{"id":43841,"date":"2015-04-10T10:59:09","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T14:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=43841"},"modified":"2015-04-11T16:01:53","modified_gmt":"2015-04-11T20:01:53","slug":"lyrid-meteor-shower-peaks-night-of-april-22-2015-lyrids-peak-early-morning-april-23-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/lyrid-meteor-shower-peaks-night-of-april-22-2015-lyrids-peak-early-morning-april-23-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyrid Meteor Shower Peaks Night Of April 22, 2015 — Lyrids Peak Early Morning April 23, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the most beloved meteor showers of the year, the Lyrids, is nearly here — with general activity going from around the night of April 16th through the night of April 25th. The Lyrid meteor shower will hit its peak, though, late on the night of April 22, 2015 (the early morning hours of April 23, 2015).<\/p>\n

The best time to watch this year (and most others) is probably just a few hours before dawn — probably sometime around 2-4 am will be best. But, of course, whenever you make the time to go out, there will be a good show that night — with 10-20 meteors an hour, when seen from a dark location, being the current prediction.<\/p>\n

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The Lyrids meteor shower sometimes see breakout years though, when peak rates can climb as high as 100 meteors an hour — so something to keep in mind, even if it’s not likely this year. (There will however be a number of meteor showers this year that reach peak rates near that number, see: Meteor Showers 2015, Dates and Times, Perseids, Lyrids, Geminids, Leonids, Draconids, Orionids, Etc<\/a>).<\/p>\n

As far as viewing conditions go — the darker the skies of the area that you’re watching from, the more meteors that you’ll see. Dark, rural locations far from the light pollution<\/a> of cities are ideal — but if you can’t get far from the city, at the very least try to find a place without any lights (street lights, etc) in the immediate area.<\/p>\n