Rain of lyrical meteors to illuminate the night sky in April – here’s how to look

ANGELS – Calling all the stars: the first major meteor shower of the year – Lyrids – will take place in mid-April and is expected to illuminate the evening sky with a dazzling poster.

Lyrids are active every year between April 16 and 25, with maximum viewing between midnight on April 21 and dawn on April 22.

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While the Lyrid meteor shower offers only about 10 to 15 meteors per hour at the peak, it can still be a spectacular sight to see if you catch a few streaks in the night sky.

How to look

The shower will peak from April 21 to April 22 (Wednesday to Thursday), which means that watching at this time will be the best opportunity to observe the meteors.

But the viewing opportunities will start on the evening of April 16.

“We expect the shower to catch steam starting late in the evening, Monday, April 19, 2021, probably reaching its peak in the hours leading up to Thursday, April 22,” EarthSky wrote.

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This year, the best time to watch will probably be between sunset and dawn.

And while shooting stars can be seen anywhere in the sky, it’s best to look away from city lights and other obstructed views.

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“Lyrid meteor shower has the distinction of being among the oldest known meteor showers. Recordings of this rain date back approximately 2,700 years,” EarthSky wrote.

And, according to EarthSky, it is known that Lyrids broke out. In fact, in 1982, American observers saw an explosion of nearly 100 lyrical meteors per hour.

About a quarter of Lyrid’s meteors leave persistent trains. A meteorite train is an ionized gas track that glows a few seconds after the meteor has passed, EarthSky noted.

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