No Cap! Lyrid Meteor Shower 'Bout to Drop Fireballs! ✨☄️

Look up! Lyrid fireballs will streak through the sky tonight. Bet. The Lyrid meteor shower is hitting its peak tonight! Peep game, it's the oldest one ever, throwing fireballs like it's NBD. Best time to catch it? After midnight, away from city lights. If you're lucky you might catch an outburst, th

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Bet. The Lyrid meteor shower is hitting its peak tonight! Peep game, it's the oldest one ever, throwing fireballs like it's NBD. Best time to catch it? After midnight, away from city lights. If you're lucky you might catch an outburst, though that's not likely til 2042.

The Deets

Okay, fam, listen up! The Lyrid meteor shower is gonna be straight fire tonight (April 21-22). This ain't no basic meteor shower, this is the OG, the oldest one on record. We talking like, history books old.

So, what's the tea? These meteors are leftovers from Comet C/1861 G1 (Thatcher), just chilling in space. When Earth rolls through its leftovers, they start streaking through the sky, giving us a show.

If the sky's clear and you're far from the city glow-up, you might catch up to 20 meteors an hour. But the real flex? The fireballs. These are like, extra-bright meteors that'll make you go "Oooo!"

Word of caution, though: weather in the northeast might be sus. Clearer skies are expected in the West, South, and some parts of the Midwest. But if you're in the Northern Hemisphere, your best bet is to look northeast between midnight and dawn.

Now, every 60 years, this shower goes OFF with an "outburst," way more meteors than usual. Last time that happened was '82, so we gotta wait 'til 2042 for the next one. But still, keep your eyes peeled tonight for some intergalactic fireworks! ✨

Abbreviations Glossary

Abbreviation Full Form
No Cap Seriously, for real.
Bet Okay, agreed, I understand.
Peep game Listen up, pay attention.
NBD No big deal.
Straight fire Really good, excellent.
OG Original.
Tea Gossip, news.
Flex Show off.
Sus Suspicious.

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