Where to look The radiant point of the Lyrids — the point from which meteors appear to originate — lies near the constellation Lyra, which rises in the northeast. Lyra contains Vega ...

is close to the constellation Lyra, which gives them their name. This year, the Lyrid peak occurs at the same time as a waning Moon, which will be about 40 percent full, and thus will have an ...

The Lyrids are the product of a comet called C/1861 G1 (Thatcher) that has a roughly 422-year orbit around the Sun; their radiant point, or place in the sky from which they seem to fall, is close to ...