The moon again refuses to cooperate with sky gazers in 2022 making the year a less-than-stellar one for meteor shower fans. Still, we have a few surprises in store including a brand new shoer, the Tau Herculids, which may be visible for the first time in 2022.
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The Leonid meteor shower begins tonight – here’s how to watch the sky’s brilliant show!
It’s that time of year again – the Earth is about to drive through the stream of debris that trails the Tempel-Tuttle comet – and that means METEOR SHOWER! The spectacular Leonid meteor shower will steak meteors from a point just below the head of the constellation Leo, the lion (hence the shower’s name -…
Leonid meteor shower will have an unusual two separate peaks this week – November 17 and November 20
The annual Leonid meteor shower, one of the best annual meteor showers, will be reaching its peak this week although the showing is not expected to be spectacular with only 10-15 meteors per hour projected. This year the shower is a bit unusual with two peaks expected – one on Saturday morning (11/17/2012) and the…