Philosophy
Short notice, but tomorrow morning [Tuesday, October 21st] will offer the Orionid meteor shower--harbinger to the November Leonid meteor shower.
If you wake up before sunrise on Tuesday, Oct. 21st, set aside 15 minutes or so to watch the sky around Orion. You might see some meteors. The annual Orionid meteor shower, caused by dusty debris from Halley's Comet, is peaking today and tomorrow. Little was expected of this year's display because a bright Moon is hanging in the pre-dawn sky, causing an interfering glare. Surprisingly, however, sky watchers on Oct. 20th witnessed 15 or more Orionids per hour, many of them brighter than first magnitude stars. If this stronger-than-expected display spills into Tuesday, you might be glad to wake up early.--Spaceweather.com
More information including a map...
Spaceweather.com
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Philosophy
Orionid meteor shower
Short notice, but tomorrow morning [Tuesday, October 21st] will offer the Orionid meteor shower--harbinger to the November Leonid meteor shower.
If you wake up before sunrise on Tuesday, Oct. 21st, set aside 15 minutes or so to watch the sky around Orion. You might see some meteors. The annual Orionid meteor shower, caused by dusty debris from Halley's Comet, is peaking today and tomorrow. Little was expected of this year's display because a bright Moon is hanging in the pre-dawn sky, causing an interfering glare. Surprisingly, however, sky watchers on Oct. 20th witnessed 15 or more Orionids per hour, many of them brighter than first magnitude stars. If this stronger-than-expected display spills into Tuesday, you might be glad to wake up early.--Spaceweather.com
More information including a map...
Spaceweather.com
- Draconid Meteor Shower...october 7-8
Spaceweather.com... Earth is about to pass through a stream of debris from comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner, source of the annual Draconid meteor shower. Last year, Europeans witnessed a faint but furious outburst of 600 meteors per hour when the shower...
- Spoiler: The Moon And The Leonid Meteor Shower
Last major, traditional meteor shower of the year [except for the Geminids on December 13]. The event will arrive on the night of November 17th around midnight. EarthSky... November 17, late night until dawn the following morning Leonids The Leonid...
- Geminid Meteor Shower
Last major meteor shower for 2009 will happen this December 13-14. "The best meteor shower of 2009, the Geminids, should put on a rousing show the night of December 13/14. Use Astronomy magazine's helpful tips, along with a finder chart, how-to video,...
- Lastest Data On The Perseid Meteor Shower
spaceweather.com... This year's Perseid meteor shower could be even better than usual. According to NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, a filament of comet dust has drifted across Earth's path and when Earth passes through it, sometime between...
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Heads up star gazers, it's time to take a shower...a Perseid meteor shower in August. This is the annual harbinger of major meteor events beginning with the Perseid meteor shower, followed by the Orionids meteor shower [October 15th to the 29th with...