Remember how all the major meteor showers in late 2011 were drowned in bright moonlight? It was fun to see meteors streaking along in the moonlight, but … alright, already. Let’s have a moonless meteor night! In fact, the next major meteor shower in 2012 – the Lyrid shower in April – will be virtually moon-free. Mark your calendar for the best night – the evening of April 21 until dawn April 22, 2012. The nights before and after might also feature some Lyrid meteors.
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April 22, 2012 Lyrids
The Lyrid meteors – April’s “shooting stars” – tend to be bright and often leave trails. About 10-20 meteors per hour at peak can be expected. Plus, the Lyrids are known for uncommon surges that can sometimes bring the rate up to 100 per hour. Those rare outbursts are not easy to predict, but they’re one of the reasons the tantalizing Lyrids are worth checking out. The radiant for this shower is in the constellation Lyra, which rises in the northeast at about 10 p.m. Fortunately, in 2012, the new moon guarantees a dark sky in the late night and morning hours, the best time to watch the Lyrid shower. As a general rule, the greatest number of Lyrid meteors fall in the dark hours before dawn. The optimal night will probably be from late night April 21 until dawn April 22, though the night before or after (April 21/22 and April 22/23) may also offer a sprinkling of Lyrid meteors. With no moon to obscure this year’s display, we are assured of dark skies for the 2012 Lyrid meteor shower!
May 5 and 6, 2012 Eta Aquarids
This shower has a relatively broad maximum but is expected to show the greatest number of meteors before dawn on May 5 or 6. Unfortunately, the closest and largest full moon of the year will be out all night long, leaving no dark sky for this year’s Eta Aquarid show. But die-hard meteor enthusiasts will be watching anyway, to see how many Lyrids can be seen in a moonlit sky. At northerly latitudes – like in the northern states and Canada – the meteor numbers are few and far between. In the southern half of the US, 10 to 20 meteors per hour may be visible in a dark sky. Farther south – like in the Southern Hemisphere – the meteor numbers increase dramatically, perhaps two to three times more Eta Aquarid meteors streaking the southern skies. For the most part, this is a predawn shower. The radiant for this shower appears in the east-southeast at about 4 a.m. and the hour or two before dawn offers the most meteors. The broad peak to this shower means that some meteors may fly in the dark hour before dawn for a few days before and after the predicted optimal date. Although the most meteors will probably rain down on May 5 or 6 before dawn, the full moon is sure to wash away all but the brightest Eta Aquarid meteors.
July 28 and 29, 2012 Delta Aquarids
Like the Eta Aquarids, this shower favors the Southern Hemisphere, and the tropical latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere. Although the waxing gibbous moon won’t set till after midnight, the hours between moonset and dawn will probably offer the most Delta Aquarid meteors. (Click here to know when the moon sets in your sky.) The meteors appear to radiate from the southern part of the sky. From northern temperate latitudes, the maximum hourly rate may reach 15-20 meteors in a dark sky. Unlike many meteor showers, this one doesn’t have a very definite peak, despite the dates given above. Instead, these medium-speed meteors ramble along fairly steadily throughout late July and early August. An hour or two before dawn usually presents the most favorable view of the Delta Aquarids. Try watching in late July, in the hours between moonset and dawn.
August 12 and 13, 2012 Perseids
And when we say August 12 or 13, we mean the morning hours after midnight – not that night. The waning crescent moon will rise around midnight, only somewhat obscuring the Perseid display during the shower’s actual peak. The moonlight shouldn’t be so overwhelming as to ruin the show. These typically fast and bright meteors radiate from a point in the constellation Perseus the Hero. You don’t need to know Perseus to watch the shower because the meteors appear in all parts of the sky. The Perseids are considered by many people to be the year’s best shower, and often peak at 50 or more meteors per hour in a dark sky. The Perseids tend to strengthen in number as late night deepens into midnight, and typically produce the most meteors in the wee hours before dawn. These meteors are often bright and frequently leave persistent trains. Starting at mid to late evening on the nights of August 11/12 and 12/13, watch for the Perseid meteors to streak across this short summer night from late night until dawn, with only a little interference from the waning crescent moon.
