The Lyrid meteor shower is active each year from about April 16 to 25. Use the date drop down above the Interactive Meteor Shower Sky Map to change dates. The Perseids will be active starting 17 Jul 2020.
Already underway and continuing through Aug. 24, the Perseids reliably produce about 60 shooting stars an hour at their early morning peak from Aug. 11-13 this year.The Delta Aquarids — and all meteor showers — are best viewed in dark skies, away from light-polluting crowds of people, so it's easy to social distance while scanning the skies for shooting stars.The National Weather Service calls for a partly cloudy sky in metro Denver Tuesday night and early Wednesday, when the long, rambling Delta Aquarid meteor shower peaks and reliably offers about 20 meteors an hour.The best time to view them is after midnight, as is true with most meteor showers.
Primarily made of dust and ice, many have a tail (coma) and are thought to be remnants of the formation of the Solar System.The Perseids cannot be seen from LangfurthYou don't need any special equipment or a lot of skills to view a meteor shower.
The Lyrid meteor shower will sparkle across the skies of Colorado this week, starting its peak Tuesday night into the early morning hours of Earth Day on Wednesday. But the Perseids are so bright and prolific that it should still be a winner.Though not as prolific as Perseid meteors — flying now, and peaking in mid-August — up to 10 percent of Delta Aquarids leave persistent trains. Local times and best dates to view shooting stars from annual meteor showers.See how far the planets are from the Sun or Earth, how bright they look, and their apparent size in the sky.The Interactive Meteor Shower Sky Map shows the position of the radiant in the night sky above any location. The Lyrid meteor shower is active each year from about April 16 to 25. I'm the editor of WhenIsTheNextEclipse.com and the author of "A Stargazing Program for Beginners: A Pocket Field Guide" (Springer, 2015), as well as many eclipse-chasing guides.I'm an experienced science, technology and travel journalist interested in space exploration, moon-gazing, exploring the night sky, solar and lunar eclipses,Being as far from any light sources or urban light pollution is helpful, but you should also be able to catch bright meteors from an urban backyard . Here are some basics to remember; use them as a benchmark to experiment from, since the environment, and the light levels, of where you choose to shoot from will make all the difference:The peak nights for the Perseids, summer’s most famous meteor shower in 2020, are the nights of Tuesday, August 11 into Wednesday, August 12, and Wednesday, August 12 into Thursday, August 13, though the few nights either side are almost as good. Spotting “shooting stars” demands patience, but photographing them is actually pretty easy.A meteor streaking across the night sky. The stars have aligned, and Colorado could get a killer show this weekend from the Perseid meteor showers. The Lyrids meteor shower began last week and will continue through April 28, with the peak Around April 23-23. Can you see it from your location? A wider waxing gibbous moon beginning in August will be problematic and the second-quarter moon at the Perseids peak will wash out the faintest. It took place from December 28 to January 12, and peaked on the night of January 3 and early hours of January 4. That is, glowing ionized gas trails can last for a second or two after the meteor passes.