Lyrid Meteor Shower Peaks 2022 APR 22-23

[CentaurZ]

The annual Lyrid Meteor Shower should already be underway. It is expected to peak during 2022 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. 3

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.

During the shower’s peak, the waning gibbous Moon may present some interference after it rises in the late evening.

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