According to the American Meteor Society, the Draconids will peak Tuesday night into Wednesday morning and the South Taurid meteor shower will peak Wednesday night into Thursday morning.
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Sternschnuppen aus dem Stier für Frühaufsteher
Immer am 9. oder 10. Oktober kreuzt die Erde den Sternschnuppen-Schwarm der Südlichen Tauriden. Ursprung dieses Meteor-Regens ist vermutlich ein zerborstener Komet. Und deswegen haben die Tauriden wunderschöne Leuchtkugeln im Gepäck.
The Geminid meteor shower is coming to a sky near you Thursday night
Geminid meteors are bright and fast (79,000 mph), and the shower is famous for producing fireballs, which are meteors brighter than magnitude -4, the same magnitude as the planet Venus.
Here‘s How New York City Would Look if Stars Were Visible in the Night Sky
Like any other bustling metropolis, it‘s impossible to see much in New York‘s night sky beyond the Moon and whatever clouds are sulking about.
That‘s mainly because of all the light pollution produced by the city, which obscures the stars and other cosmic phenomena until you drive a far enough distance away from the city. And that‘s what makes this video from the SKYGLOW project so striking: