Pug Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Are there any showers expected at the moment? Saw a beauty last night and have just seen 2 tonight within 5 minutes of each other (I'm in Basingstoke, central southern England) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horus Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Towards the back end of April I think around the next full moon . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorne Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 The Lyrids, peaking on 21-22 April Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarandi Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 hi all i also saw a great metior last night about 9.45 ish going west to east just lower than leo, i'm sure it split in two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palebluedot Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 around the next full moon .Typical! I suppose you looked that up on your fondle slab v2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horus Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Yes Lee I did lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronin Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 This may sound a bit off and I apologise in advance, but why ask ?When you asked, one of the repliers will have done just what I did and enter "meteor showers" into a search engine, read the many results, in my case the meteor shower list on Wikipedia, and said "the lyrids peaking on 21-22 April".You would have had the answer quicker by putting "meteor showers" into Bing or Google yourself, also you would have a list of showers for the whole year.Sorry, just seems a long method of getting an answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palebluedot Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 This may sound a bit off and I apologise in advance, but why ask ?Harsh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astromart Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 ..... why ask ? Sorry, just seems a long method of getting an answer.It keeps everyone informed & general conversation going I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tantalus Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 I missed the big one last night, but apparently spring is 'Fireball season'... Spring is Fireball Season - NASA ScienceI was gonna go out for a look-see at midnight tonight, but still cloudy here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stick Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 i did see one shoot across my FOV tonightright across my EP...splendid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pug Posted April 1, 2011 Author Share Posted April 1, 2011 Ronin, sorry perhaps I should rephrase my question.I've noticed a lot of meteor activity recently and, after googling "meteor showers" I notice we're not due anything till the end of April. As this is an astronomy forum and we're all looking upwards, has anyone else noticed anything?I'm merely a plasterer and a newbie (this is the newbie section) you must expect silly questions from me from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altair Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Nothing silly in your question! I received an email today saying there had been high level of meteor activity in the last 24 hours .. so I was wondering why too.. as I didnt think there was a meteor shower due at the moment,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoggy Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 This may sound a bit off and I apologise in advance, but why ask ?Well typing in meteor shower into google wouldn't have alerted us lot to the fact there may be a higher than the norm rate of meteors at the moment would it?If you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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