Look up tonight! Lyrid meteor にわか雨 will reach its 頂点（に達する） to bring more than a dozen '狙撃 星／主役にするs' per hour (but it's competing with an ultra-有望な moon)

  • The Lyrid meteor にわか雨 comes to skies in the Northern 半球 tonight
  • 専門家s say the 頂点（に達する） will be between tonight at the hours before dusk?
  • While a 有望な moon may dull the にわか雨, it will likely still be 明白な?

By James Pero For Dailymail.com

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The Lyrid meteor にわか雨 is returning for its 年次の dance across night skies, and にもかかわらず a brighter-than-usual moon, stargazers can still follow a few steps to make sure they get the best glimpse.

によれば 航空宇宙局, the 頂点（に達する） of the 年次の meteor にわか雨 will take place tonight into tomorrow, which 同時に起こる／一致するs with a 有望な 病弱なing gibbous moon ― a 段階 that comes very の近くに to 存在 a 十分な moon.?

That means, with 追加するd moonlight, the spectacle will likely be hard to 観察する outside of the brightest meteors, によれば 専門家s.?

That doesn't mean the にわか雨 is a lost 原因（となる）, however.?

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The Lyrid may not be the brighest of meteor showers, but it is one of the oldest observed.

The Lyrid may not be the brighest of meteor にわか雨s, but it is one of the oldest 観察するd.?

This year, 研究員s at the 巨大（な） Magellan Te lescope have 解放（する）d a handy infographic that should help 天文学者s put themselves in the best position for 見解（をとる）ing.?

One thing 希望に満ちた テレビ視聴者s of the にわか雨 can do, によれば 専門家s, is make sure they're 見解（をとる）ing at the 権利 time.

によれば 天文学者s at Magellan, optimal 見解（をとる）ing happens in the few hours before 夜明け no 事柄 where you are in the Northern 半球 where the にわか雨 will be 明白な.

While telescopes would 高める the fidelity for テレビ視聴者s, the meteors can usually be seen with the naked 注目する，もくろむ.?

Experts say the bright moon could dull the Lyrid's shine, but observers will still be able to view it. It might help to use a telescope to see more clearly, but they can be seen with the naked eye

専門家s say the brigh t moon could dull the Lyrid's 向こうずね, but 観察者／傍聴者s will still be able to 見解（をとる） it. It might help to use a telescope to see more 明確に, but they can be seen with the naked 注目する，もくろむ?

To locate where the meteors will be passing through, viewers can use the brightest star in the constellation of Lyra to find what astronomers call the 'radiant'

To 位置を示す where the meteors will be passing through, テレビ視聴者s can use the brightest 星／主役にする in the 星座 of Lyra to find what 天文学者s call the 'radiant'?

To 位置を示す where the meteors will be passing through, テレビ視聴者s can use the brightest 星／主役にする in the 星座 of Lyra to find what 天文学者s call the 'radiant.'

This is the point in the sky from which the meteors become 明白な to us on Earth. In some 事例／患者s, meteors have been 観察するd passing through the sky at a 率 of 100 every hour.

On 普通の／平均（する） the meteors come by at about 15 to 20 per hour.?

Lyrid meteors are created by the the 惑星 Thatcher. Every year, the Earth intersects with Thatcher's dusty tail and 粒子s of the 惑星 are seen streaking through th e sky where the usually 燃やす up. Specks of meteor travel at about 110,000 mph.??

Though the Lyrid aren't the brightest にわか雨 観察するd by humans -- the Perseuds and Geminids both outshine them -- it is one of the oldest.?

Particles from the comet, Thatcher, create the dust that we see enter the Earth's atmosphere.

粒子s from the 惑星, Thatcher, create the dust that we see enter the Earth's atmosphere.

For the past 2,700 years, 天文学者s have 監視するd the Lyrids with the first ever 記録，記録的な／記録するd 見解（をとる）ing coming from 古代の 中国 in 687 BC.

Unfortunately for first-time テレビ視聴者s of the Lyrid, the 惑星 Thatcher from which the にわか雨s are derived made its rare 外見 to 観察者／傍聴者s last year and won't be coming 支援する for 見解（をとる）ing any time soon.

The next year that Earthlings can 観察する Thatcher will be in 2276 as the 惑星 comes with a 415-year 軌道の period.

Explained: The difference between an asteroid, meteorite and other space 激しく揺するs

An asteroid is a large chunk of 激しく揺する left over from 衝突／不一致s or the 早期に solar system. Most are 位置を示すd between 火星 and Jupiter in the Main Belt.

A 惑星 is a 激しく揺する covered in ice, methane and other 構内／化合物s. Their 軌道s take them much その上の out of the solar system.

A meteor is what 天文学者s call a flash of light in the atmosphere when 破片 燃やすs up.

This 破片 itself is known as a meteoroid. Most are so small they are vapourised in the atmosphere.

If any of this meteoroid makes it to Earth, it is called a meteorite.

Meteors, meteoroids and meteorites 普通は 起こる／始まる from asteroids and 惑星s.

For example, if Earth passes through the tail of a 惑星, much of the 破片 燃やすs up in the atmosphere, forming a meteor にわか雨.

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