The Lyrid meteor shower<\/a> is associated with long-period Comet C\/1861 G1 Thatcher.\n<\/p>\n\n “It is the oldest recorded meteor shower still visible today, and was first recorded in 687 BCE.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Stargazers may also be able to catch a glimpse of the Eta Aquariids, which will overlap with the Lyrid meteor shower.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Eta Aquariids meteor shower will be active from April 19, but won’t reach its peak until May 5.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Royal Museums Greenwich said the main thing when trying to catch a glimpse of any meteor shower is to find a dark site, with an unobstructed view of the sky.\n<\/p>\n
\n The museum added: “The number of meteors you actually see will depend on all sorts of things, from the time of night to the level of background light.\n<\/p>\n
\n “A bright sky will drown out the fainter meteors making them much more difficult to see.”\n<\/p>\n
\n For those looking for the best spots in the UK to watch the meteor shower, visit Go Stargazing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"And apparently tonight is the last chance to view this stunning celestial sight, which has wowed sky gazers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":551026,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[90,416,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-551025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/551026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}