The next meteor shower, the α-Centaurids, has started. The Alpha Centaurids is a minor meteor shower with usually very little activity. This meteor shower will peak on February 8th and will remain active until February February 21st. Although this shower is considered consistent, it doesn’t produce amazing meteor displays. Meteor gazers [...]
Posts from ‘January, 2010’
Meteor Shower A Quiet Centaur and A Carpenter’s Square
I missed the Quadrantids Meteor Shower due to extreme cold and snowfall. It is always one of my favorite meteor showers of the year. Sadly, during January through March meteor activity practically drops to nothing. A few minor meteor showers will occur between now and April when the Lyrids come back into [...]
Next Meteor Shower – Quadrantids
The next meteor shower is the January 2010 Quadrantids. Last year I was amazed by how active this meteor shower was. The Quadrantids can produce up to 120 meteors per hour and meteors appear bluish-white. When observing the Quadrantids they seem to flicker as they streak across the sky at a startling speed of [...]
