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- Orionids meteor shower 21/10/2021 An excellent shower and one of the three best in the year. Theese shooting stars are bits of dust left behind by comet Halley burning up in the atmosphere. Unfortunately there's also a full moon and its glare will block out fainter meteors. .Meteors will radiate from the constellation Orion, but can appear anywhere in…
- Leonids meteor shower 17/11/2021 The Leonids is an average shower produced by dust grains left behind by comet Tempel-Tuttle, which was discovered in 1865. The nearly full moon will dominate the sky this year, blocking all but the brightest meteors.
- Geminids meteor shower - the best! 13/12/2021 The Geminids is the king of the meteor showers and caused by debris left behind by an asteroid known as 3200 Phaethon, which was discovered in 1982. The shower runs annually from December 7-17. It peaks this year on the night of the 13th and morning of the 14th. The waxing gibbous moon will block…
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What to look out for in 2021
Saturn is prominent in the sky through much of Autumn. Over recent years the ringed world has been very low in the sky for UK observers, where the atmosphere is turbulent and views less sharp. But it is starting to … Continue reading
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