--- title: Lyrid Meteor Shower Livestream description: Live footage of the annual celestial event as it reaches its peak canonical: https://time.com/3829883/lyrid-meteor-shower-livestream/ author: Dan Stewart article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-22T23:55:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T06:33:12.052Z article:section: Science og:title: Look Up! The Lyrid Meteor Shower Is Nearing Its Peak og:description: But if it's cloudy you can watch a livestream of the celestial event here og:url: https://time.com/3829883/lyrid-meteor-shower-livestream/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbdbfb54f300ccca6/6987ec0d3c163970bf4559ae/meteor-shower.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Meteor shower og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Look Up! The Lyrid Meteor Shower Is Nearing Its Peak twitter:description: But if it's cloudy you can watch a livestream of the celestial event here twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbdbfb54f300ccca6/6987ec0d3c163970bf4559ae/meteor-shower.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: The Lyrid Meteor Shower  by [Dan Stewart](https://time.com/author/dan-stewart/)  ## Dan Stewart Apr 22, 2015 11:55 PM UTC  Meteor MeteorGetty Images  by [Dan Stewart](https://time.com/author/dan-stewart/)  ## Dan Stewart Apr 22, 2015 11:55 PM UTC You’ll want to set your alarm early the next couple of days for a unique celestial display. The annual Lyrid meteor shower will be at its most visible on April 22 and 23, with peak viewing time just before dawn. This year’s shower [coincides with a crescent moon](http://time.com/3829416/watch-lyrid-meteor-shower/), making it a darker night than usual, which allows for better observation of the phenomenon. But don’t fret if the forecast calls for cloudy skies near you—the online observatory Slooh will be hosting a livestream of the shower starting at 8 p.m. E.T. on Wednesday, and you can see it above. Add this page to your favorites, and wake before dawn for a glimpse of one of nature’s best light shows. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3829883/lyrid-meteor-shower-livestream/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3829883/lyrid-meteor-shower-livestream/"},"headline":"Watch Live: The Lyrid Meteor Shower","datePublished":"2015-04-22T23:55:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:33:12.052Z","description":"Live footage of the annual celestial event as it reaches its peak","url":"https://time.com/3829883/lyrid-meteor-shower-livestream/","keywords":["Space"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbdbfb54f300ccca6/6987ec0d3c163970bf4559ae/meteor-shower.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Stewart","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-stewart/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbdbfb54f300ccca6/6987ec0d3c163970bf4559ae/meteor-shower.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Meteor shower","caption":"177595434","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/space/","name":"Space"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3829883/lyrid-meteor-shower-livestream/","name":"Watch Live: The Lyrid Meteor Shower"}}]}] ```