Herculids meteor shower

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Tau Herculids meteor shower puts on a 'decent' display - CNN (CNN)

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.

New tau Herculid meteor shower drops bright fireballs, but no ... (Space.com)

"Shooting stars" from a new meteor shower lit up the night sky in a dazzling display, even if it wasn't a "meteor storm" some stargazers hoped for.

pic.twitter.com/5ffsY5onBPMay 31, 2022 Read our guide on how to photograph meteors and meteor showers for more helpful tips to plan out your photo session. From rural Central Texas, I could see quite a few short-burst but bright little fireballs. pic.twitter.com/QzYsx3z2cdMay 31, 2022 ( NASA had warned the storm would only happen if debris was moving faster than 220 mph or 321 km/h, and its meteor expert Bill Cooke cautioned it was an " all or nothing event." August is usually a great time, as this year the bright Perseids peak around Aug. 11 to 12. (The translation from French was performed by Space.com.) I managed to capture one zooming past Ursa Major (the "Big Dipper:) with a 12mm lens and Nikon D750 @ ISO8000 (!). #TauHerculids #meteor #astronomy pic.twitter.com/d58sKUji8MMay 31, 2022 pic.twitter.com/XVome9qnx0May 31, 2022 No meteor storm, but certainly a few #TauHerculids tonight, and an excuse to shoot the Milky Way. @DamAstronomy @Chesapecten @Astroguyz @BadAstronomer @JeffEdmondsonWX pic.twitter.com/htfHAZdzR4May 31, 2022 Bright, slow moving Tau Herculid meteor over northern Los Angeles.#TauHerculids pic.twitter.com/XGIrigQKx8May 31, 2022 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.

PHOTOS: Meteor shower seen from Nevada state park (KXAN.com)

A meteor shower blessed parts of the country with views overnight Memorial Day into Tuesday.

Tau Herculids meteor shower: 8 photos shared by skygazers (ActionNewsJax.com)

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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Dazzling tau Herculids meteor shower lights up sky. Check out these ... (WION)

A brand new shooting star lit up the sky in a dazzling display overnight Monday and Tuesday, even if it wasn't a "meteor storm" as some stargazers hoped ...

Tau Herculids meteor shower lights up the night sky (CBS News)

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Did you see it? People across the nation could see a dazzling display in the sky overnight, thanks to a broken comet passing earth.

"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 before the meteor shower occurred. Cooke is the leader of 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." The debris trails are of a broken comet called SW3. The comet became fragmented in 1995.