{"id":205471,"date":"2026-04-22T00:13:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T00:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/205471\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T00:13:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T00:13:22","slug":"lyrid-meteor-shower-is-tonight-how-to-see-it-prep-for-next-one-nbc-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/205471\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyrid meteor shower is tonight! How to see it, prep for next one \u2013 NBC New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re into making wishes on shooting stars, this may be your week. <\/p>\n<p>The Lyrids should produce between 15 and 20 meteors per hour.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The annual Lyrid meteor shower, which is active through April 25, will peak Tuesday night. The meteors will emanate from near the constellation Lyra, which is where the meteor shower\u2019s name comes from. <\/p>\n<p>Specifically, look for the star Vega, part of Lyra and one of the brightest bodies in the night sky. It will rise above the northeastern horizon shortly after 9 p.m. and rise high in the sky after midnight.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image_de905c.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>While the peak of the meteor shower is Tuesday night, the best viewing will probably come Monday night, when skies are clearer.\u00a0 It\u2019ll be cold, though, with low temperatures dropping to below freezing away from the city, so bundle up if you plan to head out stargazing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image_1e8caf.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday night may produce more meteors, but clouds will move in and make viewing impossible.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image_f046fe.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>For best viewing, you\u2019ll want minimal light pollution.\u00a0 That means steer clear of city lights.\u00a0 Also, wait until the moon sets (just after midnight Monday night) so that the sky is as dark as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019re into making wishes on shooting stars, this may be your week. The Lyrids should produce between&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[10014,9,24,55,54,56,3448],"class_list":["post-205471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-astronomy","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}