Lyrid Meteor Showers Start April 16, Peak April 22-23

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Lyrid Meteor Showers Start April 16, Peak April 22-23 – Kane County Connects

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Lyrid Meteor Showers Start April 16, Peak April 22-23

kanecountyconnects / April 13, 2015 / Comments Off / Events, Nature, Science & Technology

Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s a Lyrid meteor shower.

Important to note, that’s a Lyrid shower and not a lurid shower, which is something completely different.

In Kane County, you can see meteor showers this month, starting on or about April 16 and peaking around April 22-23. EarthSky News says the Lyrids — “April’s shooting stars” — can bring as many as 20 meteors an hour and have had surges as high as 100 per hour, really a spectacular sight.

In Kane County, the best place to view is an area away from the city lights. The following chart, courtesy of EarthSky, shows you where to look, up in the sky.