Space Metor Shower

The lyrid meteor shower is a medium strength shower according to the american meteor society ams.

Space metor shower. In 2020 the peak will occur after midnight on oct. 7 with a peak between oct. What is a meteor shower.

The annual lyrid meteor shower peaks overnight tonight april 21 and into the early hours of wednesday april 22 less than a day before the new moon. Their meteoroid orbits are based on those measured by nasa s cams video camera surveillance network and were calculated by meteor astronomer peter jenniskens of the seti institute and nasa ames research center. Where it is predicted to be mostly cloud free.

The perseids meteor shower appears when earth passes through the rubble left by comet swift tuttle and peaks this week in the early morning hours on wednesday aug. 12 according to nasa. Without any glaring moonlight to obstruct.

It peaks on the night of april 21 22. It will peak on the night of april 21 displaying about 10 meteors per hour. A meteor shower is when a number of meteors or shooting stars flash across the night sky seemingly from the same point.

The concurrent meteor showers will be most visible just after midnight in the eastern u s. Rain and cloud coverage will likely obscure the skies for. The perseids meteor shower is a favorite for many stargazers because it has more bright meteors than most showers sometimes as many as 50 60 per hour under ideal conditions slooh said in a.

See meteor shower animation to find out visibility conditions for viewing the meteor shower from your location. Select the meteor shower in the menu to see the corresponding meteoroid stream in space. 21 though you ll still see plenty of meteors.