Listen for meteor trail, static or bounce on an AM, FM, or analog TV. Ask Mr. Google for live meteor web sites. Bob Wilson
Check again tomorrow night too. As this blurb below indicates, it has good rates for 3 consecutive nights (you missed one already). Though if in a dark enough area, and you are patient for lower rates, it runs a whole 'nuther week. The full moon is not helpful. Are there any analog TV transmitters left in North America? I thought they were all gone, though globally there are some left: Digital television transition - Wikipedia Meteor Showers 2024 - 2025 - American Meteor Society Next Peak night Apr 21-22, 2024 Lyrids Currently active Active from April 15th to April 29th, 2024 The Lyrids are a medium strength shower that usually produces good rates for three nights centered on the maximum. These meteors also usually lack persistent trains but can produce fireballs. These meteors are best seen from the northern hemisphere where the radiant is high in the sky at dawn. Activity from this shower can be seen from the southern hemisphere, but at a lower rate. Moonlight will interfere greatly in 2024. Shower details - Radiant: 18:10 +33.3° - ZHR: 18 - Velocity: 29 miles/sec (medium - 46.8km/sec) - Parent Object: C/1861 G1 (Thatcher) Next Peak - The Lyrids will next peak on the Apr 21-22, 2024 night. On this night, the moon will be 96% full.
Clear sky and bright moon but nothing recorded on the iPhone. <RATS> I did catch one out of the corner of my eye but not in the iPhone field of view. Leonid in November. Gives me time to improve the iPhone night vision. Bob Wilson
This year's Leonids will have equally bad near-full moon interference as today's Lyrids. Sis got three new calves overnight, but didn't manage to see any meteors during the multiple herd checks or sitting around waiting for deliveries. I could see from her new baby pics that the sky was clear there, unlike here. August's Perseids will have just a half moon, setting just in time for the main show. My best meteor shower viewing was of the Perseids, over 200 seen one night back in the mid-1970s. And investigating a nearby animal noise, also got to see just how a baby porcupine can nurse from its mother without getting poked by all those quills. Meteor Showers 2024 - 2025 - American Meteor Society
