Star Talk ☆ Let's Hang - All Are Welcome!!

[Polaris]

Yes, absolutely! Depends on what time and where you're looking though xD

Use this site to see where the meteor shower will be in the sky

Plus: a helpful article on where to look in Lyra

(Lyra is to the left of Hercules)

[+] SPOILER

[mdom]

According to the internet, the meteor will be below Altair here!

[Lemon Cheesecake]

Are you talking about the asteroid that will be passing, 4/19, the earth closer then any other has in 400 years and pieces of it will be falling like a meteor shower?

[Cloudy]

Damn, 2 astro events in one week -- a meteor shower AND an asteroid watch

[dragoness129]

This is pretty exciting.

[Polaris]

Ah, sorry Lemon! We were talking about the Lyrids Meteor shower this weekend ^ ^

But the asteroid fly-by tonight ohmygosh!!! This article by Earthsky.org tells of where one might be able to see the asteroidwhen looking at the night sky with a telescope or some optical aid. Also, it is visible from BOTH hemispheres!

[mdom]

bigger than expected... that's what she said |D

[Lemon Cheesecake]

I'll have to remember to check it out tonight - I suppose though if there are pieces falling to earth that you could see them night or day.

[Cloudy]

looks like I'm gonna have to find a live stream somewhere because it's overcast in my area

[Lemon Cheesecake]

I checked out the link - thanks Polaris! Trying to decide what the asteroid reminds me of. Going to go see if I can see anything.

[mdom]

So it's... cloudy where Cloudy is? Huh huh? Huh?

[Gingerale]

that's clever ! I didn't see anything different in the sky, but I didn't use a telescope

[mdom]

who's gonna gift me a telescope for christmas xD

[Lemon Cheesecake]

telescopes aren't all that expensive anymore so between now and Christmas you could save up for one

[mdom]

maybe not in the US xDDD
here they're still in the thousands.