Meteor shower

A potential meteor shower may emerge from Hercules tonight (May 31-31). Keep your eyes peeled and your fingers crossed.

Read our guide on how to photograph meteors and meteor showers for more helpful tips to plan out your photo session. If the meteor shower doesn't pan out as planned, or you get clouded out or busy, instead consider some upcoming meteor showers of 2022 to plan your next excursion. Another factor behind whether we will see a "storm" or not will be whether Earth passes through the thickest part of the comet's debris stream. The comet has a temperamental history. If you're hoping to photograph the tau Herculid meteor shower, or want to prepare your gear for the next skywatching event, check out our best cameras for astrophotography and best lenses for astrophotography. If you're looking for a good camera for meteor showers and astrophotography, our top pick is the Nikon D850. Check out our best cameras for astrophotography for more and prepare for the tau Herculids with our guide on how to photograph a meteor shower.

The shower, dubbed the Tau Herculid shower, will be an "all or nothing" event and if it happens, 1000 shooting stars could fill the skies.

The shower's direction will also be high in the sky at peak times. Astronomers are not certain whether the meteor shower will happen because the comet's debris should be traveling at 10 miles per second—a slow speed when compared to other meteors. It was discovered that the comet continued to shatter, causing it to shine about 600 times brighter. Meteor showers occur when the Earth passes through the fragmented remains of a comet or asteroid. But if it does, the sky could be filled with a thousand shooting stars. Since then, it has continued to break apart.

For those on or near the Eastern seaboard, NASA says that the best chance to view the tau Herculid shower will be at around 1 a.m. on Tuesday, or 10 p.m. on the ...

According to NASA, the comet wasn’t seen again until the late 1970s. To increase your chances of watching the celestial event, astronomers say you’ll want to be outside at least an hour before this so your eyes have a chance to adjust to the dark. Scientists say that the planet will be passing through the debris trail of a broken comet that was first discovered nearly 100 years ago.

Observers in North America will have the best view, but there's no guarantee that the Tau Herculids will put on a light show.

People living in areas where the sky will be bright, such as in Australia, can watch the meteor shower online at the Virtual Telescope Project. Astronomer Peter Brown from Western University said as many as 30 to 40 meteors may be visible each hour, but it could be more. The meteor shower will peak at 1:00 a.m. ET on the morning of May 31, or 10:00 p.m. PT on the evening of May 30. Excitingly, observations made with NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope in 2009 “indicate that at least some fragments are moving fast enough,” and “this is one reason why astronomers are excited,” the space agency added. This meteor shower is produced by debris from Comet 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann 3, and it’s typically very quiet, but the situation is a bit different this year. Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 was discovered in the 1930s and it orbits the Sun once every 5.4 years.

If you're hoping to see the potential tau Herculids meteor shower, NASA advises you to check the weather and be ready for the unexpected.

Read our guide on how to photograph meteors and meteor showers for more helpful tips to plan out your photo session. (Your culture may use different names for these regions, for which we are using the International Astronomical Union monikers.) The peak time to watch is around 1 a.m. on the east coast or 10 p.m. on the west coast, according to NASA. For your best sighting possible, bring a lawn chair, move away from artificial lights as much as possible, and give your eyes at least 20 minutes to adjust to the darkness. Even if the meteors strike our atmosphere, however, the tau Herculids are moving slowly by meteor standards and will generate a faint show, NASA warned. Back then, the most optimistic predictions said there could be an outburst of 400 to 1,000 meteors per hour, although the agency did warn in 2019 that the show could end up being a bust. But astronomers are excited about the potential of a swarm of new shooting stars nonetheless.

Sam Storch is a retired planetarium astronomer and also a current member of the Astronomical Society of the Palm Beaches. Storch said the tau Herculids meteor ...

(Gray News) – Stargazers in North America can catch a spectacular show in the sky tonight. Earth is expected to pass through the debris trail of a broken ...

According to EarthSky.com, it’s not known whether the meteors will be bright or faint or how many there will be. The meteors will travel slowly across the sky, so people who are watching in a dark sky area will have a better chance of seeing them, as slow-moving meteors tend to be fainter, the website says. According to the space agency, the best time to check out the Tau Herculids meteor shower on the east coast is around 1 a.m. For those on the west coast, the best time to look is around 10 p.m.

What is it: The tau Herculids shower, which is forecast to peak overnight, was first discovered as a comet back in 1930, according to NASA. German observers ...

SW3 orbits the Sun every 5.4 years. It has continued to fragment further since 1995 and its debris will strike Earth's atmosphere very slowly, according to NASA ...

The Tau Herculids meteor showers happen from May 19 and June 19. Will a new— NASA Solar System (@NASASolarSystem) #meteorshower, the tau Herculids, put on a spectacular show the night of May 30-31? But if you have clear weather, the moonless sky should be beautiful for stargazing anyway.

The tau Herculids meteor shower is set to splash our sky with shooting stars. Fortunately the sky conditions couldn't be better for Michigan, ...

It wouldn’t be a bad idea to stay up late and watch for the meteor shower. The numbers on the forecast map represent what percentage of the sky will be covered with clouds. Fortunately the sky conditions couldn’t be better for Michigan, and that is rare for a sky event. That means the peak time in western U.S. will be around 10 p.m. this evening. He advises we better start looking for the meteors around 10 p.m. in case the peak comes early. The tau Herculids meteor shower is set to splash our sky with shooting stars.

On Monday night, Earth will travel through the debris trails of a broken comet named 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann or SW3, for short, according to a NASA blog. "Will ...

Will a new— NASA Solar System (@NASASolarSystem) #meteorshower, the tau Herculids, put on a spectacular show the night of May 30-31? "We can't be certain what we'll see," Lee Mohon wrote on NASA's Watch The Skies blog. The meteor shower can also be viewed via the Virtual Telescope Project.

