This week, the annual Lyrids shower reaches high point, but there is doubt whether skies will be clear enough to let stargazers enjoy it. Every year during April, the Lyrids meteor shower takes place as the Earth passes through the dust, which is left over from the comet C/186 G1 Thatcher.
According to present administrator Vicente Malano, the shower usually produces a dozen meteors per hour under optimal conditions with a brief maximum, which remains for less than a day. Lyrids are bright and fast meteors, though they are not large in number. Malano said that the showers will reach peak from April 22 to before sunrise of April 23. It is expected that meteor rates will peak on April 22-23 with up to 20 Lyrids per hour.
According to Paranjpye, "That means under the ideal sky condition (no moon light or street light and clear dark sky) and when the constellation is right over head, one might be able to observe something like 18 to 90 meteors in one hour".
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