The fixed stars vanished; the night sky was slashed by countless streaks as meteors fell like rain. Modern astronomers identify this as the earliest definite record of the Lyrid meteor shower, over 2,700 years ago.
Account
The fixed stars vanished; the night sky was suddenly slashed by countless streaks as meteors fell like rain. Modern astronomers identify this as the earliest definite record of the Lyrid meteor shower, over 2,700 years ago.
Sources
- Spring and Autumn Annals: "The fixed stars were not seen; at midnight, stars fell like rain."
- Zuo Zhuan, Duke Zhuang 7