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					<br /><span style="color:#ffd700"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>2014 Lyrid Meteors grace the night skies April 16 - 25,</strong> peaking the morning of April 23, making <strong>April 22 the best time to watch</strong>. Mingo&#39;s dark skies make the observatory a great location to watch meteor showers. Look toward the East. Lyrid meteors seem to radiate from bright star Vega in the constellation Lyra. Mingo Observatory will be open April 22 featuring a free astronomy lecture. Weather permitting see the Lyrids from Mingo, April 22, 2014. See the latest posting on the Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh (AAAP) Facebook </span></span><span style="font-size:14px"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Amateur-Astronomers-Association-of-Pittsburgh/114188205266611" rel="nofollow" style="COLOR: rgb(59,89,152); CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-DECORATION: none"><span style="color:#ffd700">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Amateur-Astronomers-Association-of-Pittsburgh/114188205266611</span></a></span><span style="color:#ffd700"><span style="font-size:14px"> or phone Mingo Observatory at 724-348-6150. &nbsp;.</span></span><br />&nbsp;<br /><span style="color:#ffd700"><span style="font-size:14px">Location in the sky</span></span><br /><span style="color:#ffd700"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size:13px">The Lyrids meteor shower is not visible at this time of year. The best date is around Apr 22, 2014, table below (from </span></span></span><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size:13px"><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/meteor-shower/lyrids.html"><span style="color:#add8e6">http://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/meteor-shower/lyrids.html</span></a><span style="color:#add8e6"> </span><span style="color:#ffd700">) Note: times are for Apr 22, 2014. </span><br /><a class="read-more" href="http://www.timeanddate.com/custom/site.html" id="chi" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; line-height: 19px; color: rgb(23, 109, 179); vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; "><span style="color:#ffd700">Set your location</span></a></span></span><span style="color:#ffd700"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size:13px"> is for that date:</span> </span></span><span style="color:#ffd700">Lyrids meteor shower for Pittsburgh</span><br /><span style="color:#ffd700">Time</span><span style="color:#ffd700">Azimuth/<br />Direction</span><span style="color:#ffd700">Altitude</span><span style="color:#ffd700"><span style="font-size:14px">Tue 10:00 PM</span></span><span style="color:#ffd700"><span style="font-size:14px">53&deg;<img alt="Northeast" src="http://c.tadst.com/gfx/comp/sa4.png" style="border-bottom:0px; border-left:0px; border-right:0px; border-top:0px; box-sizing:content-box; height:14px; line-height:1; margin:0px; padding-bottom:0px; padding-left:0px; padding-right:0px; padding-top:0px; vertical-align:baseline; width:14px" title="Map direction Northeast" /></span></span><span style="color:#ffd700"><span style="font-size:14px">6.8&deg;</span></span><br /><span style="color:#ffd700"><span style="font-size:14px">Tue 11:00 PM</span></span><span style="color:#ffd700"><span style="font-size:14px">62&deg;<img alt="East-northeast" src="http://c.tadst.com/gfx/comp/sa6.png" style="border-bottom:0px; border-left:0px; border-right:0px; border-top:0px; box-sizing:content-box; height:14px; line-height:1; margin:0px; padding-bottom:0px; padding-left:0px; padding-right:0px; padding-top:0px; vertical-align:baseline; width:14px" title="Map direction East-northeast" /></span></span><span style="color:#ffd700"><span style="font-size:14px">16.3&deg;</span></span><br /><span style="color:#ffd700"><span style="font-size:14px">Midnight Tue-Wed</span></span><span style="color:#ffd700"><span style="font-size:14px">69&deg;<img alt="East-northeast" src="http://c.tadst.com/gfx/comp/sa6.png" style="border-bottom:0px; border-left:0px; border-right:0px; border-top:0px; box-sizing:content-box; height:14px; line-height:1; margin:0px; padding-bottom:0px; padding-left:0px; padding-right:0px; padding-top:0px; vertical-align:baseline; width:14px" title="Map direction East-northeast" /></span></span><span style="color:#ffd700"><span style="font-size:14px">26.7&deg;</span></span><br /><span style="color:#ffd700"><span style="font-size:14px">Wed 1:00 AM</span></span><span style="color:#ffd700"><span style="font-size:14px">77&deg;<img alt="East-northeast" src="http://c.tadst.com/gfx/comp/sa6.png" style="border-bottom:0px; border-left:0px; border-right:0px; border-top:0px; box-sizing:content-box; height:14px; line-height:1; margin:0px; padding-bottom:0px; padding-left:0px; padding-right:0px; padding-top:0px; vertical-align:baseline; width:14px" title="Map direction East-northeast" /></span></span><span style="color:#ffd700"><span style="font-size:14px">37.7&deg;</span></span><br /><span style="color:#ffd700"><span style="font-size:14px">Wed 2:00 AM</span></span><span style="color:#ffd700"><span style="font-size:14px">85&deg;<img alt="East" src="http://c.tadst.com/gfx/comp/sa8.png" style="border-bottom:0px; border-left:0px; border-right:0px; border-top:0px; box-sizing:content-box; height:14px; line-height:1; margin:0px; padding-bottom:0px; padding-left:0px; padding-right:0px; padding-top:0px; vertical-align:baseline; width:14px" title="Map direction East" /></span></span><span style="color:#ffd700"><span style="font-size:14px">49.0&deg;</span></span><br /><span style="color:#ffd700"><span style="font-size:14px">Wed 3:00 AM</span></span><span style="color:#ffd700"><span style="font-size:14px">95&deg;<img alt="East" src="http://c.tadst.com/gfx/comp/sa8.png" style="border-bottom:0px; border-left:0px; border-right:0px; border-top:0px; box-sizing:content-box; height:14px; line-height:1; margin:0px; padding-bottom:0px; padding-left:0px; padding-right:0px; padding-top:0px; vertical-align:baseline; width:14px" title="Map direction East" /></span></span><span style="color:#ffd700"><span style="font-size:14px">60.4&deg;</span></span><br /><span style="color:#ffd700"><span style="font-size:14px">Wed 4:00 AM</span></span><span style="color:#ffd700"><span style="font-size:14px">111&deg;<img alt="East-southeast" src="http://c.tadst.com/gfx/comp/sa10.png" style="border-bottom:0px; border-left:0px; border-right:0px; border-top:0px; box-sizing:content-box; height:14px; line-height:1; margin:0px; padding-bottom:0px; padding-left:0px; padding-right:0px; padding-top:0px; vertical-align:baseline; width:14px" title="Map direction East-southeast" /></span></span><span style="color:#ffd700"><span style="font-size:14px">71.6&deg;</span></span><br /><span style="color:#ffd700"><span style="font-size:14px">Wed 5:00 AM</span></span><span style="color:#ffd700"><span style="font-size:14px">151&deg;<img alt="South-southeast" src="http://c.tadst.com/gfx/comp/sa14.png" style="border-bottom:0px; border-left:0px; border-right:0px; border-top:0px; box-sizing:content-box; height:14px; line-height:1; margin:0px; padding-bottom:0px; padding-left:0px; padding-right:0px; padding-top:0px; vertical-align:baseline; width:14px" title="Map direction South-southeast" /></span></span><span style="color:#ffd700"><span style="font-size:14px">80.5&deg;</span></span><br />&nbsp;
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						<BR>Mingo Creek Park Observatory
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Latitude 40.211 degrees, Longitude -80.020 degrees, Declination -9 degrees

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