If you want to catch some bright Lyrid meteors, wake up and go outside one or two hours before dawn on Thursday, April 22nd.
Earth is passing through a stream of debris from Comet Thatcher ( the source of the annual Lyrid meteor shower and tomorrow is when the shower peaks...)
They stream from a point in the constellation Lyra near the bright star Vega. (er, just look to the East)
Expect to see about 30 shooting stars per hour, (that one every two minutes!)...