October 7, 2012 Draconids
The radiant point for the Draconid meteor shower almost coincides with the head of the constellation Draco the Dragon in the northern sky. That’s why the Draconids are best viewed from the Northern Hemisphere. The Draconid shower is a real oddity, in that the radiant point stands highest in the sky as darkness falls. Unlike many meteor showers, the Draconids are more likely to fly in the evening hours than in the morning hours after midnight. This shower is usually a sleeper, producing only a handful of languid meteors per hour in most years. But watch out if the Dragon awakes! In rare instances, fiery Draco has been known to spew forth many hundreds of meteors in a single hour. With no moon to interfere during the evening hours, try watching at nightfall and early evening on October 7 and 8.
October 21, 2012, before dawn. Orionids
With the waxing crescent moon setting before midnight (on October 20), that means a dark sky between midnight and dawn, or during the best viewing hours for the Orionid meteors. On a dark, moonless night, the Orionids exhibit a maximum of about 15 meteors per hour. These fast-moving meteors occasionally leave persistent trains and bright fireballs. If you trace these meteors backward, they seem to come from the Club of the famous constellation Orion the Hunter. You might know Orion’s bright, ruddy star Betelgeuse. The radiant is north of Betelgeuse. The Orionids have a broad and irregular peak that isn’t easy to predict. More meteors tend to fly after midnight, and the Orionids are typically at their best in the wee hours before dawn. The best viewing for the Orionids in 2012 will probably be before dawn on October 21..
November 4/5, 2012, late night November 4 until dawn November 5 South Taurids
The South (and North) Taurids are perhaps best suited to die-hard meteor aficionados. The meteoroid stream that feeds the Taurids is very spread out and dissipated. That means the Taurids are extremely long lasting (September 25 to November 25) but usually don’t offer more than about 7 meteors per hour. That’ll be true even on the South Taurids’ expected peak night of November 4 (before dawn November 5). The waxing crescent moon sets at early evening, leaving a dark sky for the South Taurid meteors, which are expected to produce the most meteors in the wee hours just after midnight on November 5.
November 11/12, 2012, late night November 11 until dawn November 12 North Taurids
This shower is long-lasting (October 12 – December 2) but modest, and the peak number is forecast at about 7 meteors per hour. Typically, you see the maximum numbers at around midnight to 1 a.m., when Taurus the Bull moves nearly overhead. This year, the thin waning crescent moon won’t rise till close to dawn, leaving a long dark night for these rather slow-moving but sometimes bright North Taurid meteors. you might even see some Taurid fireballs. The greatest numbers of North Taurid meteors come just after midnight on November 12..
November 16/17, 2012, late night November 16 until dawn November 17 Leonids
Radiating from the constellation Leo the Lion, the Leonid meteor shower is famous. Historically, this shower has produced some of the greatest meteor storms in history – at least one in living memory, 1966 – with rates as high as many thousands of meteors per hour. Indeed, on that beautiful night in 1966, the meteors did fall like rain. Some who watched the shower said they felt as if they needed to grip the ground, so strong was the impression of Earth plowing along through space, fording the meteoroid stream. The meteors, after all, were all streaming from a single point in the sky – the radiant point – in this case in the constellation Leo the Lion. Leonid meteor storms sometimes recur in cycles of 33 to 34 years, but the Leonids around the turn of the century – while wonderful for many observers – did not match the shower of 1966. And, in most years, the Lion whimpers rather than roars, producing a maximum of perhaps 10-15 meteors per hour. Like most meteor showers, the Leonids ordinarily pick up steam after midnight and display the greatest meteor numbers just before dawn. In 2012, however, the waxing crescent moon will setting at early evening, leaving a dark night for Leonid meteor shower.
December 13/14, 2012, late night December 13 until dawn December 14 Geminids
The final major meteor shower of every year (unless one surprises us!) is always the December Geminid shower, often producing 50 or more meteors per hour. It is a beloved shower, because, as a general rule, it’s either the August Perseids or the December Geminids that give us the most prolific display of the year. Best of all, the new moon guarantees a dark sky on the peak night of the Geminid shower (mid-evening December 13 until dawn December 14). But the nights on either side of the peak date should be good as well. Unlike many meteor showers, you can start watching the Geminids by 9 or 10 p.m. local time. The peak might be around 2 a.m. local time on these nights, because that’s when the shower’s radiant point is highest in the sky as seen around the world. With no moon to ruin the show, 2012 presents a most favorable year for watching the grand finale of the meteor showers. Best viewing of the Geminids will probably be from about 1 a.m. to 3 a.m. on December 14.
Create your own printable sunrise/sunset calendar (check moon phase and moonrise/moonset boxes).
