Observation by Alex Pratt: Lyrid meteors - 2021 April 22/23

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Alex Pratt

Observer

Alex Pratt

Observed

2021 Apr 23 - 00:00

Uploaded

2021 Apr 24 - 18:55

Objects

Meteor

Equipment

IMX291 IP board camera 6mm f/0.95 lens
Raspberry Pi 4
RMS software

Exposure

25 frames/sec

Location

Leeds, West Yorkshire

Target name

Lyrid meteors - 2021 April 22/23

Title

Lyrid meteors - 2021 April 22/23

About this image

The Lyrid meteors are a welcome sight after the low levels of activity since the Quadrantids in January, even though they usually only produce a ZHR of ~15 around April 21/22.

This year's maximum was likely to occur during the morning daylight hours of April 22, so the nights of 21/22 and 22/23 would be the most productive.

I captured a number of Lyrids on my RMS (Raspberry Pi Meteor Station) cameras and UFO Capture cameras. This image is a stack of 27 meteors, 16 Lyrids, from the night of April 22/23, recorded by my RMS camera UK000U. The 3 wavy lines were caused by birdies flying across the field of view.

Files associated with this observation

UK000U_20210422_195949_392399_stack_27_meteors.jpg (131.6 kB)

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