Tag: meteor
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October Meteor Showers: The Orionids and Draconids!
Today, we are yet again looking to the October sky, and we’re going to look at a couple of the minor events that we skipped over in the previous piece. I mentioned last time that the Moon is having a reasonable conjunction with Saturn early in the month, and we’re coming forward to the Full…
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August Meteor Showers: The Perseids and More!
Today, we’re going to be taking a look at the Perseid meteor shower and the Eta Eridanid meteor shower, along with a couple of others. To begin with, before we move into darkness, before we move into the countryside, before we do anything else, I’m going to set the number of meteors in the Stellarium…
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A Comparison of Meteor Showers: July versus August
Today, we are going to take a quick look at a few different meteor showers, beginning with the meteor showers that are peaking at the moment in late July. Then we’ll take a look ahead to the meteor shower that will be peaking once we come into August. We’re starting with sunset on the 28th…
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Late December Sky: The Geminids Meteor Shower and the Moon
Today we are going to be continuing to look at the very end of this year We won’t look forward into next year just yet but we will look at some things other than the planets. There are of course plenty of planets up top be seen all month long, with Venus, Saturn, the Moon…
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November Meteors and Comet S1 Atlas Update
Today we will be looking ahead at the meteor showers that are coming up in November as well as quickly revisiting the Greatest Elongation of Mercury and taking a quick look at what could have been with Comet C/2024 S1 ATLAS. Mercury will reach its greatest eastern elongation later this month, meaning it will be…
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The Perseid Meteor Shower: When They Look Best
Today we are looking at the Perseids again. I did take a quick look at the Perseids last year at around this time, but they are such an impressive meteor shower they deserve to be mentioned again. Starting right at sunset will mean that the Moon is in the sky, but very low to the…
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