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After the low meteor rates during early spring, the April Lyrids herald the return of more activity to come. They are active throughout the second half of the month, usually producing low numbers and this year their maximum of about 15 meteors per hour is expected to occur on April 22 at around 18:00 UT, so that night should offer quite moderate activity.
Observations are best made after midnight and the last quarter Moon should be of little hindrance. The Lyrids’ radiant lies between the Keystone of Hercules and Lyra. They are reasonably fast meteors with geocentric velocities of 47 km/s; their parent body is comet C/1861 G1 (Thatcher).
Hi,
Forecast not brilliant for here but there is a chance of some clear(ish) skies. Currently broken cloud, however trying a radio experiemnt this year by monitoring the GB3MBA meteor beacon on 50.408MHz. Not much atcivity yet but I’m getting a few “pings”.
For a change my presentation at this years IMC will be radio orientated rather than spectroscopy!
Cheers,
Bill.Had a quick check of my cameras and the activity was very low. Nothing of note at all!
Even on the wide field camera there was only one meteor and it wasn’t a Lyrid….
With the peak predicted for tomorrow hopefully the activity will increase tonight.
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