The Orionid meteor shower is one of the best known and most reliable meteor showers in the annual calendar, visible from across the globe. Lyrids meteor shower seen over Germany in 2018. In 2020, the Draconids will peak on the night between Oct 7–8. In 2020 the Orionid meteor shower will peak on the night of 21- 22 October between midnight and dawn. Meteor shower UK: How to see the Orionid meteor shower 2020 A METEOR shower associated with the world-famous Halley's Comet will soon peak. ©JPIMedia Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. Find out how to see the Orionid meteor shower … The Lyrid meteor shower will peak on the night of 21-22 April 2020 Watch Ships, Sea & the Stars : Apollo 13 special Tune into our weekly video series hosted by physicist Helen Czerski, and find out more about epic 'Journeys Into the Unknown'. 2020 Cosmic Calendar Astronomical events and highlights of 2020 and 2021 including supermoons, solar and lunar eclipses, meteor showers, solstices, and equinoxes. The shower is not one of the year’s most spectacular, but can still provide those looking skyward with upwards of 20 shooting stars per hour. When particles of debris enter the Earth’s atmosphere, they burn up, producing a trail of light across the sky. There will be an added advantage to stargazers this year, with the peak of the shower lining up with a new moon, meaning minimal light pollution from our planet's only natural satellite. UK edition; Australian edition; ... Sun 19 Apr 2020 16.30 EDT. Jeff Parsons Thursday 16 Apr 2020 9:00 pm The Lyrid meteor shower is the first major meteor shower of the year (Wittwoophoto/REX) If you need a … That’s about one every five seconds, and the shower has been known to have dramatic outbursts. Weather plays a big part, and with April skies often clouded over, spotting the meteors might be easier said than done, and those living in an area with minimal light pollution will have increased chances of spotting a fireball. Lyrid meteor shower: Shooting stars and 'occasional fireballs' set to light up UK skies . Monday, 20th April 2020, 11:43 am Updated Wednesday, 22nd April 2020, 9:08 am Members of the York Astronomical Society prepare to view a meteor shower in 2015 (Photo: OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images) The Draconid meteor shower, also sometimes known as the Giacobinids, is one of the two meteor showers to annually grace the skies in the month of October.. Relative to other meteor showers on the astronomical calendar, the Lyrids are one of the less dramatic displays, but they can still offer up an average of 20 meteors per hour. List of meteor showers. The Lyrids are so called because they appear to radiate from the constellation of Lyra, and the shower will be at its most active once this "radiant" has risen - around 9 to 10pm in the north-east of the sky. Find viewing tips for the two “biggies” here: the Perseid Meteor Shower and the Geminid Meteor Shower. A meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate, or originate, from one point in the night sky called Radiant.These meteors are caused by streams of cosmic debris called meteoroids entering Earth's atmosphere at extremely high speeds on parallel trajectories. Last updated at 16:00. The Lyrids are caused by the interaction of the Earth’s atmosphere with the dust trail left by the Comet C/1861 G1 Thatcher. 2020 Cosmic Calendar . However, looking directly at it may cause you to miss the more spectacular meteors, and Lyrids can actually show up in any part of the sky. October Meteor Shower. The ancient Chinese are said to have watched Lyrid meteors falling "like rain" in the year 687 BC. 21 Oct 2020, 9:11; Updated: 21 Oct 2020, 9:14; A STUNNING meteor shower reached its peak in the early hours of this morning but you've got another chance to see it tonight. The Lyrid meteor shower takes place between 16 and 25 April, but will peak - be at their most dramatic - on the evening of 22 April. The annual Orionid meteor shower is set to peak on Wednesday night, giving sky gazers in the UK an opportunity to watch the celestial spectacle throughout the week. Comet C/1861 G1 Thatcher only orbits the sun every 415 years, but occasionally, specific planetary arrangements can steer the dust trail into Earth’s path, intensifying the shower. It will peak over 9-10 October and 10-11 November in 2020. 2020 Meteor Showers Calendar. It usually peaks around October 21. 21 Apr 2020 21 April 2020. Here's everything you need to know about it: The Lyrids are one of the oldest known meteor showers, with records dating back 2,700 years. This website and its associated newspaper are members of Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). Check the table below and find dates for all the major meteor showers visible in the UK. The Lyrids should be visible with the naked eye, dependent on a couple of factors.