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Draconids Meteor Shower

The Draconids Meteor shower known best for the meteor swarm it produced in 1933 where more than 54,000 meteors were seen streaking across the sky at a rate of about 6000 per hour! The main source of the meteoroids is from the comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner. As the Draconids enter our atmosphere, they burn a faint yellow [...]