Lyrid Meteor Shower!

Lyrid Meteor Shower To Peak on April 22nd!

<span style="font-size:10.5pt;">This year, Lyrid meteor activity began picking up on April 16, and the shower will run until April 25. The Earth Day peak will actually come in the early morning hours of April 22, after the first quarter moon has sunk below the horizon, leaving dark skies. (Test your lunar smarts with our moon quiz.)

"The best time to look will be between the time of moonset [between 1 and 2 a.m., local time] and dawn, and the best way to observe the show is to recline comfortably, facing anywhere from north to east and gazing nearly overhead,"[Astronomer Anthony] Cook said.</span>

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Edited April 21, 201015 yr by Sylph