Meteor Shower April 2010

Meteor Shower April 2010 – April’s “shooting stars” – tend to be bright and often leave trails. About 10-20 meteors per hour at peak are to be expected. Uncommon surges can sometimes bring the rate up to 100 per hour, but these rare outbursts are not easy to predict. That’s one of the reasons why the tantalizing Lyrids are worth watching. The radiant is in the constellation Lyra, which rises in the northeast at about 10 p.m. Although the waxing gibbous moon obstructs the evening and late-night
Meteor Shower April 2010