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There has been no meteor shower to light up the sky since early January and it will be visible to everyone.

And unlike 2019, the waning moon will allow a better view of these bright meteorites.

Towards late afternoon and early morning, depending on your location, between midnight and 4:00 – 5:00 local time may be the best time to see fire stars or meteorites burning in our atmosphere, depending on American Meteorite Society.

Before midnight, it will be the best time to see slower and longer meteorites crossing the sky horizontally, called terrassiers. Some of them have streaks that glow a few seconds after the meteors disappear.

Lid meteor showers can generally have 10-20 meteors per hour during the peak, but it is difficult to estimate how many will be visible.

On Wednesday night, during the peak of the rain, ten meteors per hour will be visible.

Rain appears this time every year when Earth’s orbit crosses that of Comet Thatcher. The comet loses pieces of itself by flying into our atmosphere at over 110,000 miles per hour.

Lyrid takes its name from the Lyra constellation. The Lyrid rain is one of the oldest known, with visible meteorite records dating back 2,700 years, according to EarthSky.

If you live in an urban area, you may want to move to a place that is not lit by city lights that obstruct your view.

Find an open space with a wide view of the sky. Make sure you have a chair or blanket so you can look directly. And take your eyes off for about 20-30 minutes to adjust to the dark, without looking at the phone, so that meteors are easier to detect.

And look at a group of Jupiter, Saturn and Mars in the sky. This will not happen in a few years, according to NASA.
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