With the Perseids Meteor Shower ending on August 24th I find myself anticipating other meteor showers later in the year. Unfortunately I had cloudy skies and only saw a few meteors. Here are the meteor showers happening now. Please be advised that except for the Perseids, (not the September Perseids) the following are minor meteor [...]
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Next Meteor Shower – June Bootids
The next meteor shower is the June Bootids, this is the first summer shower. The Bootids meteor shower starts June 22nd and peaks on June 27th and ends July 2nd. The shower’s parent comet orbits our Sun once about every six years or so; the Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke reached a point closest to our Sun in [...]
January – When is the Next Meteor Shower?
Besides the Quadrantids Meteor Shower the first quarter of the year is pretty slow for meteor showers. The next meteor shower starts January 28th and is not considered a major shower and is not particular a good meteor shower for viewers in the northern hemisphere. If you reside in the southern hemisphere or plan to [...]
Quadrantids Peak Has Passed
Hello Meteor Gazers, If you’re looking to view the Quadrantids Meteor Shower and reading this post, you probably missed it. You’ll have to wait until next year. The Quadrantids is a very focused peak that occurred at 12:50 Universal Time on January 3rd. If in fact you did get out there to view some meteors [...]
