We could all do with a bit of sparkle in our lives right now!
And what better way to get it than from a real-life meteor shower? With clearer skies this might be the best year to catch the Lyrid meteor shower, which happens every April.
This shower is active between April 16-25 when the earth passes through the debris of a comet that’s centuries old. In this case, we are currently going through the debris cloud of Comet C/1861 G1 (Thatcher) which orbits the Sun every 416 years.
According to NASA meteor expert Bill Cooke, it will be at its peak overnight between April 21-22. And the best way to catch it is to look east-southeast just around midnight or the last hour before dawn.
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Ideally, you would want to be far away from the city, where the skies are uninterrupted by ambient light and pollution is at a minimum. However, if the sky is clear you should be able to see it from your own backyard. So get comfortable and gaze at the sky.