Lyrids

The radiant of the meteor shower is located near the constellations Lyra and Hercules, near the bright star Vega.

However, some meteors can be brighter, known as "Lyrid fireballs", cast shadows for a split second and leave behind smokey debris trails that last minutes.

[5] Occasionally, the shower intensifies when the planets steer the one-revolution dust trail of the comet into Earth's path, an event that happens about once every 60 years.

A stronger storm of up to 700 per hour occurred in 1803,[7] and was observed by a journalist in Richmond, Virginia: Shooting stars.

This electrical phenomenon was observed on Wednesday morning last at Richmond and its vicinity, in a manner that alarmed many, and astonished every person that beheld it.