The Lyrids Are Coming!

SeaDour writes "The year's first meteor shower, the Lyrids, will peak in the pre-dawn hours of April 22nd when the Earth plows through the debris trail of Comet Thatcher at a relative velocity of 49 km/s (110,000 mph). Lyrids usually aren't as numerous as other showers (such as the famed Leonids), but they're well-known for their spectacular tails; you can expect to see about 5-20 meteors per hour, depending on the severity of your local light pollution. Unfortunately, my current location in the midwest under stormy skies puts me at a bit of a disposition, but hopefully some other Slashdotters can share their observations with us tomorrow."

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[pjt33]

The first rule of /.: don't expect Americans to to know that there's a world outside of the USA. This was posted mid-evening Eastern Time, so the fact that it was already dawn GMT and well past dawn in Asia doesn't matter.

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