{"id":21181,"date":"2017-04-20T22:38:32","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T21:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=21181"},"modified":"2017-04-20T22:38:32","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T21:38:32","slug":"lyrid-meteor-shower-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=21181","title":{"rendered":"Lyrid Meteor Shower 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 524px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 524\/296;background-image: none; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 5px 10px 5px 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"A meteor\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/meteor.jpg\" alt=\"A meteor\" width=\"524\" height=\"296\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/>The Mirror has some handy advice for people who might want to watch the Lyrid meteor shower this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, you need to look up at the sky to see if it\u2019s clear, because if it\u2019s not you won\u2019t see anything. Having established the clarity of the sky, you then need to keep looking up because that\u2019s where the meteors will be.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m glad they told me that. I\u2019d never have figured it out by myself.<\/p>\n<p>Somewhat more relevant, other than the fact that it is the \u201csecond brightest star in the sky\u201d, is that Vega is in the North East (the two stars on the handle side of the pan of The Plough point roughly towards it). The Mirror doesn\u2019t mention that &#8211; which is odd, since most of its readers would probably need help finding the sky, let alone a specific star given only by name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mirror has some handy advice for people who might want to watch the Lyrid meteor shower this weekend. Apparently, you need to look up at the sky to see if it\u2019s clear, because if it\u2019s not you won\u2019t see anything. 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