Meteor showers to watch out for in 2021, including the Lyrids
Meteor showers come and go throughout the year, but when can you spot them in 2021?
20 April 2021 • 10:42am
Photographer and avid stargazer, Jay Sailors, aims his camera toward the constellation Leo in the eastern sky
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In 2021, a full schedule of meteor showers will be visible in the sky, having already started with the Quadrantids in January and the Lyrids set to peak this week.
Every year our skies are illuminated by repeat meteor showers, from Geminids and Draconids to Perseids and Draconids. If the weather conditions are favourable, and the Moon isn t too bright, it is possible to see spectacular shooting stars.
On behalf of the many small communities edging the Northumberland National Park that have benefitted from his help and good humour, I ‘d like to wish Paget well in his retirement. While Westminster and Morpeth have been been busy, year by year, tidying away all our services and amenities (buses, libraries, post offices, magistrates, and other such fripperies) the park has continued, in spite of its own ever-diminishing resources, to support us in countless little ways, and Paget has usually been the man to get things done. Thank you, Paget, we’ll miss you a lot, but will give Margaret a warm welcome in her new role.
Missing school teacher Darren Blyth A MAJOR search has been carried out for a missing teacher - involving a helicopter, aircraft, drones, and nearly 100 people. Police are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of Darren Blyth, who left his home in Trimdon Station, County Durham, at around 7pm on Wednesday, stating his intentions to take photographs at Hawthorn Dene. The 55-year-old, who is a science teacher at Stokesley School was reported missing shortly after midnight when he did not return home. The Teesdale and Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue Team were called by Durham Police in the early hours of Thursday to help in the search.
Heading to the quieter regions of the Jurassic Coast would be one option
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Has lockdown had you looking up? Or perhaps you feel it’s been ages since you’ve seen the night sky. In the age of social distancing, there can be few better ways to contemplate and take stock than a staycation with the stars. Your problem is light pollution, which is causing stars to vanish and threatens Britain s coastal wildlife. But things are changing.
An All-Party Parliamentary Group for Dark Skies has been set up to help reduce unnecessary light by law (shielded, downward-pointing lighting fixtures using amber LED bulbs of 2,700K are the simple answer) while International Dark Sky Places are mushrooming.
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