The Lyrids Meteor Shower is known for its fast and bright meteors, with occasional fireballs. Meteor showers are named after the constellation where the “shooting stars” appear to be coming from. In the case of the Lyrids, the meteors come from the direction of the...
Stargazers out enjoying the Orionids Meteor Shower might expect to see up to 20 meteors per hour. It is generated from Halley’s Comet. It’s a well-known comet that last graced our night sky in 1986. In December 2024, the comet began its nearly 40-year...
The Perseids Meteor Shower is better seen from northern Western Australia or the northern hemisphere. The radiant point, or the point in the sky where the meteors seem to come from, is very low on the horizon for southern WA which reduces the number of visible...
The Southern delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower usually produces faint meteors, and observing meteor showers can already be tough at the best of times. Getting the best out of a meteor shower requires late nights, dark skies, a little luck, and lots of patience. The...
This year, the conditions aren’t quite perfectly dark for viewing the Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower. The waning Moon will illuminate the night sky at the time and this will reduce visibility of faint meteors. You should still catch some brighter ones though. It’s...
The Geminids meteor shower is generated from asteroid 3200 Phaethon and is one of the most active and best meteor showers to see. Since the asteroid’s discovery on 11th October 1983, by NASA’s Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS), Phaethon has gone around the sun...
A waning crescent moon creates ideal dark sky conditions for this year’s Leonids Meteor Shower. You can make the most of watching for “shooting stars”. The Leonids Meteor Shower is generated from comet Tempel-Tuttle. The shower, which radiates from...
The Quadrantids Meteor Shower is better seen from northern Western Australia. The radiant point, or the point in the sky where the meteors seem to come from, is below the horizon for southern WA which reduces the number of visible shooting stars. It is a popular...
The Alpha Centaurids Meteor Shower gets its name from the apparent origin of the meteors, in this case, the constellation of Centaurus, which rises in the south eastern sky at this time of year. This means that the meteors will appear to come from a south easterly...
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