The Lyrids meteor shower can be observed in Vietnam from April 15 to 26, VnExpress quoted an astronomer as saying on Wednesday.

The Lyrids meteor shower can be observed in Vietnam from April 15 to 26, VnExpress quoted an astronomer as saying on Wednesday.

It will peak on April 21 with some 20 meteors every hour until the next morning, Nguyen Duc Phuong of the Vietnam Association of Astronomy – Cosmography said.

“The meteor will occur at the beginning of a lunar month when there is no moonlight, which is good for observing astronomical phenomena,” he added.

Experts said though Lyrids is not the strongest of annual meteor showers, it is interesting for two reasons: its history – being first observed at least 2,600 years ago -- and its unexplainable surge, sometimes with an outburst of some 100 meteors per hour.