LSD --- Lyra In he Sky With Diamonds!

“Sky Show This Week: Lyrids Kick Off Meteor Season
John Roach
for National Geographic News
April 19, 2004

Beginning late Wednesday night and stretching into the predawn hours of
Thursday morning, more than 20 meteors an hour will streak across the sky, bringing
a burst of spring joy to meteor shower enthusiasts.
Known as the Lyrids, the shower appears to emanate from a point in the sky,
or radiant, just west of the constellation Lyra, which contains the bright star
Vega. (Lyra is found near the more familiar constellation Cygnus, also known
as the Northern Cross.)
In nearly all the world's time zones, the Lyrids' radiant rises above the
horizon at around 11 p.m. If the skies are clear and dark, sky watchers should
begin to see a steady stream of shooting stars about an hour later, as Earth
turns into the meteor stream, according to astronomers.”

“I KNEW she was from space!!”

“verrrrry funny, MarkO! i totally forgot i was a constellation, Tree...”

“Ready for the big ride on Wednesday night??

Woohoo, baby!!!!!!”

“LOL! you'd think that w/me being so near a cross, i'd spontaneously combust, or something...”

“Just don some anti-combustible undies and take off!!!!!”

“Ready for the big ride on Wednesday night??

Woohoo, baby!!!!!!"
Treebeard
02:38:48 PM
04/20/0


EXUCE ME??”

“hardy-har-har!”

“Lyrids

Active       : April 16-25;

Maximum      : April 22, 04h 10m UT (sol = 32.32°);

ZHR          = 18 (can be variable, up to 90);

Radiant      : alpha = 271°, delta = +34°;

V            = 49 km/s;

r            = 2.9;

TFC          : alpha = 262°, delta = +16° and

               alpha = 282°, delta = +19° (beta>10° S).

Audrius Dubietis and Rainer Arlt published a detailed investigation of the Lyrids in IMO results from 1988-2000 in 2001, the most detailed examination of the shower in modern times. Several fresh features were found, the most important of which was to redefine the maximum time as variable from year to year between sol = 32.0°-32.45° (equivalent to 2004 April 21, 20h 20m UT to April 22, 7h 20m UT), with an ideal time of sol = 32.32°. Although the mean peak ZHR was 18 over the thirteen years, actual peak ZHRs varied dependent on when the maximum time occurred. A peak at the ideal time produced the highest ZHRs, 23, while the further the peak happened from this ideal, the more the ZHRs were reduced, to as low as 14. (The last very high maximum occurred outside the examined interval, in 1982 over the USA, when a short-lived ZHR of 90 was recorded.) While generally thought of as having a short, quite sharp, maximum, this latest work revealed the shower's peak length was variable too. This was measured by how long ZHRs were above half the maximum value, the Full-Width-Half-Maximum (FWHM) time. It varied from 14.8 h in 1993 to 61.7 h in 2000, with a mean value of 32.1 h. Best rates are normally achieved for just a few hours however. One other aspect found, confirming data from earlier in the 20th century was that occasionally, as their highest rates occurred, the Lyrids produced a short-lived increase of fainter meteors. Overall, the unpredictability of the shower in any given year always makes the Lyrids worth watching, since we cannot say when the next unusual return may occur.

The shower is best viewed from the northern hemisphere, but it is visible from many sites north and south of the equator, and is suitable for all forms of observation. As the shower's radiant rises during the night, watches can be usefully carried out from about 22h 30m local time onwards. The waxing crescent Moon sets around or well before this time for mid-northern sites on April 21/22, and still sooner further south, so gives no problems. The ideal maximum time, if it recurs, would be best-seen from sites in and immediately adjacent to the North Atlantic Ocean (between roughly longitudes 10° to 70° W). Other maxmum times are perfectly feasible, as outlined earlier.

http://www.imo.net/calendar/cal04.html”

“One Mo' Time Fo' De West Coast....

IMO Calendar 2004”

“Well Ill be dipped in #&%!$ if that aint meeteor #&%!$!!”

“LOL Tilt!! That was quick!”

“Picture yourself in a boat on a river
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies....”

“Like...WOW, man!”

“That Jordy Verrill thing is one of my all-time favorites! What can I say? LOL

That Stephen King guy... What an actor! <G>”

“Lucy in disguise with lions
Lick me in the sky with Brian
Lucy in disguise with diamonds
Lucy and this guy eat ions
Cruisin' with Fry and his dinosaurs
Lucy's getting high with Linus
Moosemeat in the sky with diamonds
Lucy knew this guy with diamonds

The girl with colitis goes by

You think the taxi's a bear on the shore
Waiting to take you away
Climb on its back with your head in the clouds
And you're gone....

http://www.kissthisguy.com/”

“Lyrids article at Sky & Telescope

Also, be on the lookout for that 6% crescent Moon.


S&T Interactive Skychart”

“Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds OR
Louisiana Hooker With Herpes”

“lyra part of a Lurid Shower???


Yow-zuh!!!”

“And people say I'm weird.”

“ Reminds me of an acid trip.


Not that I would know anything about an acid trip......or can remember.”

“I am - you are - we are - crazy !
Hey Pete you gotta meet the Pot Head Pixies
I am - you are - we are - crazy !
So meet, you'll never beat the Pot Head Pixies
I am - you are - we are - crazy !
Oh me, they're something to see, the Pot Head Pixies
I am - you are - we are - crazy !
Oh my, they come from the sky, the Pot Head Pixies
I am - you are - we are - crazy !

Beware ! Be aware ! Beware ! Be aware !
Somebody somewhere has got to be high

They got a Flying Teapot, don't need a taxi
I am - you are - we are - crazy !
They're from the planet of love, the Pot Head Pixies
I am - you are - we are - crazy !
Ding dang dong, singing the song, it's pretty catchy
I am - you are - we are - crazy !
They just can't give you enough, the Pot Head Pixies
I am - you are - we are - crazy !

Be there ! Be aware ! Be there ! See you there !
Open on Saturday seven to nine

I'm a real Pothead Pixie
The green planet Gong is my home
I live everywhere but in case I'm not there
You can reach me by Radio Gnome

Somebody somewhere has got to be high

Hey Joe, you gotta know the Pot Head Pixies
I am - you are - we are - crazy !
Hey-ho, they come and they go, the Pot Head Pixies
I am - you are - we are - crazy !
Hey Pete, get up on your feet and catch a taxi
I am - you are - we are - crazy !
Oh oui, we're gonna meet the Pot Head Pixies
I am - you are - we are - crazy !

Now so
Now you know
Here and now
They come and go

Bom bom bom bom...
Good afternoon

http://www.lyricsandsongs.com/song/583839.html”

“Hmmmm, is that from Gong??”

“Yes indeed!”

“I saw a show on VH1 or something the other day about the good old days of drugs, and Paul doing LSD...some reporter was interviewing him, and asked him how many times he'd done it and where he'd got it. He was like, "2 times...Well I don't think it would be very good for me to say where I got it..." or something like that. Haha, very cute!”

“LSD was legal in the US until 1967. Sandoz gave it free to researchers through '66.”

“I liked the story about how the CIA thought the KGB had 1000 hits of acid and were experimenting with mind control.... so they ordered 10,000 hits from Sandoz, LOL....

Then they said to themselves... "What'r we going to do with all this stuff?? I know! Let's give it to university Psych professors so they can do experiments with the students....! "

(... thereby fueling the so-called Drug Culture)


Who knows if it's true ---- great story tho'...”