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Meteor Showers

Watch for the Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower this Weekend

April 30, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter An often ignored meteor shower may offer fine prospects for viewing this weekend. The Eta Aquarid meteors provide a dependable display in early May. With a radiant very near a Y-shaped asterism in northern Aquarius, the Eta Aquarids are one of [...]

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More Incredible Geminid Meteor Shower Images and Video

December 18, 2012

“This shot is a composite of about 700 frames from a time-lapse I took in Big Sur, CA. I found 61 frames with meteors in them. (Some frames had two or three meteors.) Then I stacked the frames and created masks for each meteor. This is my final shot!” Credit: Ken Brandon. We have received [...]

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Incredible Sky Show: Geminid Meteor Shower Images from Around the World

December 14, 2012

Geminids at Gates Pass. Composite image from 30 frames of video. Credit: Sean Parker The 2012 Geminid Meteor Shower has lived up to expectations, and here are some images and videos provided by people around the world. “What an incredible show we had here!” said Sean Parker in Tucson, Arizona, USA. “I was able to [...]

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Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight

December 13, 2012

Winter Milky Way Geminids on December 12, 2012. Credit: John Chumack The Geminid Meteor Shower is underway, with the peak on December 13th and 14th! SpaceWeather.com is reporting that international observers are counting as many as 50 meteors per hour as Earth plunges into a stream of debris from rock comet 3200 Phaethon. Astrophotographer John [...]

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Geminid Meteor Shower and Meteorwatch

December 4, 2012

The Geminid Meteor Shower is the grand finale of astronomical events in 2012 and is usually the most reliable and prolific of the annual meteor showers. This year we are in for a special treat as the Moon will be absent when the Geminids are at their peak on the evening of the 12th/ 13th [...]

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