The Tau Herculids, a new meteor shower, has the potential to be stunning on Monday night.

With such a short window for viewing the peak of the potential shower, it will be important to find your viewing spot well before that window. You want to be ready and to have given your eyes time to adjust to the darkness so you can see as many meteors as possible. With such a short window for viewing the peak of the potential shower, it will be important to find your viewing spot well before that window. "If the debris from SW3 was traveling more than 220 miles per hour when it separated from the comet, we might see a nice meteor shower," Cooke said in a NASA blog post. "If the fragments from were ejected with speeds greater than twice the normal speeds--fast enough to reach Earth--we might get a meteor shower," NASA says. \"If the debris had slower ejection speeds, then nothing will make it to Earth and there will be no meteors from this comet.\" \r\n \r\nIf there is something to see, it's a great night for a meteor shower, as long you have clear skies. With such a short window for viewing the peak of the potential shower, it will be important to find your viewing spot well before that window. \"If the debris from SW3 was traveling more than 220 miles per hour when it separated from the comet, we might see a nice meteor shower,\" Cooke said in a NASA blog post. \"If the fragments from were ejected with speeds greater than twice the normal speeds--fast enough to reach Earth--we might get a meteor shower,\" NASA says. With such a short window for viewing the peak of the potential shower, it will be important to find your viewing spot well before that window. \"If the debris from SW3 was traveling more than 220 miles per hour when it separated from the comet, we might see a nice meteor shower,\" Cooke said in a NASA blog post. \"If the fragments from were ejected with speeds greater than twice the normal speeds--fast enough to reach Earth--we might get a meteor shower,\" NASA says.

According to NASA, a new meteor shower could be visible across North America Monday night and early Tuesday morning.

Even better, the Moon is new, so there will be no moonlight to wash out the faint meteors." However, if the fragments were ejected at speeds greater than twice the normal speeds—fast enough to reach Earth—a meteor shower might occur. "If it makes it to us this year, the debris from SW3 will strike Earth’s atmosphere very slowly, traveling at just 10 miles per second – which means much fainter meteors than those belonging to the eta Aquariids," Bill Cooke said, who leads NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office. "But North American stargazers are taking particular note this year because the tau Herculid radiant will be high in the night sky at the forecast peak time.

On Monday night, Earth will travel through the debris trails of a broken comet named 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann or SW3, for short, according to a NASA blog. "Will ...

Will a new— NASA Solar System (@NASASolarSystem) #meteorshower, the tau Herculids, put on a spectacular show the night of May 30-31? "We can't be certain what we'll see," Lee Mohon wrote on NASA's Watch The Skies blog. The meteor shower can also be viewed via the Virtual Telescope Project.

A rare and potentially "spectacular" meteor shower may streak across the sky late Monday night, according to NASA.

Astronomers say a meteor shower is possible Monday night into early Tuesday. On Monday night, Earth will travel through the debris trails of a broken comet ...

"We can't be certain what we'll see," Lee Mohon wrote on NASA's Watch The Skies blog. The meteor shower can also be viewed via the Virtual Telescope Project. Maybe, maybe not," NASA's planetary science division tweeted.

The Tau Herculids meteor shower could produce a meteor storm, as astronomers are calling it, but it depends on a lot that's going on with the debris from comet ...

(Above: Cannon Beach, all photos Oregon Coast Beach Connection) However, all areas of western Oregon and Washington go to mostly cloudy tomorrow night (Tuesday). That debris field will miss Earth and our blue orb and the debris will both be on their merry, separate ways. Forecast for Lincoln City northward, up through Seaside, Long Beach or Westport in Washington is mostly cloudy – which means some minor breaks in the clouds. Contact Advertise on Oregon Coast Beach Connection By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff

NASA says there is a chance that people in Southern California will be able to see a new meteor shower emerge on Monday night, with peak viewing occurring ...

Astronomers describe this as a “hit or miss” event visually. NASA also said it is possible that the meteor shower — known as the tau Herculids — will not be visible. NASA says there is a chance that people in Southern California will be able to see a new meteor shower emerge on Monday night, with peak viewing occurring around 10 p.m.

NASA scientists said a new meteor shower, the tau Herculids, could peak late Monday and early Tuesday, bringing stunning light displays to the night sky.

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(Gray News) – Stargazers in North America can catch a spectacular show in the sky tonight. Earth is expected to pass through the debris trail of a broken ...

According to EarthSky.com, it’s not known whether the meteors will be bright or faint or how many there will be. The meteors will travel slowly across the sky, so people who are watching in a dark sky area will have a better chance of seeing them, as slow-moving meteors tend to be fainter, the website says. According to the space agency, the best time to check out the Tau Herculids meteor shower on the east coast is around 1 a.m. For those on the west coast, the best time to look is around 10 p.m.

The shower was caused by the comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann or SW3 and had the potential to light the sky with 1,000 shooting stars. However, it appeared many ...

Meteor showers occur when the Earth passes through the fragmented debris of a comet or asteroid. This is because in the 1970s, astronomers lost sight of the 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann or SW3 comet. The shower would have been visible across North America and Canada, in areas with clear skies and low light pollution. "Caught a meteor in the bottom right. Since then, it has continued to break apart. go outside yall!"

Some lucky night sky watchers caught a glimpse of a brand new meteor shower on Monday night, as Earth passed through the debris trail of a crumbling comet.

Interestingly, another meteor shower peaks on the same night -- the Alpha Capricornids. Although this is a much weaker shower, it has been known to produce some bright fireballs during its peak. It was unclear whether the debris would strike Earth's atmosphere at a high enough velocity to cause a meteor shower. New meteor showers like this one are relatively rare.