'The best time to see these is after midnight on a moonless night, with as little light pollution as possible,' said astronomer Don Pollacco.
Stargazers are in for a treat this weekend, as the annual Lyrids meteor shower is due to peak in the next few days.The shower will be at its strongest on the nights of April 21 and 22, but began on April 15 and will run until around April 29.At its peak, observers can hope to see up to 18 meteors lighting up the night sky every hour.
This shower, which occurs every year in late April, is famed for having bright and fast-moving meteors showering to Earth, with 10 to 20 usually being seen per hour. In some years, the shower has brought up to 100 meteors per hour, such as in 1945 and 1982.These meteors originate from dust particles left behind by comet C/1861 G1 Thatcher, which orbits the sun around once every 415 years.'Comets are 'dirty snowballs'; they're a mix of ice, rock, and maybe some metals.
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