Meteor Shower This Week: How To Watch Lyrid Shower On April 22

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Meteor showers are one of the greatest gifts from space, and thanks to the upcoming Lyrid shower, you'll soon be able to see one. So often when talking about outer space, the conversation revolves around amazing things captured by professional rovers and telescopes. It's undeniably fun to follow the latest discovery from Perseverance or Hubble, but they're finding things you'll likely never see yourself. The discoveries are impressive, sure, but they also feel a bit removed from reality.

That's what makes events like meteor showers so exciting. Looking at a Hubble photo is one thing. But to see a shooting star, a full moon, or a lunar eclipse with your eyes is all the more impactful. 2022 kicked off with a bang with the Quadrantid meteor shower on January 3. Fast forward over 100 days later, and it's finally time for the next meteor shower to take over the night sky.

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Starting on Friday, April 22, the Lyrid meteor shower will be on full display. Records of the Lyrid shower date all the way back to 687 B.C. when it was first recorded by Chinese astronomers. It's not the brightest or most visually stunning shower, but the Lyrid meteor shower acts as a fantastic event to kick off warm Spring days. While this year's Lyrid shower technically began on April 15, the best time to watch it will be this Friday.

While it's difficult to predict the exact peak time for a meteor shower, it's estimated that the 2022 Lyrid shower will peak around 12:00 midnight ET on April 22. The shower should also be visible late in the evening on April 22, but the best viewing time will be late April 21/early morning April 22. The Lyrid meteor shower should produce around