So there will be no moonlight to outshine the meteors, and observers will have an especially dark night sky to enjoy the show. Channone Arif on Flickrįirst is that when the meteor shower peaks on the evening of Wednesday, November 11, the moon will be new. There are a couple of reasons why NASA suspects that this year’s Taurid meteor shower will be worth watching. You can use an app like Star Chart to figure out where Taurus will be in your night sky at peak viewing times. Between the hours of midnight and 3 a.m., Taurus, shown at right, will be high in the night sky above the southern horizon. Most of the meteors will likely appear to come from the direction of the constellation Taurus, hence the name Taurid meteors. The debris collides with our planet, is pulled toward Earth’s center by gravity, and burns up in the atmosphere, producing bright streaks in the night sky that we sometimes refer to as falling stars.Ĭompared to other meteor showers, the Taurid meteors are relatively sluggish, colliding with Earth at speeds of about 65,000 mph - less than half the speed of the rapid Perseid meteors, which move at about 133,000 mph.Īs a result, the Taurids appear to move slowly across the sky, so you can easily spot and track them with your naked eye.
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Meteor showers usually happen when Earth passes through a comet’s stream of residual dust and debris in space. Here’s a map from AccuWeather showing where the best spots in the country are to see the Taurids Monday night: Look to Taurus The best way to watch any meteor shower is to get far away from city lights and look up, no special equipment required. The peak of the shower - when we can see the most meteors per hour - will be the evening of Wednesday, November 11. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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