Location: N43° 35.346 W082° 35.854
Braving the elements and local wildlife Team BCX headed deep into the thumb of Lower Michigan for a skywatch and to observe the annual Lyrid meteor shower. Arriving just before 2am we quickly setup our mini camp and hunkered down for the show. We observed a meteor rate of about 20 per hour. Some were faint and fast while others were slower, brighter fireballs. A few satellites, handful of lake freighters and some unexplained flashes of lights were also seen. Before breaking down camp and heading back to the warmth of our blankets we grabbed a quick geocache and then made the trek home.
Although not the most spectacular meteor shower of the year there were some memorable “shooting stars”. The Lyrid’s are a good warm up for the Persid’s this Aug 12-13 which Team BCX will be out in force for this skywatch.
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Team Members: cyc0tik, grim, scooter, zam
