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It's less of of a "where" and more of a "when". There are meteor showers through the year and you stand a good chance of seeing them, providing it is clear, dark and, ideally, a new moon. The most famous are probably the Perseids which occur in mid-August.
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As of tomorrow, 3rd January 2010 there are 13 weeks to Easter exactly.
Some people say there was a passenger named Jack Dawson. In fact, inreal life they found a grave stone that read: J. Dawson April 15, 1912 RIP
It's special because April has the highest number of tornado fatalities of any month, though strangely May has the highest number of tornadoes.
October 21st
The Lyrid meteor shower. In 2011 is should be at its best on the nights of April 20 and 21, with a peak of perhaps a dozen or so meteors per hour.
April 21/22 2008
At the time of asking the annual Lyrid meteor shower is from 16th to 26th April and peaks on 21st 22nd April. The radiant shower can be seen in the constellation of Lyra.
Eclipses are visible, generally, only in certain locations. Meteor showers, however, affect the entire planet, and are generally a day or two long. The Perseid meteor shower is happening now, and will continue for a day or two more.
The website for Sky & Telescope magazine (one of the premier magazines for amateur astronomers) indicates that the Lyrid meteor shower on April 22 is the next one due. However, bright moonlight may interfere with good seeing that night.
North Shore - 2004 Meteor Shower 1-4 was released on: USA: 5 July 2004 France: 30 April 2005 Mexico: 2 February 2007 Hungary: 8 June 2008
PerseidsA proflic meteor shower associated with the comet Swift-Tuttle. Lies in the constellation Perseus. LyridsThe Lyrids are a strong meteor shower the lasts from April 15th to April 28th of each year. Located in the constellation Lyra. --------------------Both are meteor showers.The Perseids are so called because the point they appear to come from, called the radiant, lies in the constellation Perseus. The meteors material originates from the break up of the Comet Swift-Tuttle and happens on the 12-13 August every year when the earth intersects the orbit of this comet.Similarly the Lyrids occur between April 16 and end on April 26 and appear to come out of a point in the constellation of Lyra. The source for this meteor shower is the debris trail of the periodic Comet C/1861 G1 Thatcher. The Lyrids have been observed for at least 2600 years
The duration of April's Shower is 1.63 hours.
April's Shower was created on 2006-01-13.
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The total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024 will just barely include the northwest corner of Pennsylvania; northern Ohio or New York would be better. The total lunar eclipse of December 21, 2010 will be visible from any place in North America.