The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks at 1:00 am, MDT, on Thursday, May 6th, 2010. Predicted activity at peak is 60 meteors per hour. The Eta Aquarids are result of the Earth passing through the debris field left behind comet Halley. There is another meteor shower also attributed to Halley’s Comet, the Orionids in October.
The Geminid Meteor Shower peaks at 10:00 pm, MST, on Sunday, December 13th; with a predicted peak rate of 120 meteors per hour.
With New Moon on the 16th, there will be no moonlight to wash out the sky, making this year’s Geminids a shower worth watching Sunday night.
The Geminid shower does not originate from a [...]
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