Look to the East, before the dawn breaks...

[blobrana]

 If you want to catch some bright Lyrid meteors, wake up and go outside one or two hours before dawn on Thursday, April 22nd.


 Earth is passing through a stream of debris from Comet Thatcher ( the source of the annual Lyrid meteor shower and tomorrow is when the shower peaks...)

They stream from a point in the constellation Lyra near the bright star Vega. (er, just look to the East)
Expect to see about 30 shooting stars per hour, (that one every two minutes!)...

[blobrana]

Hum,
i can see a break in the clouds from where i live...
see!

And strangely, comet thatcher does make a U-turn...

[sry, british politics; like, where`s the beef...]

[blobrana]

Hum,
That was about the right time, as the earth is turning onto the stream...
but it looks like that it was particularly sparse at that time,
Perhaps tonight?

(did you see the cresent moon and venus this evening?)