light up meteor shower Lyrid Earth’s sky, tonight until tomorrow morning Saturday, April 23, and the dazzling celestial show will be visible throughout the sky Earthwith about 18 meteors falling per hour.
and spoke meteor showers, Or falling stars, when pieces of debris known as meteorites enter Earth’s atmosphere at about 43 miles per second, causing them to burn up, causing streaks of light to illuminate the sky.
and takes meteor shower Lyrid Named from the constellation Lyra, these meteorites are pieces of debris falling from Comet Thatcher, which is expected to return to the inner solar system in 2276, after an orbital period of 415 years.
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And as with all meteor showersIn order to see the Lyrids, it is necessary to find a dark location with an unobstructed view of the sky.
This is knowing that shower This year’s Lyrids have started on April 14, two days before the full moon, reaching their peak on April 22-23, two days before the last quarter moon, so conditions aren’t conducive to seeing it easily.
Jacob Foster, an astronomer from the Royal Observatory Greenwich, said: ‘The Lyrid meteor showers are one of the largest. meteor showers During the year…the meteors are spread across the sky, so you should look to the northeast on the night of the 22nd of this month to see a few of them, making sure that you get an unobstructed view of the sky to increase your chances of discovering them.”
He added: “At the height of the meteor shower, we can expect to see up to 18 meteors per hour.. This will not require any kind of specialized viewing equipment to see meteors, but only clear skies.”
And if star-watching fans miss the event, they’ve had enough of exploring the sky, there’s still plenty to look for as Jupiter, Venus, Mars, Saturn and the Moon line the horizon on Sunday.