Late Evening of April 20th, 2012 ...
By sheilaaliens
“At approximately 23:20 pm, the day on April 21, a meteor was seen passing over the city of Campos dos Goytacazes Southwest to the Northeast according to recent reports of people who saw thefireball, probably lasting over 10 seconds and ...
sheilaaliens.net
VIDEO: Look to the Skies Tonight! The Valley Should Offer Perfect Viewing
Patch.com
The Lyrids is the seasonal time for spotting shooting stars, but the dark skies will be "ideal formeteor watching from the ground," NASA says. You can weigh in with what you see on a national scale, by going to this page a few minutes before 8 pm PDT ...
Many Shooting Stars Tonight to Make Your Wishes On
Iowa City Owl
If Iowa City can get out from under this overcast, tonight will be the peak of the April Lyrids meteorshower, especially since there will also be a new moon, clearing out the light pollution for pristine viewing. The Lyrids is an annual meteor shower ...
The Lyrid Meteor Shower is not over, continues tonight
Examiner.com
Last night marked the peak of the Lyrid Meteor Shower for 2012. However, despite what most of the news media may lead you to believe, there is a lot more to the Lyrid shower than the night of April 20-21. While most news outlets only focus on the peak ...
Chicago astronomer says Saturday will be a good night to see the Lyrid meteor ...
Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO (AP) — Good news for stargazers: An astronomer at Chicago's Adler Planetarium says conditions will be great for watching the Lyrid meteor shower Saturday night. Astronomer Mark Hammergren says the shower will be in sharper relief this year ...
Weekend Lyrid meteor shower visible from Earth, space and ... balloon?
msnbc.com
The annual Lyrid meteor shower will hit its peak this weekend and promises to put on an eye-catching display. So much so, NASA is pulling out all the stops. NASA scientists plan to track the Lyrid meteor shower using a network of all-sky cameras on...
msnbc.com
Good viewing for the Lyrid meteor shower tonight
Summit County Citizens Voice
NASA meteor experts Dr. Bill Cooke, Danielle Moser and Rhiannon Blaauw from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center will answer questions about the Lyrids via a live web chat between 11 pm to 5 am EDT — convert to your local time here.
EarthSky 22: Lyrid meteor shower!
EarthSky
Global Night Sky: The Lyrid meteor showers Skywatcher Deborah Byrd talks about the best times to see the meteor shower. Water on Europa Jorge Salazar speaks with planetary scientist Britney Schmidt about her study published in Nature that found ...
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
