New Meteor Shower on Earth and the Moon

Spaceweather.com ^ | 5/21/14 | Dr. Tony Phillips

[messierhunter]

I have been planning to monitor for lunar impacts myself on Saturday morning during the meteor shower's predicted peak. Providing the weather is clear, I'll be hosting a webcast observing the moon for lunar impacts starting around 4 am eastern time on Saturday morning. You can watch the webcast live on my channel:

http://www.youtube.com/messierhunter

[SpinnerWebb]

I am planning to head out beyond the city lights to see what may happen.

Hope for clear skies.

[GeronL]

I hope there will be images of those impacts

[rjsimmon]

[messierhunter]

If I catch any I’ll certainly grab frames from the video for still images.

[who knows what evil?]

I am in an area of soviet Red Hampshire that is darn near pitch black at night...now if the weather cooperates...

[Adder]

And we came up with this complicated and obtuse name how?

Camelblablatoids? Really?

[Talisker]

Visible lunar impacts?

LOL, talk about downplaying an extraordinary and potentially catastrophically dangerous situation!

“Please move casually out the exits onto the plane wings, and bring your seat cushions to use as a personal floatation device that you might find useful after your egress...”

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

I’m in Northern Ohio. 1 in 10 chance of clear skies!

[Hot Tabasco]

I am planning to head out beyond the city lights to see what may happen.

Not much luck of that here in Michigan.

Howver, I've pheasant hunted in the NW corner of Kansas, staying in a small farm house and I had never before seen such a pitch black night sky literally lit up with a zillion stars.....those nights were incredible

[Islander7]

Was lounging on the couch watching TV last night when I saw a very bright blue-green meteor streak across the sky through the window. Very cool sight.

[Political Junkie Too]

It's the name of the constellation that will appear at the center of the shower.

Camelopardalis.

-PJ

[MHGinTN]

“... name is derived from early Rome, where it was thought of as a composite creature, described as having characteristics of both a camel and a leopard. Nowadays we call such a creature a giraffe!”

[IYAS9YAS]

I remember that movie. So bad it was good.

[Boonie]

Anyone know the time the meteor shower will be visible with the naked eye in the eastern US??? (North Carolina)

[null and void]

Daddy would have got us Uzis...

[NonValueAdded]

How’d you get it to go through the window? :)

[Stegall Tx]

GREAT! I’m going to be on the farm (35 miles from town) to view the festivities. Any chance that you will make a highlight reel available later?

[snooter55]

NW North Carolina Mountains . . . I’m on it ! !

Snoot ;o)

[messierhunter]

It’s not dangerous, it’s a meteor shower. We get meteor showers all the time. Even meteor storms are not unprecedented. And yes, many lunar impacts have been observed before, including during meteor showers. This particular shower, if it goes off, is timed extremely well to be able to observe any potential lunar impacts. Since the moon has no atmosphere to speak of, small meteoroids that would burn up as fireballs in our atmosphere make small momentary flashes directly on the moon’s surface instead.