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Lyrid meteor - Another meteor shower this April

I love to watch meteor shower , and my previous post describes about Leonid meteor shower .

Coming this week on 22nd April Lyrid meteor peaks . Lyrid meteor is named after its constellation from where it originates and it peaks on 22nd April a day after when the Moon will reach its first quarter phase.
Lyrid shower is producing meteors from 16th April to 25th April and will peak about 2o meteors per hour after midnight 22nd April. You can have a better view of meteor shower as the Moon will set before the meteor shower activity.

You can expect high meteor shower before the dawn. Since , last few decades viewers have found 60 meteor shower per hour.

If you want to view these meteor shower then go out with your friends and family in your lawn or terrace before midnight, face eastward, and look about halfway up. After midnight, looking overhead will probably net you the most meteors.

I have not been very lucky in watching these amazing meteor shower due to cloudy skies.
Do share your experiences , if any , regarding viewing of meteor shower.
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5 Responses to “Lyrid meteor - Another meteor shower this April”

Karthikeyan S said...
April 18, 2010 at 10:51 PM

Nice Information! Hope i wont Miss to See ! :)

Whiztechy said...
April 19, 2010 at 12:26 PM

That's great...I m going to put a reminder, can't miss to see nature's beautiful sight.
Thanks for sharing :)

lawmacs said...
April 19, 2010 at 3:38 PM

I do hope i will be able to see this one thanks for the heads up Shabnam

Shabnam Sultan said...
April 19, 2010 at 9:36 PM

@Whiztechy , @Lawmacs yes i just hope that we have clear sky :)

April 20, 2010 at 1:33 AM

I not able to see this but hope you will publish some image of it soon.

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