If you’re late this week (or earlier), you can do some dazzling activities in the sky. Lyrids’ meteor shower will peak early Tuesday morning when its barrage of space rocks meets the atmosphere in the eastern sky.
Bill Cooke said: “After 10 p.m. local time, you will start seeing Lyrids.
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From Earth, Riley meteors look unique because they usually don’t leave traces of dust that the meteor showers usually bring. However, Rielid meteors often occasionally produce “fireballs” or bright flashes in the sky.
You will see it better away from the city
City lights make it difficult to see the natural features of the sky. So for the best chance to catch up with the Lyrids, head from towns and suburbs to the country’s dark skies. Bring a blanket or sleeping bag so you can gaze comfortably.
For best results, try not to view the phone screen. The lights of the device make it harder to adjust your eyes. All you need to do is stare at the sky. When you come back, Tiktok will be there.
“In less than 30 minutes in the dark, your eyes will adapt and you will start to see the shooting stars,” Cook said.
Meteor showers appear to originate from the point of radiation. To find the light of Lyrids, approach the Lyra sign, which is the name of the Lyrid Meteor shower.
The brightest star in the Lyra sign is Vega. Its glowing glow is so bright that a careful observer may even find Vega in areas with light pollution. For a meteor shower tonight, stay away from the radiance, because from this perspective, the Lyrids will be “longer and more spectacular.”
“With moonlight this year, the same number of meteors can be produced any time after midnight,” Robert Lunsford of the American Meteor Association told CNET.
“This year, Rilides will gradually drop as most people’s decline of the moon, which will rise at 3 a.m.,” Lensford said. “The bright moonlight will mask stupid shooting stars, reducing the number of hours per hour from the usual 10 to 5 to 5 to 10.”
But in the past, the Lyrids meteor showers that visited Earth every April were surprised with up to 100 meteors per hour.
The bits of the space rock that created the Lyrids came from C/1861 G1 Thatcher, named after Ae Thatcher, who discovered it in 1861. Lyrids is one of the oldest meteor showers. Check out all CNET’s guide in meteor showers throughout the year.
