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elleng

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Mon May 30, 2022, 06:25 PM May 2022

Monday night meteor shower to be once-in-a-lifetime event. [View all]

Monday night will be an opportunity to witness a brand new meteor shower that has never been seen before.

Night sky watchers in North America have the best chance of seeing the tau Herculid shower, with NASA recommending around 1 a.m. on the East Coast or 10 p.m. on the West Coast as the best times to look up. The moon is new, so there will be no moonlight to obscure the meteors.

On average, there could be four meteors per minute - and up to 1,000 per hour.

“If you want to see this potential big event, go outside - 12:30...1 a.m. on Monday night into Tuesday morning - look in the north and you're going to be looking for the big dipper, which will be hanging down like a pot," Storch said. "Almost everybody knows the big dipper and just like this pot, the handle is curved so you follow the handle, and you make an arc to a bright star. The Arc to Arcturus. Watch that spot and any meteors that are visible will be coming toward you.”

https://www.wyff4.com/article/meteor-showers-sky-space-see-look/40141850?

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