Tips for watching meteors
Most important: a dark sky. Here’s the first thing – the main thing – you need to know to become as proficient as the experts at watching meteors. That is, to watch meteors, you need a dark sky.
Know your dates and times. You also need to be looking on the right date, at the right time of night. Meteor showers occur over a range of dates, because they stem from Earth’s own movement through space. As we orbit the sun, we cross “meteor streams.” These streams of icy particles in space come from comets moving in orbit around the sun. Comets are fragile icy bodies that litter their orbits with debris. When this cometary debris enters our atmosphere, it vaporizes due to friction with the air. If moonlight or city lights don’t obscure the view, we on Earth see the falling, vaporizing particles as meteors.
What to bring. You can comfortably watch meteors from many places, assuming you have a dark sky: your back yard or deck, the hood of your car, the side of a road. If you want to bring along equipment to make yourself more comfortable, consider a blanket or reclining lawn chair, a thermos with a hot drink, binoculars for gazing along the pathway of the summer Milky Way. Be sure to dress warmly enough. Even the summer nights can be chilly, especially in the hours before dawn when the most meteors should be flying.
Are the predictions reliable? Although astronomers have tried to publish exact predictions in recent years, meteor showers remain notoriously unpredictable. Your best bet is to go outside at the times we suggest, and plan to spend at least an hour reclining comfortably while looking up at the sky.
In 2012, the full moon gets in the way of the May Eta Aquarids. Moon-free nights greet the April Lyrids, the November North Taurids and the December Geminids. Moonlight should not pose much of a problem for the October Draconids, October Orionids, November South Taurids and November Leonids. Some moon-free viewing time is in store for the January Quadrantids and July Delta Aquarids. Our almanac page provides links for access to the moonrise and moonset times in your sky.
Peak dates are derived from data published in the Observer’s Handbook by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and Guy Ottewell’s Astronomical Calendar.
Animation Credit: NASA MSFC
Earlier in 2012:
January 4, 2012 in the wee hours before dawn Quadrantids
When we say January 4, we mean in the wee hours before dawn, not that night. Although the waxing gibbous moon lights up most of the night and doesn’t set until roughly 3 a.m. local time, this is about the best time of night to watch for these meteors. Click here to know when the moon sets in your sky. Although the Quadrantids can produce over 100 meteors per hour, the sharp peak only lasts for a few hours, and doesn’t always come at an opportune time. In other words, you have to be in the right spot on Earth to view this meteor shower in all its splendor. If this year’s forecast proves correct, eastern North America, the North Atlantic Ocean and possibly western Europe will be in a fine position to watch this shower. However, meteor showers are notorious for defying predictions. This shower is worth a try at northerly latitudes all around the globe. Face the general direction of north-northeast, but take in as wide an expanse of sky as possible. Watch from about 2 a.m. until dawn.
Remember, meteor showers are like fishing. You go, you enjoy nature … and sometimes you catch something.
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I just saw the largest meteor. It was about 8:45pm here in Missouri. It came from the north east sky and was white & yellow with a tail of blue. It didn’t burnout untill it was far into the southwestern sky. WOW
We saw it here in Ga. too! It was amazing, it seemed to be traveling from a southeast to a northwest direction, a couple of minutes before 11 eastern time.
do i need anything if i’m just goin out back? i plan on havin a picnic snack while watching….
would a telescope be good to have?…if i can find mine! :D
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If you please, can someone tell me of a EASY to use chart for kids? Its hard to show a kid something they have trouble seeing in the sky. So if I can find one that will show the star and somehow or another what direction to look. Kids need to know things, but we are not always around when they want to learn. So let me knowwhats out there Im drawing a b;ank in my searches.
Gene,
Go to our daily Tonight page at http://earthsky.org/tonight/.
Bruce
Just a nugget of thought I had when trying to learn my way ’round the night sky.
Hold your outstretched hand at arm’s lenghth in front of you. This defines the approximate size of the constellations as if, long ago, someone was trying to communicate the relationships and stories after the cookfire had died down and the cave was still too hot for sleeping. He/She would hold their hand out, palm towards the stars, and tell the stories and the lore.
Most all of the constellations seem this size with about the same spacing between them….has helped me enormously. The sky becomes, almost instantly, a bit easier to organize and explore.
This tidbit could help anyone learning their way around the night sky.
Have fun.
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I saw three streaks of a blueish greenish light for a split second on Friday night, it was a shape of ? but the streaks going somewhat diagonally and not conjoined.
