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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

One of 2024’s Last #MeteorShowers Is About to Reach Its Peak
The astronomical event, which overlaps with the Winter #Solstice, is often overlooked because of the winter chill.
#Meteors from the #Ursids appear near the Little Dipper, which is part of the constellation Ursa Minor. Only skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere will have a chance of seeing this shower. Moon will be just over half full, making streaks in sky even more challenging to spot.
nytimes.com/2024/12/20/science
archive.ph/bEtLJ

A rendering of the orbit followed by the Ursids meteor shower. The white line shows the shower’s path, and the bright blue line in the middle represents the Earth’s orbit.
The New York Times · How to Watch the Ursids Meteor Shower as It Peaks During the Winter SolsticeBy Katrina Miller
StargazingGoat

#meteorshowers occur when we pass through debris clouds crossing Earth's orbit. Often left behind after a #comet pass, more "spectacular" showers come from certain comets.
In particular, the annual November Leonid #meteor shower of Comet 55P/ Tempel-Tuttle gets 10-15 meteors/hr, and possible meteor storms every ~33 yrs. In 1833, viewers saw thousands of #shootingstars per MINUTE.

#astrodon #Astronomy #apocalypse #stars #space

Source: earthsky.org/astronomy-essenti

Engraving: Adolf Vollmy, 1889

Astroniz

So how was your #Geminids2022 observation? Mine was... Cloudy. 4th time in a row. Yey...

Anyway, the International Meteor Organization (IMO) provides a comprehensive article about this meteor stream.

If you still want to try to observe some meteors, take a look at live meteor radars. There you can't see, but hear them! #space #science #astronomy #Astrodon #meteorshowers

imo.net/viewing-the-geminid-me

www.imo.netViewing the Geminid Meteor Shower in 2022 | IMOMichel Deconinck drew this watercolor from Geminid meteors observed on the morning of December 14, 2021, from Artignosc-sur-Verdon, France. Notice how all of these Geminid meteors are parallel and shoot from one point in the sky. This is what one would see if facing directly at the radiant for several hours. © Michel Deconinck The most…
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