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[crescent]

The early morning hours of April 22, between 3 a.m. and dawn, are the best times to watch for Lyrid meteors no matter where you live. The shower's peak is expected sometime between 22h UT on the 21st and 05h UT on the 22nd. Some activity from this shower can be seen from about April 16th to 25th, but the rates will be much lower away from the peak.
The constellation Lyra, pictured in the sky map below, rises at approximately 11:00 p.m. local time at mid-latitudes in the Northern hemisphere. The radiant of the shower is located near Vega, a hard-to-miss zero-magnitude star. Vega is well known as a member of the "Summer Triangle" of bright stars, which also includes Deneb and Altair. To find Lyra at 3:00 a.m., go outside and face north-northeast. Vega will appear approximately 60 degrees above the horizon between the constellations Cygnus and Hercules.

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2000/ast18apr_1m/

http://www.masterzico.com/2010/04/lyrids-meteor-shower-2010.html

[ashland]

thanks for the info... i love stargazing!!!

[dalem]

i love stargazing too, but i'm in central-ish Seoul! Is there anywhere at all that would work for seeing stars here in the city??

[wormholes101]

The shower usually peaks on around April 22 and the morning of April 23. Counts typically range from 5 to 20 meteors per hour, averaging around ten. Observers in the country will see more, observers in the city less.

Lyrid meteors are usually around magnitude +2. However, some meteors can be brighter, known as �Lyrid fireballs�, cast shadows for a split second and leave behind smokey debris trails that last minutes.