Lyrid Meteor Shower Peaks on April 22

[Lino]

This got me excited for a second. Think of all the wishes you can make while watching this! Up to 100 meteors an hour!

Then I remembered where I am… Chengdu pollution 🙁

Lyrid Meteor shower April 22

[Brendan]

I watched this from the beach next to my apartment years ago with a girlfriend. Awesome experience. We weren’t counting, but I remember there being something every few seconds, with a few huge trails. Would have been great to catch this, but as you say being in Chengdu it’s unlikely.

[Sascha]

i woud be down with taking a trip 2-3 hours out, perhaps Mingshan, or even a bit further, and finding a mountaintop to watch this from. If we get a crew, we can do it.

[Charlie]

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i woud be down with taking a trip 2-3 hours out, perhaps Mingshan, or even a bit further, and finding a mountaintop to watch this from. If we get a crew, we can do it.

This is a good idea.

[Chris Ziich]

sounds BROMANTIC!

I’m in.

[Sascha]

I would recommend sat sun for this, everyone has ish to do on monday

[Thomas]

does anybody know if this is espacially here in China better to see then elsewhere?

[Brendan]

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I would recommend sat sun for this

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Lyrid Meteor shower April 22

Someone help me out here.

[Sascha]

your picture goes well with that last post brendan. “Confusion” the shower is actually a few days long, starting around the 17th and going through till like the 23 or so, depending. So its not like ONE DAY based on Julius Caesar. ALl we need is a clear sky during those days, and we should see something.

[Charlie]

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Someone help me out here.

The best time to view this is Monday morning before dawn, according to what I’ve read. I don’t think there’s much of a connection between this and China per se, although apparently it was first observed in China in 600 BC.

[Brendan]

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“Confusion”

Eternal.

[Sascha]

As for this, prob the best bet would be to head out Sunday and try and get a good look, or even Sat night, and pick the closest, best mtn top option. Check weather reports for clarity etc. And assume that the trip will be as fun as seeing the shower of meteors, just in case we dont see shit, I’d be totally down to do it, i’ll call charles and perhaps we can post a clear Event in the forum sometime in the next few days

[Brave Chengdu]

I would be interested in this. Even if I don’t attend I could recommend some accessible mountains.

I wanted to try for a long time but never have, and don’t know much about.

Must you have a mountain top for a wide open sky view? or could a high side of a mountain suffice, if it’s facing the right way?

what direction will this shower be in? does anyone know?

[oh davey]

Sounds great to me.. except for Sunday/Monday ;-(

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