Celestial Spectacle: Meteor Shower, Earthshine, and Subaru-like Star Cluster This Week.

This weekend offers several sky-gazing opportunities, including an "earthshine" on the crescent moon, the Pleiades star cluster, and the annual peak of the Lyrids meteor shower. Venus and Aldebaran will also be visible. The Lyrids can produce 18-20 meteors per hour and are the remnants of a comet that travels a 415-year orbit around the sun. To view the meteor shower, find an area away from city lights and lie flat on your back with your feet facing east.