☄ Lyrids

  The Lyrids are a meteor shower in Hercules.

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        •          ⠘⡆           ⢀⡜⠁
                ·   ⠹⡀      ·  ⣠⠎      ·
                     ⢳        ⡴⠃
      ⣄⣀                              ·
    ·  ⠈⠉⠑⠒⠦⢤⣀⡀    ●
                         ·     ⣀·⡀
              · ·       +    ⠉⠉⠁       •
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       ·               · ·  ⡀
                           ·⠹⣄
                             ⠈⢦   ·
          ⣠⠖        ·          ⠁            •
       ⣠⠴⠋     ·                              ·
    ⢀⡴⠊⠁           ⡼

  Type            Meteor shower
  Constellation   Hercules
  Peak            2027-04-23
  Rate at peak    up to 18 an hour

  Physical
  Debris from     comet Thatcher, which returns every 415 years

  More information about Lyrids

  Chinese records describe Lyrid meteors falling "like rain" in 687 BC,
  which makes this the longest continuously observed shower. Normal years
  give about 18 an hour, but it has produced sudden outbursts several
  times without warning.

  History
  Discovered   recorded in China in 687 BC, the oldest known shower

  where it is tonight:  skymap.sh/Lyrids