The April Lyrids

After more than three months without a good meteor shower, the Lyrids will reach their peak on April 21 and 22. Although typically a slow shower with only about ten or so meteors per hour, the Lyrids will occasionally have brief outbursts of more than ten times that rate. Although the moon could interfere earlier in the night, it will be low in the west during the peak viewing hours closer to morning.

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