Lyrids - 22nd April

A chance to catch the Lyrids meteor show that will peak on the 22nd April.

A wide angle lens, though 50mm will do, wide aperture, high ISO and longish exposure of 30 secs to 2 minutes should work.

"When and Where to Look for the Lyrids

From the UK we need to be looking up in to the sky towards the East and North-East after dark on the 22nd to catch a glimpse of the Lyrids meteor shower. The Lyrids radiant, which lies midway between the bright star Vega and the constellation of Hercules, is quite low to the horizon at first. At 10pm it is only about 20 degrees above the horizon. By midnight the radiant will have swung up to almost +35 degrees above the horizon, and will be located almost due east. For sure we’ll be a little further away from the shower’s peak of activity by this time, but with the radiant higher in the sky we should get to see more meteors because more of the sky in which the shower is active will now be visible from the UK.

After midnight and into the early hours of the 23rd April the Lyrids radiant will continue to climb higher into the sky, hopefully enabling us to keep watching out for shooting stars all the way through until dawn breaks on the 23rd."