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Lyrid Meteor Shower Peaks 2019 APR 22-23


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The annual Lyrid Meteor Shower may already be underway. It is expected to peak during the night of 2019 APR 22-23. Its radiant is in the constellation Lyra near the bright star Vega. That is the direction toward which the meteor tails point, but the meteors are equally likely to appear anywhere in your sky.

The Lyrids are debris from the long period Comet C/1861 G1 Thatcher. They have been observed for the past 2700 years, longer than any other meteor shower.

The Lyrids typically present about 20 meteors per hour for sharp eyed observers, although this has varied considerably with 700 per hour seen in 1803. The show begins after Lyra rises, which is in the early evening for mid-latitude northern hemisphere observers, but much later in the southern hemisphere. It will continue through morning twilight. The waning gibbous Moon during the peak this year may provide some interference.

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Descriptions of the shower or perhaps even lucky photos would be welcome additions to this thread.

Edited by CentaurZ
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