It’s hard to explain; I’m not sure of what it was, but the sky was completely clear with many stars and it would have been around 10-11 PM. I didn’t see anything else while looking up at the sky with some friends for a few more hours. This was in Victoria BC Canada. I’m interested to know if this was part of the meteor shower that was expected to happen that night or not.
JV,
The Lyrid shower is listed as active from April 16-25. So you probably didn’t see any Lyrid meteors. But the months of April and February can bring more than the usual number of sporadic fireballs. A fireball is a meteor that’s as bright or brighter than the planet Venus.
Bruce
i was wondering when the next shower for alberta is? and if the Eta Aquarids is for alberta
Danielle,
The Eta Aquarid shower does not favor the northern latitudes. It’s best viewed in the southern hemisphere, and the tropical and subtropical regions in the northern hemisphere. North of about 40 degrees north latitude, the meteors are few and far between.
Bruce
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I am an enthusiastic skywatcher. I wonder when is the best time precisely to watch a good meteor shower over india…..and wether aquarid is for india also??
siddhartha,
Yes, the Aquarid shower is visible in India, but the time is now past for watching it. The next major shower will be the Delta Aquarid shower in late July.
Bruce
So, pretty much 2011 is a bad year for meteors? Which is too bad since a darksky park just opened in Michigan. No point in trying to coincide a visit?
I am a habitual sky gazer…for the last two nights, I have not seen the moon (18,19 of May) I stayed up until 11:00pm and saw no sign of the moon. I live in southern France. Can you tell me why it wasn’t visible? Also, is there a chart I can look at that will show its position relative to where I live? Thank you
Cathy,
These charts should work fine for southern France, except that on any given date, the waning moon rises a little bit earlier after sunset in France than it does at the same latitude in North America. The moon rose into the southeast sky on the evenings of May 18 and 19, but stayed low in the sky throughout the night. If you have an obstructed horizon to the southeast, the moon might not have been able to climb above all the obstructions till late night or after midnight. Did you try looking for the moon at dawn? Keep in mind that the full moon rises in the east around sunset, and thereafter, the waning moon rises roughly an hour later with each passing day. You can find out the moonrise times for your sky at http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/sunrisesunset-moonrisemoonset-almanacs.
Bruce
Just saw something shoot across the sky. Live in northern Georgia. anyidea what it might be? It was definately pretty close, like we could see the fire in the front of whatever was falling. Any ideas?
I wonder if it’s the same thing we saw in the Northern sky in Australia, at 6 am EST Saturday 21 May 2011? It was large and bright…and fast!
Jane
Actually, we figured it out! After doing our research, we found out it was a satellite! Idefix and Ariane 42B to be exact! So cool!
Where did you find the info that it was the Idefix and Ariane 42B that we saw? My friends and I saw it as well in Alpharetta GA. Clearly something burning across the sky with a trail behind it. We saw small fragments burning off of it and fire on the front of it.
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iv’e just seen a few stars moving across the sky but seem to be moving to slow for shooting stars. im in the london area..time 23:45, is their anything going on tonight…
I just saw a large meteor fall at 9:01 pm 5/21/2011 ~NE of Oklahoma City.
Our family has been getting up early since first noticing a meteor on the 9th of may, low in the northern sky in Victoria Australia. We have not been disappointed, between 6.30 am and 7.30 each day there has been a stream coming in at a rate of one every five minutes. They don’t move that fast though. They simply appear out of nowhere and slowly fade. Initially they appear as a singular streak of white or if they are big they look like a “V” shape burning through the sky. Amazing to watch…a bit scary for the little kids. We actually noticed some during the middle of the day, today. It’s starting to freak me out a bit too now. We looked it up and it said it was the eta aquarids dust or ice from haleys comet…question is why are we still seeing them now?…everything I find on the internet says the show was for the start of May….it’s almost June.
Lynda,
The Arietid meteor shower is active from May 22 until July 2 and usually peaks around June 7 or 8. The atmospheric velocity for the Arietids is listed at 37 km/ second and the Eta Aquarids at 66 km/second.
Bruce
My family and i were camping in West Virginia May 28, 2011..we were having a camp fire and because there are no lights outside there at all the sky is just beautiful…we have seen shooting stars there many times…but this night it was different…..we were talking and all of a sudden everything lite up like it was daylight and when we looked up there was something going across the sky that looked like it was on fire all around it…and didn’t seem to really be moving that fast…definitely NOT a shooting star!! Was very strange…any ideas????
