(meteorobs) Was it a possible early Lyrid?

[Richard Taibi]

Thomas, 
 
Wouldn't it be great if all meteors appeared with a label as to its radiant?
In favor of a Lyrid, the IMO 'Quick Look' site has LYR ZHRs of 6+/-1 on 15 April and 4+/- on 18 April, so some activity was seen by other observers.  However, after looking at your video and the Heavens Above map, my take on your fireball is that it was not a Lyrid.  Its path seems to appear just west of Vega and the backward projected path seems to pass through the 'body' of Hercules and from the direction of Arcturus: this seems too far west of the LYR radiant.  What do others think?
 
Rich

 
> Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:27:39 -0600
> From: ashcraft at heliotown.com
> To: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> Subject: (meteorobs) Was it a possible early Lyrid?
> 
> I am exploring the possibility of whether a recent April 17, 2011, 
> magnitude -11.2 fireball capture might be an early Lyrid. ??
> 
> I posted an all-sky map from www.heavens-above.com super-imposed on my 
> meteor image and the Lyra-Hercules radiant area is in the general 
> vicinity. Hence, I am wondering if this could be an early Lyrid? If 
> other early large Lyrid fireballs were observed ( like the one in Italy 
> ) then this observation may be of possible significance.
> 
> Posted here:
> http://www.heliotown.com/Is_it_a_lyrid.html
> 
> Maybe it is just a sporadic?
> 
> Thomas Ashcraft | New Mexico
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