Lyrids
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see meteor shower.
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Meteor Shower - increase in the number of meteors observed in a particular part of the sky.
The Lyrids are Coming, The Lyrids are Coming....
This week presents us with one of the most beautiful and awe inspiring sights in nature. A meteor shower.
April 14 - Lyrids Meteor Shower. The Lyrids are an average shower, usually producing about 20 meteors per hour at their peak. These meteors can produce bright dust trails that last for several seconds.
Three meteor showers seem to radiate from this constellation: the Lyrids, the June Lyrids and the Alpha Lyrids. The latter two are active in the summer time.
Lyrids, 19-22 April, Star Region: Nu Herculis
Eta Aquarids, 1-8 May, Star Region: Eta Aquarii
Delta Aquarids, 15 July-10 August, Star Region: Delta Aquarii
Perseids, 27 July-17 August, Star Region: Eta Perseii ...
C/1861 G1 Thatcher gives rise to the Lyrids;
1P/Halley is responsible for two meteor showers, the Eta Aquarids and the Orionids;
8P/Tuttle is the progenitor of the Ursids;
dust from 21P/Giacobini-Zinner rains to Earth during the Draconids; ...
The Lyrids also vary in the position of their radiant, but the Orionids form a stationary position from about the 9th to the 24th of October. A large proportion of the ordinary feeble showers also appear to be stationary.
 See also: Meteors, Meteor, Meteor shower, Sky, Time
  
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