The Lyrids meteor shower streaks across the night sky every April, hurling about 20 meteors in a single hour — and up to 100 on rare occasions. Here's how you can get the best views:
in the New York area. This period will coincide with a new moon, its dimmest phase. The combination means the sky appears darker and celestial objects look brighter.
“Almost all of them [meteors] are burning up, way up in the atmosphere,” said Bart Fried, executive vice president of the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York. “They look a lot closer than they are.”“Never, never use binoculars for meteors,” Fried said. “They move too fast. By the time you get your binoculars on, the meteors will be gone.”
Stargazers searched the skies at the InfoAge Space Exploration Center in Wall Township of New Jersey, as the Lyrids meteor shower reached its maximum during the early morning of April 22, 2022.Instead, Fried advised curious stargazing neophytes to go outside and watch the sky patiently for meteors while lying on their backs on a comfortable, warm blanket.
For the uninitiated, a meteor looks like a streak of light across the night sky, which tends to get brighter and brighter until it disappears abruptly. Sometimes, meteor showers are so bright, they leave behind a trail of light that stays for moments after the meteors are gone.Composite image of Lyrid and non-Lyrid meteors over New Mexico from April, 2012
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