Written by The event produces some of the year’s fastest meteors, although the nearly full moon may make them challenging to spot. Source link
It is important to stress again that at the outset that any suggestion of a spectacular meteor Leonid display this year is, to put it mildly, overly optimistic. Unless the Leonid meteor shower provides an unexpectedly rich shower at its maximum on Sunday morning (Nov. 17), this year’s display will be ruined by the moon, […]
The Leonids have a reputation for being a reliable meteor shower with fast, bright meteors that can number up to 15 an hour. The dust grains that we see burning up to form the Leonids have come from the tail of comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle, which can strike our planet’s atmosphere with speeds of up to 70km […]
Viewing the Taurids may be affected by the illumination of the Moon, which could obscure some of the fainter meteors. The Moon will be in a waxing gibbous phase – going from half moon to full moon. Plus, as we have seen recently, it is hard to see anything in the sky if there is […]
For the next week or so, if you happen to be outside during the overnight hours and happen to catch a glimpse of a bright and colorful “shooting star” you might very well have just caught sight of a Taurid meteor. This annual meteor display shows up like clockwork every year between the middle of […]
The dazzling spectacle, which occurs when Earth passes through debris left behind from the rare comet, is expected to peak between midnight and dawn. October has brought the northern lights, a Hunter’s supermoon, and now a meteor shower? Why, yes, that’s exactly right. Source link