Recent Meteor Shower

By sean martin published.

Recent meteor shower. Click and drag to explore other parts of the sky. Cnn the perseid meteor shower one of the most popular meteor showers of the year will face some competition from the moon this year during its peak. The geminids are usually the strongest meteor shower of the year and meteor enthusiasts are certain to circle december 13 and 14 on their calendars.

New meteor shower interactive sky map. If earth travels through this stream we will see a meteor shower. The interactive meteor shower sky map shows the position of the radiant in the night sky above any location.

A meteor shower is a spike in the number of meteors or shooting stars that streak through the night sky. A meteor shower is when a number of meteors or shooting stars flash across the night sky seemingly from the same point. Most meteor showers are spawned by comets.

13 24 thu aug 13 2020. As a comet orbits the sun it sheds an icy dusty debris stream along its orbit. See meteor shower animation to find out visibility conditions for viewing the meteor shower from your location.

Although the meteors can appear anywhere in the. This is the one major shower that provides good activity prior to midnight as the constellation of gemini is well placed from 22 00 onward. The geminids are often bright and intensely colored.