Lyrids Meteor Shower to peak today!

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All you need to know about the Lyrids Meteor Shower as it peaks on April 22-23. Check it out.

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In this year the Lyrids Meteor Shower would peak in the predawn hours of April 23.

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According to NASA on average, the shower can produce up to 15 meteors per hour under ideal viewing conditions.

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The Lyrids meteor shower takes place in the mid-April of every year.

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The Lyrids occur when Earth crosses the trail of debris left by the Comet C/1861 G1 Thatcher.

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The tiny parts of the comet burn up when they hit Earth’s atmosphere and produce this shower of shooting stars.

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This meteor shower is named after the constellation Lyra; it is the point in the sky where the meteors appear to originate.

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As per NASA the first record of the Lyrids meteor shower had occurred 2,700 years back, making it one of the oldest in history.

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 As per the information by NASA, you can see the Lyrid Meteor after 10:30 p.m. local time on the night of April 22.

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 NASA says that as the night progresses the meteors will appear more often, reaching 10 to 15 per hour in the pre-dawn hours of the 23rd.