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(meteorobs) April 22/23 Lyrid "Peek"
April 23, 2002
Greetings Meteor Enthusiasts!
I did not exactly go meteor hunting last night as I
may have liked. I woke around ~2:20 P.M. EDT and
found the skies rather clear despite the annoying
moon. However, instead of getting dress to go out, I
decided to look out of the "big" window in my house
that overlooks Pickerel Lake (SE, I think). I did
this for a short while to see if it was worthwhile to
meteor hunt. In all, I saw a 1-2 deg., 0 mag., white
flash that I took to be a late Lyrid. Nothing else in
the way of meteors was seen though.
Nevertheless, I did spy the constellation Scorpius
which I believe could be the first time. Very
interesting star pattern!
After my window "session", I decided to sneak out in
my night clothes for a few minutes. It was cold, cold
enough to kill apricot blossoms, and thus our apricot
crop for this year, sadly. In any event, I recorded
about 11 stars in Star Area 14 (about 5.5 LM) with no
meteors seen. The close radiant and the many trees
were not extremely helpful. I went back to bed close
to 3:00 A.M. EDT.
I would like to thank Mr. Paul Jones for his
intriguing Lyrid episode! The only "really"
fascinating meteor shower experience I ever recall
witnessing were the Perseids of 1993 --- long before I
was really into meteors, meteorites, glass insulators,
and even before I really delved into coin collecting!
Boy, that was a long time ago!
Long, bright, and dazzling trains!
Mark Fox
Newaygo, MI USA
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