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2021 Lyrid meteor shower brings a bright show this month: How to see it - CNET

2021 Lyrid meteor shower brings a bright show this month: How to see it - CNET

2021 Lyrid meteor shower brings a bright show this month: How to see it - CNET
Apr 10, 2021 51 secs

The 2012 Lyrid meteor shower as captured by astronaut Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station. .

After a long break, meteor season is back with the annual peak of the Lyrid meteor shower this month.

The first three months of most years represent a relative dry spell for night sky watchers as there's typically not much happening between the Quadrantid meteor shower in early January and the Lyrids.

The Lyrids are set to become active in 2021 around April 15, according to the American Meteor Society, and they will peak on the evening of April 21 into the early morning hours of April 22.  If you can't get out that night or the weather doesn't cooperate where you are, one night before or after the peak is also expected to present a pretty good viewing opportunity as well.

The source of the Lyrids is the debris cloud left behind by a comet named C/1861 G1 Thatcher that was last seen in the 19th century and won't pass through the inner solar system again for more than two centuries.

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