Nose in the air: even cosmic pebbles rain down from the Friuli sky, the “Lyrids”: that’s when.
The Lyrids also rain from the sky of Friuli: the time has come to prepare to see these meteor showers. The Lyrids are gods fragments from the comet whose orbit around the Sun takes 415 years to complete. These Cosmic “pebbles”, once they come loose, catch fire in the Earth’s atmosphere, giving us one magnificent show and fascinating.
This year, the Astronomy enthusiasts will have the opportunity to observe the Lyrids from 15 to 25 Aprilwith the peak of expected activity for the night of April 22-23. Unfortunately, the brightness of the moonwhich will reach its maximum on April 24, it might make the observation a little more complex.
For locate the Lyrids, it will be necessary to direct your gaze towards the radiante, or the point in the sky from which the meteoric debris appears to come. This is found in the constellation of Lyranear the constellations of Hercules and the Swan. After the Lyrid show, astronomy enthusiasts will have another event to mark on their calendar: the Eta Aquarids. These will show up in early May with speed impressive of 60 kilometers per second.
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