Linear Meteor Shower

This sky map from a nasa video shows the location of the new camelopardid meteor shower spawned by the comet 209p linear which will make its first appearance in earth s night sky overnight on.

Linear meteor shower. The lyrid meteor shower is associated with long period comet c 1861 g1 thatcher. The best way to see a meteor shower is to get to a location that has a clear view of the entire night sky. See meteor shower animation to find out visibility conditions for viewing the meteor shower from your location.

Named after constellation lyra the lyrids are one of the oldest recorded meteor showers according to some historical chinese texts the shower was seen over 2 500 years ago. Called the lyrid meteor shower the event will be able to be best viewed in the early morning hours around 4 or 5 a m. The lyrid meteor shower is usually active between april 16 and 25 every year.

The lyrids meteor shower is an annual cosmic event that regularly occurs in april. It tends to peak around april 22 or 23. A meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate or originate from one point in the night sky called radiant these meteors are caused by streams of cosmic debris called meteoroids entering earth s atmosphere at extremely high speeds on parallel trajectories.

It is the oldest recorded meteor shower still visible today and was first recorded in 687 bce. Its source is caused by the dust particles coming from a long period comet known as c 1861 g1 thatcher. Preliminary results by esko lyytinen and peter jenniskens later confirmed by other researchers predicted 209p linear might generate the next big meteor shower which would come from the constellation camelopardalis on the night of 23 24 may 2014.

What is a meteor shower. Oldest recorded meteor shower. Meteor shower calendar 2020 2021.

About 10 to 15 meteors per hour can be expected around the shower. Between midnight and dawn meteors can be seen in all parts of the sky. April 22 2020 before dawn the lyrids the lyrid meteor shower april s shooting stars lasts from about april 16 to 25.