As we drift into spring, the meteor season begins with the earliest of the annual showers, the Lyrids. This year, they span from April 16 through April 25, peaking late the night of April 22. Fog permitting, look to the northeast for the radiant point, the star Vega in the constellation Lyra, named for the harp. The new moon rises on Sunday, April 27 with a series of very low negative tides around sunrise.
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