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Lyrids Meteor Shower peaks on April 22 Figure 1. Photo credits to meteorshowersonline I have featured several meteor showers on this blog, like the annual Perseid Meteor Shower in August, and the November Leonids Meteor Shower.  This time around, another faithful meteor shower, the Lyrids, invites us to make a wish upon a falling star. From the PAGASA Website, it explains...

sI've never seen a shooting star in my life. Or I don't remember. Will try to catch some for a wish or two tonight. From Perseid to Leonids - Meteor Shower crazy In August of this year, I blogged about the Perseid Meteor Shower . I was excited because I usually find out about these stuff after the fact, but that time I went out and walked around the compound for a couple of nights in a row, hoping to catch one. It turned out to be a disappointment: It was drizzling, and the clouds were too thick to see the sky, much less any meteor showers. This time around, I'm optimistic. Local weather station PAGASA says...

I just found out that there is an ongoing meteor shower called the Perseid Meteor Shower , and that it is peaking TONIGHT (Aug 12)! It's a great night to sit under the stars and wish on a shooting star (or a hundred shooting stars just to be sure). :D So, tonight, get you boyfriend, your girlfriend, your special someone to spend a few minutes looking at the sky. Make sure it's dark to get a better view of the night sky. I guess, a candle-lit dinner will be perfect. ;) Details of meteor shower, where to look, i.e. what constellations to look for, and other geeky stuff after the jump... Here is the info excerpt from the PAGASA Website : "The famous Perseids meteor shower will be observed with its peak on the late night of August 12 until dawn on the following day...occasionally, an exceptional shower may show tens or even hundreds of meteors per minute, but around 50 meteors per hour is more typical." The Perseids meteor shower is the most reliable one, which ...

"I was born on a syzygy." "And what is a syzygy?" I have been asked several times already, so here's a quick explanation! Where did the word come from? Pronounce as [see-zee-jee], it is late Latin syz ygia conjunction, from Greek, from syzygos yoked together, from syn- + zygon yoke. And If you've seen the musical " The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee ", it's one of the first words they spell. :D Haha! "...a syzygy is basically an alignment of celestial bodies." Syzygy definition : In Astronomy, a syzygy is basically an alignment of celestial bodies. From earth, when we see a solar or lunar eclipse, it means the moon, the earth and the sun are in alignment or in conjunction, hence the shadow of one on another. This is not limited to the sun, moon and earth, solar eclipses and lunar eclipses. Syzygies may be made up of the different celestial bodies in a gravitational system, e.g. our solar system. So which one w...