Can η-Lyrids be seen in Russia?
Moscow, capital of Russia.
We recommend you read the introduction to meteor showers.
η-Lyrids(ELY) meteor shower will be active from Sunday, May 3 2020 until Thursday, May 14 2020. Its peak day is Friday, May 8 2020, according to information published by the International Meteor Organization. For more information, check out the meteor shower calendar 2020.
Position of η-Lyrids
η-Lyrids's radiant during its peak day will be at alpha=287°, delta=+44°. The zenithal hourly rate is: 3 meteors per hour.
The visibility of a meteor shower depends on several factors: geographic coordinates of observer and elevation, time of the day, city lights pollution, the weather and the terrain. For reference, we have calculated the position (elevation / azimuth) of η-Lyrids's radiant in the sky during its peak day, Friday, May 8 2020, for the following cities in Russia.
| City | Time | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 00:00 | 02:00 | 04:00 | 06:00 | 08:00 | 10:00 | 12:00 | 14:00 | 16:00 | 18:00 | 20:00 | 22:00 | |||||||||||||
| Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | Alt. | Az. | |
| Moscow | 46° | 76° | 63° | 100° | 77° | 152° | 72° | 239° | 56° | 272° | 39° | 293° | 25° | 313° | 15° | 333° | 10° | 354° | 12° | 16° | 19° | 37° | 31° | 57° |
| Adygeya | 43° | 66° | 64° | 79° | 85° | 98° | 74° | 275° | 53° | 288° | 34° | 301° | 17° | 316° | 5° | 334° | - | - | 1° | 17° | 11° | 36° | 26° | 52° |
| Kaliningrad Oblast | 45° | 73° | 62° | 95° | 78° | 143° | 74° | 239° | 57° | 273° | 40° | 293° | 25° | 312° | 14° | 331° | 9° | 353° | 10° | 15° | 17° | 35° | 30° | 55° |
| Volgograd | 48° | 72° | 68° | 90° | 85° | 165° | 70° | 268° | 50° | 286° | 32° | 302° | 17° | 319° | 6° | 338° | 2° | 359° | 6° | 21° | 16° | 40° | 31° | 57° |
| Samara | 44° | 71° | 62° | 92° | 78° | 138° | 74° | 242° | 57° | 274° | 39° | 294° | 24° | 312° | 13° | 331° | 8° | 353° | 9° | 14° | 16° | 35° | 29° | 54° |
| Yekaterinburg | 43° | 71° | 59° | 94° | 74° | 135° | 75° | 222° | 60° | 265° | 43° | 288° | 29° | 308° | 17° | 328° | 11° | 349° | 11° | 11° | 17° | 32° | 29° | 52° |
| Omsk | 41° | 69° | 58° | 90° | 74° | 127° | 76° | 221° | 61° | 266° | 44° | 288° | 29° | 307° | 17° | 326° | 10° | 348° | 10° | 9° | 16° | 31° | 27° | 50° |
| Novosibirsk | 38° | 65° | 55° | 85° | 71° | 116° | 78° | 204° | 64° | 260° | 47° | 284° | 31° | 303° | 19° | 323° | 11° | 343° | 9° | 5° | 14° | 27° | 24° | 47° |
| Novokuznetsk | 40° | 67° | 57° | 86° | 74° | 120° | 78° | 222° | 62° | 268° | 44° | 289° | 28° | 307° | 16° | 326° | 9° | 347° | 8° | 8° | 14° | 30° | 25° | 49° |
| Krasnoyarsk | 44° | 72° | 60° | 95° | 75° | 139° | 74° | 228° | 58° | 268° | 42° | 290° | 27° | 309° | 16° | 329° | 11° | 351° | 11° | 12° | 18° | 34° | 29° | 53° |
| Irkutsk | 40° | 67° | 58° | 86° | 76° | 119° | 78° | 232° | 60° | 272° | 42° | 291° | 27° | 309° | 14° | 327° | 7° | 348° | 7° | 10° | 13° | 31° | 25° | 50° |
| Yakutsk | 48° | 83° | 62° | 113° | 72° | 165° | 67° | 228° | 55° | 265° | 41° | 290° | 29° | 311° | 20° | 333° | 16° | 355° | 18° | 18° | 25° | 40° | 35° | 61° |
| Vladivostok | 35° | 59° | 55° | 71° | 76° | 79° | 82° | 281° | 61° | 286° | 40° | 297° | 22° | 310° | 8° | 327° | - | - | - | - | 5° | 28° | 18° | 46° |
| Kamchatka | 37° | 64° | 55° | 83° | 73° | 112° | 80° | 211° | 64° | 265° | 46° | 287° | 30° | 305° | 17° | 323° | 9° | 344° | 7° | 6° | 12° | 27° | 23° | 46° |
| Anadyr | 50° | 89° | 62° | 121° | 69° | 172° | 65° | 228° | 53° | 264° | 40° | 290° | 29° | 312° | 22° | 335° | 19° | 357° | 20° | 20° | 27° | 43° | 38° | 65° |
The Sky and Stars in Russia
The following is a simulation of the sky and stars as seen from Moscow, Russia during its peak day starting at 00:00.
You may adjust the speed of the simulator backward or forward to see the movement of the radiant over the horizon.
| Moscow | Adygeya | Kaliningrad Oblast | Volgograd | Samara | Yekaterinburg | Omsk | Novosibirsk | Novokuznetsk | Krasnoyarsk | Irkutsk | Yakutsk | Vladivostok | Kamchatka | Anadyr |