Kara,
My guess is that you saw a fireball – an exceptionally bright meteor. Lucky you!
Bruce
i was out side with my dad around 11:00pm in lewisville,tx on my front lawn and we saw this bright something shoot across the sky and it was out of know where. im guessing a fireball but not for sure. any ides??
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In 1963 or 1964 I was visiting the Smokey Mountains Nat Park and went to Clingmans Dome at night. I was about 13 yrs old and was amazed at the meteorite shower. There must have been shooting stars every 3 seconds on average. Since then I am an avid sky watcher. I’d love to go back this year to see the big show. What dates should I aim for in late july to early aug? Thanks in advance
i saw about three meteors or shouting stars
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Just saw a large bright white meteor over Harwich UK
it was tha largest meteor i have ever seen in my life.. and it was more like a blasting fireball to me! just remembered what i have seen and google it if anyone else seen it or was that an expected thing to happen.. i am suprised that i could not find any article or comments about this stupendous meteor apart from you :) congratulations Harry, a very appropriate time for looking to the sky :) . I saw the Meteor Izmir – Turkey at around 8:45-9:00 pm – Gmt +2…
Loved watching the night sky many years. I have little knowledge of the stars of other celestial things but find the night sky active and interesting when I have time to sit and watch. Nice to hear I’m not alone with my experiences
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Last night as my 11-year-old daughter and I were finishing up with the horses, we stopped as we closed the gate to look out over the pastures at the big dipper. As we were talking, I saw a “shooting star” streak across the sky very quickly, very bright and white. It’s what prompted me to look up meteor showers for this summer, and I was ecstatic to find out that next week promises to be quite a show! We live in northwestern NJ, and are taking the kids up to High Point to camp on the 28th and 29th.
Melissa,
Cool! Hope clear skies smile upon you on your camping trip at High Point. By the way, I have friends who give horseback riding lessons in your neck of the woods. They live close to the Appalachian trail, about 10 miles from High Point.
Bruce
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onnovember12,2001, my family drove six ous to western oklahoma to escape cloud cover. at sixafter midight,my wife began to exclaim OMG! i looked behind our van and saw the largest earthgrazer i’ve ever sen.it was aslarge as our van and was day-glo green. it quickly caught the van, passed in front so i could see it out the druver’s window and then it actually exploded in the atmosphere, sending large streaks of green fire in a vast circle above us inthe okla. panhandle. we quickly found a county road,unloaded blankets,and lay down on the grond to watch God’s creation in awe. we watched until the sun started to rise and saw an average of 400 meteors an hour. we saw heaven here on earth. gladly would i drive another six hours thru deserted okla to see such a precious sight.
a question for nightowls awake about july 6th or 7th. i was looking at the sky thru large binoculars so i could see even tho i was in the city when all of a sudden i saw a large, round white fireball ignite near arcturus. it shocked me, especially as i fillowed it from west to the eastern horizon before it disappeared. it never accelerated faster than its original speed after starting, did not change colors but remain white white, and never changed size–althoug for me to see it it had to be enormous. i watched the papers, thought about calling coast to coast, but didn’t–just lived with the knowledge i had seen a ufo of some sort orbit our planet in the wrong direction most satillites go. it was in retrospect both thrilling and scary because it was real and i saw it. just wondered if anyone else was as lucky as i was.. thanks. jon in tulsa, ok.
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I saw a huge fireball 3 nights ago about 10:00 over eastern Missouri. Just glanced up at the exact right time. Bigger than any I have EVER seen.
On July 29th, right around midnite I was layin on a float in the pool watchin for, but not really expecting any noteable sightings, when I saw the most unusual meteorite??? (I think.) I have ever seen. It was fairly large, orangeish colored, more on the hazy side than bright and looked more like a fireball comin in slower than you normally see in a meteorite and
looked like it just bounced off the atmosphere at the last moment and headed back out much faster at about a 20 degree angle. Kinda like ricocheting a bee bee gun off a rock or water. It was pretty cool whatever it was and lasted a good 3-4 seconds in visibility which
was hard to believe because of all the light pollution here in Louisville. Eastern sky approx
11 o’clock high. Anyone else see it? I had just opened my first, which I spilled in the pool so I’m sure of what I saw.
we are always in Dumfies & Galloway in August, this year we will enjoy the full moon over the fields, and watch owls and bats rather than meteors! Nothing could compare with last year’s dark skies- trails went across our full field of vision paralell to the horizon. Just feel priviledged to have been where we were to witness the best….
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