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The Lyrid Meteor Shower

  • POSTED ON: 20 Apr, 2017
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Lyrid-Meteor-Shower

The annual Lyrid meteor shower has begun! It is expected to last from April 16 to 25. The peak of the shower will last for less than a day on April 22. The most number of meteors can be viewed in the few hours before dawn. The average Lyrid shower is known to produce 15 to 20 meteors per hour.

Did you know that you don’t need any kind of special equipment to see the meteors? Just look up at the dark sky patiently and hunt for meteors!

Here is a memory game for you! Click on the tiles to match identical pairs of celestial objects and learn quick facts about them in the process.


Cover photo: By NASA/ESA – http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap011117.html (image link)http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/tech/aerogel.html (image link), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38113177