Keep eyes peeled for meteor shower this weekend

The clearing skies this weekend are coinciding nicely with the Lyrid Meteor Shower, which peaks in the pre-dawn hours both early Saturday morning and Sunday morning (April 21-22). The shower isn't among the best of the year, but can showcase as many as 15-20 "shooting stars" per hour as the Earth passes through Comet Thatcher.

We get an added bonus this year that it's coming at the time of new moon, so no pesky moonlight to wash out the night sky. The meteors will be coming out of the Lyrid constellation in the southern sky. Here is a NASA video with more information: