Let our meteor season begin! Early January through April, the sky is pretty quiet from any meteor showers.
Now, that changes as we have our annual Lyrid meteor shower kicking off a bunch of meteor shower events this year. This shower is caused by debris from a passing comet named Comet Thatcher that comes around every year. But don't get too excited.
This year's Lyrids will actually be hidden by the near full moonlight. At the peak, which was this weekend, we would see 10 to 15 meteors per hour. And typically, stray meteors are found before and after the peak time.
Unfortunately, it's not likely we'll see any from this shower thanks to the moonlight.
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Some other meteor showers are coming up that may bring us a more promising show:
- Eta Aquarids: April 15-May 27, peak May 4-5
- Alpha Capricornids: July 7-Aug. 15, peak July 30-31
- Perseids: July 14-Sept. 1, peak August 11-12
- Orionids: Sept. 26-Nov. 22, Oct. 20-21
- Taurids: Oct. 13-Dec. 2, peak Nov. 11-12
- Leonids: Nov. 3-Dec. 2, peak Nov. 17-18
- Geminids: Nov. 19-Dec. 24, peak Dec. 13-14
- Ursids: Dec. 13-Dec. 24, peak Dec. 21-22
- Quadrantids: Dec. 26-Jan. 16, 2025, peak Jan. 3-4
