"Your Guide to Viewing the Lyrids Meteor Shower This Week"

The Lyrids Meteor Shower, originating from Comet Thatcher, is currently active and will peak on the nights of April 21 to 22 and 22 to 23. Best observed from the Northern Hemisphere, the shower may produce around 10 to 15 meteors per hour due to interference from the bright waxing gibbous Moon. Skywatchers can locate the radiant point near the bright star Vega and expect meteors to rain down from the top of the Northern Hemisphere sky. The parent comet, Comet Thatcher, was discovered in 1861 and takes around 416 to 422 years to orbit the Sun.