""We only get to see the actual comet once every 415 years. But we pass through the grains that have been left in its wake every year around the same time," said Maria Valdes, who studies meteorites and works at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago."
""A meteor looks like a trail of light in the sky. What you tend to detect is the motion against the background," said astronomer Lisa Will with San Diego City College."
The Lyrid meteor shower peaks Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, with visibility best in the Northern Hemisphere. Skywatchers can expect to see 10 to 20 meteors per hour, aided by a dim crescent moon that will set before the shower begins. The Lyrids are remnants of comet Thatcher, which is visible every 415 years. To view the meteors, observers should go outside after midnight, away from city lights, and allow their eyes to adjust to the dark.
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