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Meteor shower due to be obscured in Vietnam

Vietnamese who enjoy star gazing will be keen to observe the Lyrids meteor shower early on April 23.
Vietnamese who enjoy star gazing will be keen to observe the Lyrids meteor shower early on April 23.

However, it will be hard to see the meteor shower in the country dueto thick cloud and smog, said Nguyen Duc Phuong, Secretary General ofthe Vietnam Astronomy and Cosmography Association.

TheLyrids, which is a medium-sized meteor shower, began on April 16 andwill end on April 26, with the maximum frequency of meteors occurringduring the nights of April 21 and 22. At this time, meteor activity canreach about 20 meteors per hour, Phuong said.

Phuong addedsome astronomy clubs in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City will gather toobserve this event if the weather is fine. The best place to observesuch showers is somewhere dark, away from light pollution, and with themoon out of the field of vision.-VNA
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